Skeptical Science New Research for Week #49 2023
113 articles in 48 journals by 674 contributing authors Physical science of climate change, effects
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113 articles in 48 journals by 674 contributing authors Physical science of climate change, effects
Some scientists predict worsening effects of human-caused climate change will combine with natural warming patterns to create stronger and more frequent weather emergencies throughout 2024. What could we be in
With traditional grass-measuring techniques limited in their flexibility, a new trial has shown that physical measurement and accuracy can be improved by
Open access notables In AGU Advances, David Schimel and Charles Miller suggest that our economic and physical models around dealing with climate change have not kept up with evolving reality, in Do Two Climate Wrongs Make a Right?:
Open access notables 'Net zero is only a distraction— we just have to end fossil fuel emissions.' The latter is true but the former isn't, or not in the real world as it's likely to be in the immediate future. And 'just' just doesn't enter into it; we don't have a simple problem on our hands. Net zero is afflicted by various carpetbaggers and the fossil fuel industry itself— plus plain old human nature in the form of wishful thinking. But fully eliminating hydrocarbon fuels and non-fuel CO2 emissions from key industrial processes spanning from agriculture through production o...