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Climate Departure: New Study Projects Timing of Departure of Climate

Thomas Schueneman October 16, 2013

Climate variability for the coming century Planning for a sustainable future is obviously made much more difficult when a rapidly changing climate is added to the equation. Planning effective policy and development goals will depend greatly on where we find ourselves in ten, twenty, thirty or fifty years. A recent paper published in the journal Nature, authored […]Read More

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Video Friday: Greenland Ice Melt – Bellwether of Changing Climate

Thomas Schueneman August 23, 2013

Scientists and Greenland Inuits confirm findings of leaked IPCC report Due out later this year, early drafts of the Fifth Assessment Report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change were leaked earlier this week, confirming what scientists have been saying now for years, even decades: global warming is real. Many see little change in the […]Read More

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Climate Change Exacerbates Social Tensions and Leads to Conflict

Richard Matthews August 8, 2013

A wide array of research reveals that climate change plays a salient role in social change, violence and war. This research summary is one of the most comprehensive surveys of the social impacts of climate change ever assembled. Climate change and conflict The relationship between climate change, social tensions and conflict is well laid out […]Read More

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Video Friday: Philippe Cousteau Speaks on Water, Climate and Resource

Thomas Schueneman July 19, 2013

World-famous ocean and environmental advocate Philippe Cousteau Jr. speaks of the relationship between water and climate, and the coming challenges of the 21st century to address human population and resource demand in a changing climate. “We have to fundamentally change the environment, with each other our economic and political systems that drive a lot of […]Read More

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The Water-Energy Nexus in a Climate-Changed World

Thomas Schueneman December 21, 2012

Editor’s note: This post is a finalist in Masdar’s Engage blogging contest as part of Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week. Special thanks to Tim Hurst and Nick Aster. The water-energy nexus – the fundamental connection between water and energy – may not seem an overly complex concept to initially grasp – and yet its implications are not fully understood in our industrial, […]Read More

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Video Friday: Emotional Plea from Philippine Negotiator as COP18 Comes

Thomas Schueneman December 7, 2012

“If not us, then who? If not now, then when? If not here, then where?” Naderev Saño, lead negotiator for the Philippines at the COP18 climate talks, gives an emotional and heart-felt plea for action in the waning hours of the conference. In his address Saño referenced the devastation brought by Typhoon Bopha, responsible for at […]Read More

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EarthTalk: Climate Change and Extreme Weather

Earth Talk October 8, 2012

EarthTalk® is a weekly environmental column made available to our readers from the editors of E/The Environmental Magazine Dear EarthTalk: What is the scientific consensus on all the extreme weather we’ve been having—from monster tornadoes to massive floods and wildfires? Is there a clear connection to climate change? And if so what are we doing […]Read More