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Heaven belongs to us all – the new papal encyclical « RealClimate
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Heaven belongs to us all – the new papal encyclical. 8212; stefan @ 18 June 2015. Guest post by Brigitte Knopf. With his encyclical “Laudato Si”. The encyclical is, with 246 individual points, too extensive to be discussed in here in its entirety, but three aspects are particularly noteworthy:. It is based unequivocally onthe scientific consensusthat global warmingis taking placeand that climate changeis man-made; itrejects thedenialof anthropogenicwarming;. 1 The Pope and science. The statements of the ...
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A warning from Copenhagen « RealClimate
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A warning from Copenhagen. 8212; stefan @ 21 June 2009 - (. In March the biggest climate conference. Of the year took place in Copenhagen: 2500 participants from 80 countries, 1400 scientific presentations. Last week, the Synthesis Report. Of the Copenhagen Congress was handed over to the Danish Prime Minister Rasmussen in Brussels. Denmark will host the decisive round of negotiations on the new climate protection agreement this coming December. So what does it say? Got confused over whether this 2ºC-gua...
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2000 Years of Sea Level (+updates) « RealClimate
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2000 Years of Sea Level ( updates). 8212; stefan @ 20 June 2011 - (. A group of colleagues have succeeded in producing the first continuous proxy record of sea level for the past 2000 years. According to this reconstruction, 20th-Century sea-level rise on the U.S. Atlantic coast is faster than at any time in the past two millennia. Good data on past sea levels is hard to come by. Reconstructing the huge rise at the end of the last glacial ( 120 meters. How is sea level reconstructed? To get a continuous ...
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How do trees change the climate? « RealClimate
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How do trees change the climate? 8212; group @ 27 October 2014 - (. Guest commentary from Abby Swann (U. Washington). This past month, an op-ed by Nadine Unger. Appeared in the New York Times with the headline To save the climate, don’t plant trees. The author’s main argument is that UN programs to address climate change by planting trees or preserving existing forests are high risk and a bad bet . Ed There is more background on the op-ed here. Numerous scientists have already replied. First lets talk ab...
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