#climate model

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Southeastern U.S. cities in greater peril over rising sea levels | CNN

Two new studies show water levels are rising much faster than previously thought in cities along the Southeastern U.S. coast. CNN's Kim Brun

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Where extreme weather is getting even worse, in one map

IPCC’s new interactive atlas reveals how climate change will shape weather around the world

I think this falls under “horrifying but cool”.

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Silver Membrane To Capture CO2 And Curb Global Warming

A team from the Department of Chemical Engineering at UCL and the School of Engineering at Newcastle University in the UK has developed an innovative solution to help curb global warming. The team produced a new kind of self-assembling silver membrane that works to capture carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions before...

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Ten computer codes that transformed science

From Fortran to arXiv.org, these advances in programming and platforms sent biology, climate science and physics into warp speed.

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Watch "His Holiness Pope Francis | Our moral imperative to act on climate change -- and 3 steps we can take" on YouTube

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Good climate conscience morning! Check out Finn Harries’ instagram for the name of the book!

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Paris Agreement on climate change mitigation

Nearly four years ago, 195 countries adopted the Paris Agreement, a historic, global action plan to tackle climate change. The agreement gives the world a framework for avoiding dangerous impacts of climate change by “limiting global warming to well below 2°C and pursuing efforts to limit it to 1.5°C.”

The Paris Agreement, which was designed to control and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, was the centerpiece of the 21st Conference of the Parties (COP21) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), which took place in Paris, France, in December 2015. Although that event was heralded as a watershed moment in how human beings interacted with Earth’s atmosphere, it was only the first step in a long process designed to hold countries accountable for their emissions of carbon dioxide, methane, and other greenhouse gases. By Earth Day 2016 (that is, April 22nd), at the conclusion of a formal signing ceremony hosted by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon in New York City, 174 countries signed the agreement. Over the next 13 months, 21 additional countries signed on and 147 ratified it. The agreement came into force on November 4, 2016.

United States withdrawal from the Paris Agreement

On June 1, 2017, United States President Donald Trump announced that the U.S. would cease all participation in the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change mitigation, and begin negotiations to re-enter the agreement "on terms that are fair to the United States, its businesses, its workers, its people, its taxpayers," or form a new agreement, as part of his “America First” program.

Trump reasoned that adhering to the goals of the accord, which was designed to control and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, would have negative effects on job growth, hinder manufacturing, and bring about dramatic declines in the coal mining, natural gas, steel, and cement industries. He also noted that the agreement placed unfair standards on American efforts to curtail greenhouse gas emissions while it allowed developing countries, such as China and India in particular, a wider latitude to achieve their own climate goals. Near the end of his speech, Trump left open the possibility that he could renegotiate the agreement to get the United States a better deal that serves the country’s interests:

“So we’re getting out. But we will start to negotiate, and we will see if we can make a deal that’s fair. And if we can, that’s great. And if we can’t, that’s fine.”

6 Reasons Why the Paris Agreement is Good for Economies | unfoundation.org

The evidence is clear: Climate action under the Paris Agreement can drive sustainable economic growth.

U.S.’s formal exit from the Paris Agreement requires more than a declaration from the White House rose garden. Trump’s decision is considered largely symbolic, because it will take four years to complete, and the country’s formal departure would wrap up on November 4, 2020, the day after the next U.S. presidential election. Nevertheless, Trump’s announcement is a harsh blow to world morale (and to the enthusiasm associated with a rising sense of global community around this topic). Although many of the world’s other leaders have expressed their disappointment with Trump’s decision, they have also underscored their commitment to solving the problem of global warming, with or without American participation.

But without the United States, the balance among parties signed up to the Paris accord shifts in China’s favour on key issues that are yet to be settled. In particular, China could resist calls for detailed tracking and reporting of how countries are implementing policies and achieving their goals, says Michael Oppenheimer, a climate-policy researcher at Princeton University in New Jersey. “That bodes poorly for the effectiveness of the Paris agreement,” he says.

Neither China nor the EU can fully make up for the gap the United States has left, says Susanne Dröge, a policy specialist at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs in Berlin. “Leadership is not only about ambitious announcements, but also about a credible economic climate agenda as well as international cooperation,” she says.

Alarm as Arctic sea ice not yet freezing at latest date on record

Alarm as Arctic sea ice not yet freezing at latest date on record

Delayed freeze in Laptev Sea could have knock-on effects across polar region, scientists say

For the first time since records began, the main nursery of Arctic sea ice in Siberia has yet to start freezing in late October.

The delayed annual freeze in the Laptev Sea has been caused by freakishly protracted warmth in northern Russia and the intrusion of Atlantic waters, say climate scientists who warn of possible knock-on effects across the polar region.

This is a sign of the fact that the climate targets that countries think they can meet are not sufficient to halt global warming (see ‘Climate commitments’).

New Paris Agreement

Parties to the Paris accord have agreed to update their targets for 2030 in line with the latest evidence on the world’s remaining carbon budget. A special report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change on keeping warming to 1.5 °C, completed in 2018, made clear that the climate targets that countries think they can meet are not sufficient to halt global warming (see ‘Climate commitments’).

The US has left the Paris climate deal — what’s next?

Other nations are stepping up targets to reduce emissions — but the world will struggle to meet its goals.

All remaining parties to the agreement must submit their new 2030 targets before the next major United Nations climate meeting, set to take place in Glasgow, UK, in November 2021 (this year’s climate summit was postponed because of the pandemic). So far, only 14 have proposed or submitted revised targets.

“The US withdrawal, if it is sustained by the next administration, will inevitably cause some countries to reduce their level of effort on implementing existing commitments,” says Oppenheimer.

Joe Biden wants U. S. back in Paris Agreement

Joe Biden, Trump's opponent of the 2020 United States presidential election, vowed to rejoin the Paris Agreement on his first day in office as President of the United States.

The United States could once more become a party to the Paris agreement 30 days after officially informing the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change that it wants to rejoin. The country would then need to submit a new emissions-reduction pledge for 2030.

Before Trump took power, the United States had committed to reducing emissions by 26–28% below 2005 levels by 2025 — a target that it is not on track to meet. Biden has promised to invest almost US$2 trillion in clean energy and low-carbon infrastructure, but he has not said what emissions-reduction target he might set if he becomes president.

Whatever happens, the country will have lost credibility on climate action, says Oppenheimer. “The United States can’t simply jump back in and pretend it’s all back to 2015,” he says. “It will need to work to regain trust.”

U.S. Exits Paris Climate Agreement

U.S. President Donald Trump announced his intention to pull the country out of the landmark Paris Climate Agreement on June 1.

2015 Paris Agreement

The map shows the countries that have signed or ratified the Paris Climate Agreement.

New climate models suggest faster melting of the Greenland Ice Sheet | Carbon Brief

Greenland’s vast ice sheet could melt faster than previously thought over the 21st century, according to a new study.

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I didn’t wanna talk about this but come on wtf look at how many airplanes there is rn, that’s sick the ice is melting af and we will all be dead DEAD in about 10-25 years or even earlier and we need to do something about it and now! Take action do anything, start walking to school start saying no and protesting to big companies and affect people. If you are a person with a big platform spread good things spread this, start doing protests to it please!