Trump’s EPA repeals Biden carbon standards and moves to erase remaining climate rules for power plants, setting up fierce legal and political fights.
Trump EPA erases U.S. power plant climate safeguards
Category: Meteorology and Weather
The worldwide movement to name major weather events after energy comanies is taking the world by storm.
There is a growing movement—primarily among climate activists and some commentators—to name storms, especially hurricanes and other climate-related disasters, after major fossil fuel companies. The idea is to highlight the role these corporations have played in contributing to climate change, which is linked to more frequent and intense extreme weather events.
NASA research finds alarming human-caused shifts in the global water cycle.
In a recently published paper, NASA scientists use nearly 20 years of observations to show that the global water cycle is changing in unprecedented ways. Most of these changes are driven by activities such as agriculture and could impact ecosystems and water management, particularly in certain regions.
7 magnitude earthquake triggers volcano eruption in Russia unleashing 5-mile high column of ash.
Russia’s Shiveluch volcano erupted following a 7.0 magnitude earthquake off the eastern coast of the country, reported by state-run media outlet TASS.
The warming climate is causing Tundra vegetation to grow taller and greener.
Warming global climate is altering the vegetation structure of northern forests. This trend will persist through the end of the century, based on NASA research.
New humidity-driven membrane may help simplify Direct Air Capture.
By using natural humidity differences to pump carbon dioxide out of the air, the team overcame the energy challenge. The presence of water also sped up the transport of carbon dioxide through the membrane, addressing the kinetic challenge.
Alaskan dust storms may play a more significant role in the world’s new climate system.
Although it is not yet clear how the Alaskan dust may affect the global climate system, new research from the University of Leeds and the National Centre for Atmospheric Science suggests that the effect is greater than previously believed.
With 95% certainty, new research says vital Atlantic Ocean current will completely collapse as early as 2025.
According to new calculations from the University of Copenhagen, important ocean currents that redistribute heat, cold, and precipitation between the tropics and northernmost parts of the Atlantic region will stop around 2060.
What is El Nino and La Nina? What causes these notorious weather-impacting events and how do they differ from each other?
El Niño is a complex climate phenomenon that occurs irregularly in the tropical Pacific Ocean. It is characterized by a warming of the sea surface temperature in the eastern and central equatorial Pacific, which can have significant impacts on weather patterns around the world.
NASA finds June 2023 the hottest month on record.
June 2023 was the hottest June ever recorded, according to NASA’s global temperature analysis. This analysis is based on data collected from weather stations, research stations, ships, and ocean buoys. Scientists at NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York analyze this data to account for uncertainties and maintain consistent methods for calculating global…
