global warming
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As The World Burns, Politicians Remind Us Climate Change Denial Is Alive And Well
Last week was a wild climate ride, from a landmark Hurricane Michael decimating northwest Florida. If ever there was a time for the media to finally ask politicians about their plans to address climate change, this was it. And for once, the media delivered.
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Climate Change Is Making Hurricane Scale Obsolete
One of the things you can count on in the wake of a hurricane making landfall is people clamoring for a new classification system. Like clockwork, that’s what’s happening with Florence. And frankly, the discussion has never been more urgent thanks to climate change.
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California’s Devastating Carr Fire Is Now At Least 89,000 Acres, With Five Dead And More Missing
Homes destroyed as a result of the Carr Fire in Redding, California on July 27th.Photo: Noah Berger (AP) California’s devastating Carr Fire is now measured to have spread to over 89,000 acres on Sunday, resulting in at least five deaths, hundreds of destroyed structures, and severe damage to western parts of the city of Redding…
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How To Use Critical Thinking To Spot False Climate Claims
Much of the public discussion about climate science consists of a stream of assertions. The climate is changing or it isn’t; carbon dioxide causes global warming or it doesn’t; humans are partly responsible or they are not; scientists have a rigorous process of peer review or they don’t, and so on.