Explainer: Desertification and the role of climate change - Carbon …
WEBAug 6, 2019 · Explainers Explainer: ‘Desertification’ and the role of climate change. Desertification has been described as “ the greatest environmental challenge of our time ” and climate change is making it worse. While the term may bring to mind the windswept sand dunes of the Sahara or the vast salt pans of the Kalahari, it’s an issue that ...
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WEB3 days ago · This is three times higher than the amount secured last year. It is also a new capacity record, if wind power projects from 2022 that were subsequently cancelled or scaled back are excluded, according to the analysis. Carbon Brief covers climate science, energy and policy, specialising in clear, data-driven articles to improve the understanding ...
Explainer: How ‘Shared Socioeconomic Pathways’ explore future …
WEBApr 19, 2018 · Narratives for each Shared Socioeconomic Pathway, from Riahi et al 2017.. These narratives describe alternative pathways for future society. They present baselines of how things would look in the absence of climate policy, and allow researchers to examine barriers and opportunities for climate mitigation and adaptation in each possible future world when combined with mitigation targets.
Factcheck: How electric vehicles help to tackle climate change
WEBMay 13, 2019 · Other recent studies of electric cars in Germany have reached the opposite conclusion. One study found that emissions from EVs have emissions up to 43% lower than diesel vehicles. Another detailed that “in all cases examined, electric cars have lower lifetime climate impacts than those with internal combustion engines”.
Explainer: How the rise and fall of CO2 levels influenced the ice ages
WEBJul 2, 2020 · Antarctic reconstructed air temperature (red line) at Dome Fuji site Antarctica using isotope modelling from Uemura et al (2018) and Antarctic composite ice core atmospheric CO2 data (blue line) from Bereiter et al (2014).Data spans the period from 800,000 BCE to 1980 CE. Chart by Carbon Brief using Highcharts.. While the CO2 concentrations provide a good representation of global average ...
CMIP6: the next generation of climate models explained
WEBDec 2, 2019 · Researchers are still working to assess why sensitivity values appear higher in the latest generation of models. In this explainer, Carbon Brief provides an overview of the future emissions scenarios that are being used in CMIP6. This includes an examination of the climate sensitivity, past and future warming in CMIP6 models released so far ...
Analysis: Which countries are historically responsible for climate ...
WEBOct 5, 2021 · Animation by Tom Prater for Carbon Brief. China is a relatively distant second, with 11%, followed by Russia (7%), Brazil (5%) and Indonesia (4%). The latter pair are among the top 10 largest historical emitters, due to CO2 from their land. This article is part of a week-long special series on climate justice.
Analysis: Why scientists think 100% of global warming is due to …
WEBDec 13, 2017 · The extent of the human contribution to modern global warming is a hotly debated topic in political circles, particularly in the US. During a recent congressional hearing, Rick Perry, the US energy secretary, remarked that “to stand up and say that 100% of global warming is because of human activity, I think on its face, is just indefensible”. ...
Explainer: The high-emissions ‘RCP8.5’ global warming scenario
WEBAug 21, 2019 · A sizeable portion of recent studies on future climate impacts have focused on a warming scenario called “RCP8.5”. This high-emissions scenario is frequently referred to as “business as usual”, suggesting that is a likely outcome if society does not make concerted efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions. In recent years the emissions ...
Interactive: How satellites are used to monitor climate change
WEBFeb 18, 2016 · Satellites in a low earth orbit can directly monitor the climate from their position within or just above the atmosphere, and can provide near-global coverage as they scan over different swathes of ground with each orbit. The graph below shows a zoomed-in view of the satellites in a lower earth orbit, that have been launched since 2000: The ...
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