Greenhouse Gases
A greenhouse gas is a gas that traps heat in the atmosphere, causing the Earth to warm. Greenhouse gases include carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and water vapor (which all occur naturally), and fluorinated gases.
Climate Change
Social Cost of Carbon
The social cost of carbon (SCCO2) is a crucial indicator of the level of urgency for taking climate action that calculates the economic cost of greenhouse gas emissions to society. Expressed in US dollars per tonne of carbon dioxide, estimates currently vary greatly between $10 to $1,000. However, when taking more robust climate science and …
Costs of Climate Change
Burning CO2 has a cost to society, even if it is not directly to our wallets. Each person’s emissions could quite well result in a cost to humanity of over $1,300 per year, rising to over $15,000 once the impacts of climate change on economic growth are included.
Black Carbon
Black carbon is a type of particulate matter that consists of pure carbon in several linked forms. It is formed through the incomplete combustion of fossil fuels, biofuel, and biomass, and is one of the main types of particle in both anthropogenic and naturally occurring soot.
Clean Cookstoves
Clean cookstoves are solar-powered or fuel-burning household stoves that reduce greenhouse gas emissions by increasing thermal efficiency, reducing specific emissions, or increasing ventilation.
Climate Change: Canada
Climate change is a pressing issue in Canada. Average temperatures in the country have increased by 1.7 °C since 1948, with winter temperatures rising by 3.3 °C over the same period.
Australia Bushfires
Almost two years ago we watched Australia bushfires burn as never seen before. Starting before July 2019 and lasting until March 2020 the intense bushfires burned an area around 24 million hectares (59 million acres). This area roughly equal to the terrestrial United Kingdom (UK).
Carbon Sinks
A carbon sink is anything, natural or otherwise, that accumulates and stores some carbon-containing chemical compound for an indefinite period and thereby removes carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere.
Climate Change: California
California is increasingly susceptible to climate change. Most of California has a Mediterranean climate with warmer and drier summers and cooler wetter winters. But the climate is diverse going from hot desert to alpine tundra.
Climate Change: Ocean
The scientific journal Science modeled the future of the ocean and oceanic species if climate change keeps its current pace.
