The Science Museum is revising the contents of
its new climate science gallery to reflect the wave of scepticism that has engulfed the issue in recent months.
The failure to understand
the new climate science paradigm leads to a failure of policy.
By Ben Webster The Science Museum is revising the contents of
its new climate science gallery to reflect the wave of scepticism that has engulfed the issue in recent months.
h / t Steve Goddard for the idea of how to apply this amazing
new climate science analysis technique.
The new Climate Science Rapid Response Team website for media questions: http://www.climaterapidresponse.org/
about Australia's
New Climate Science Denialist Senator Malcolm Roberts Has A History of Harassing Academics
We first heard about The Science Museum's new climate change gallery back in March this year when we read an exasperating report in The Times saying the museum was «revising the contents of
its new climate science gallery to
I've gotten to know this through our chats on Warm Regards,
the new climate science podcast we co-host with the meteorologist Eric Holthaus, who's now writing for Pacific Standard.
Hunt said he would work with Australia's chief scientist, Alan Finkel, CSIRO, and the scientific community to develop
a new climate science strategy that will cover remaining staff and charge a new climate change center in Hobart, Australia, with coordinating related research efforts across government agencies and academia.
Not exact matches
The history is important, as a problematic front - page story in The
New York Times, How GOP Leaders Came to View
Climate Change as Fake
Science, illustrates.
Lamar Smith (R. - Tx), who heads the House Committee on
Science, Space and Technology, has demanded that
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman turn over all communication since 2012 between his office and
climate change campaigners whose research led to him opening his probe.
Mashable's Senior Editor for
Science and Special Projects, Kevin Freedman, in «No, New York Mag: Climate change won't make the Earth uninhabitable by 2100» contrasts the story's gloom against hope and optimism, but mostly analyses the science beh
Science and Special Projects, Kevin Freedman, in «No,
New York Mag:
Climate change won't make the Earth uninhabitable by 2100» contrasts the story's gloom against hope and optimism, but mostly analyses the
science beh
science behind it.
«Over the next few months, the
science team is really excited to get to Mount Sharp, where we think the layered rocks there have captured the major
climate changes in Mars» history,» Curiosity deputy project scientist Ashwin Vasavada said in a
new NASA video marking the rover's first Martian year.
A
new government report on the
science of
climate change has made it past the Trump White House unscathed with forceful statements about humanity's role in rising temperatures and their severe threat to the United States.
Stanford Research Institute: «In the coming decade,
science and technology will provide
new means to use the vast resources of the oceans, to exploit the Arctic and Antarctic, to explore space, perhaps to affect
climates.
'» I find nothing remarkable in the Pope accepting mainstream
science — things have moved on from the days of Galileo»» says Gavin Schmidt, a
climate researcher with the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies in
New York City.
Kellogg Company has taken another step forward in its commitment to
climate action by announcing
new, ambitious
science - based greenhouse gas (GHG) emission targets.
Keeping abreast of the
new scientific discoveries and tools related to
climate change, designing and implementing our own research and monitoring projects, encouraging scientists to use our wildlife sanctuaries, and sharing lessons learned with our partners are appropriate high impact strategies for a
science - based organization like Mass Audubon.
Our scientists, land managers, educators, and advocates work with or are informed by many world - class research institutions in
New England, including the Northeast
Climate Science Center, the Northeast Regional
Climate Center, Wood Hole Oceanographic Institute, many universities, and the Union of Concerned Scientists.
You can experience the
new exhibit Our House: Rethinking Home in a Changing
Climate, visit the Judy Istock Butterfly Haven, enjoy some fresh air on our outdoor exhibit Nature Trails and reflect on and nurture your family's connection and appreciation of nature and
science.
Warren Pearce's
new «Making
Climate Social» project seeks to investigate the «contributors, content, connections and contexts of social media climate change communications» in order to determine «what the social media revolution might mean for the tricky relationship between science, politics, and publics.
Climate Social» project seeks to investigate the «contributors, content, connections and contexts of social media
climate change communications» in order to determine «what the social media revolution might mean for the tricky relationship between science, politics, and publics.
climate change communications» in order to determine «what the social media revolution might mean for the tricky relationship between
science, politics, and publics.»
The
New York Academy of Sciences Environmental Sciences Section and Green
Science and Sustainability Program, the Sallan Foundation and the
New York League of Conservation Voters Education Fund will host an address by a senior member of Governor Spitzer's team about his strategic approach to the environmental, energy and
climate challenges facing
New York.
Liberal columnist Cole Jermyn describes the
climate and reaction of the State University of
New York's College of Environmental
Science and Forestry, along with the importance of colleges standing behind their students.
«We will not ignore the
science and reality of
climate change which is why I am also signing an Executive Order confirming
New York's leadership role in protecting our citizens, our environment, and our planet.»
Rebekah Mercer, a supporter of Trump and an influential donor to conservative causes — including groups that deny
climate science — is under renewed pressure to step down from the board of
New York City's most prominent
science museum, the American Museum of Natural History.
The comparative framework included the seminal work of German and Japanese urban climatologists, as well as the more recent
climate policy initiatives of
New York City and the City of Manchester.The project was a collaboration between MARC and the Centre for History of
Science Technology and Medicine.
Climate and weather is quite extraordinarily complex and this is a
new form of
science.
On the issue of Republicans and Democrats in
New York State hiding behind the old «waiting for the
science to come in» line that politicians have used to not answer questions on everything from
climate change to Pebble Mine, Hawkins did give the Democrats a bit of a pass... «The Republicans want to repeal the enlightenment — the Democrats just want to repeal the
New Deal.»
«For the sake of future generations who could be harmed by irreversible
climate change, I urge
New Yorkers to reject this fear mongering and uphold
science against ideology,» he said in a statement.
The
science says that industrial states like
New York must get to 100 % clean energy and zero net greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 if the planet is to avert runaway global warming and
climate catastrophe,» Hawkins said.
It flies in the face of
science, fairness, common sense and the Governor's own greenhouse gas reduction targets to build
new fracked gas power plants at a time when
climate change is the most pressing issue facing our nation and the world.
In a
new paper in npj
Climate and Atmospheric
Science, the CSU researchers describe a breakthrough in making accurate predictions of weather weeks ahead.
Combining
new data with those garnered previously from another stalagmite from the same cave provides a continuous
climate chronicle that stretches back more than 5700 years, the researchers report today in
Science Advances.
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Science and Government [December 19, 2017] AAAS CEO Response to Media Report on Use of «
Science - Based» at CDC [December 15, 2017] Letter from AAAS and the American Physical Society to Iranian President Hassan Rouhani Regarding Scientist Ahmadreza Djalali [December 15, 2017] Multisociety Letter Conference Graduate Student Tax Provisions [December 7, 2017] Multisociety Letter Presses Senate to Preserve Higher Education Tax Benefits [November 29, 2017] AAAS Multisociety Letter on Tax Reform [November 15, 2017] AAAS Letter to U.S. House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee on Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (H.R. 1)[November 7, 2017] AAAS Statement on Release of National
Climate Assessment Report [November 3, 2017] AAAS Statement on EPA Science Adviser Boards [October 31, 2017] AAAS Statement on EPA Restricting Scientist Communication of Research Results [October 25, 2017] Statement of the Board of Directors of the American Association for the Advancement of Science on Scientific Freedom and Responsibility [October 18, 2017] Scientific Societies» Letter on President Trump's Visa and Immigration Proclamation [October 17, 2017] AAAS Statement on U.S. Withdrawal from UNESCO [October 12, 2017] AAAS Statement on White House Proclamation on Immigration and Visas [September 25, 2017] AAAS Statement from CEO Rush Holt on ARPA - E Reauthorization Act [September 8, 2017] AAAS Speaks Out Against Trump Administration Halt of Young Immigrant Program [September 6, 2017] AAAS Statement on Trump Administration Disbanding National Climate Assessment Advisory Committee [August 22, 2017] AAAS CEO Rush Holt Issues Statement On Death of Former Rep. Vern Ehlers [August 17, 2017] AAAS CEO Rush Holt and 15 Other Science Society Leaders Request Climate Science Meeting with EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt [July 31, 2017] AAAS Encourages Congressional Appropriators to Invest in Research and Innovation [July 25, 2017] AAAS CEO Urges Secretary of State to Fill Post of Science and Technology Adviser [July 13, 2017] AAAS and ESA Urge Trump Administration to Protect Monuments [July 7, 2017] AAAS Statement on House Appropriations Bill for the Department of Energy [June 28, 2017] Scientific Organizations Statement on Science and Government [June 27, 2017] AAAS Statement on White House Executive Order on Cuba Relations [June 16, 2017] AAAS Statement on Paris Agreement on Climate Change [June 1, 2017] AAAS Statement from CEO Rush Holt on Fiscal Year 2018 Budget Proposal [May 23, 2017] AAAS thanks the Congress for prioritizing research and development funding in the FY 2017 omnibus appropriations [May 9, 2017] AAAS Statement on Dismissal of Scientists on EPA Scientific Advisory Board [May 8, 2017] AAAS CEO Rush Holt Statement on FY 2017 Appropriations [May 1, 2017] AAAS CEO Statement on Executive Order on Climate Change [March 28, 2017] AAAS leads an intersociety letter on the HONEST Act [March 28, 2017] President's Budget Plan Would Cripple Science and Technology, AAAS Says [March 16, 2017] AAAS Responds to New Immigration Executive Order [March 6, 2017] AAAS CEO Responds to Trump Immigration and Visa Order [January 28, 2017] AAAS CEO Rush Holt Statement on Federal Scientists and Public Communication [January 24, 2017] AAAS thanks leaders of the American Innovation and Competitiveness Act [December 21, 2016] AAAS CEO Rush Holt raises concern over President - Elect Donald Trump's EPA Director Selection [December 15, 2016] AAAS CEO Rush Holt Statement Following the House Passage of 21st Century Cures Act [December 2, 2016] Letter from U.S. scientific, engineering, and higher education community leaders to President - elect Trump's transition team [November 23, 2016] Letter from AAAS CEO Rush Holt to Senate Leaders and Letter to House Leaders to pass a FY 2017 Omnibus Spending Bill [November 15, 2016] AAAS reaffirms the reality of human - caused climate change [June 28
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Science on Scientific Freedom and Responsibility [October 18, 2017] Scientific Societies» Letter on President Trump's Visa and Immigration Proclamation [October 17, 2017] AAAS Statement on U.S. Withdrawal from UNESCO [October 12, 2017] AAAS Statement on White House Proclamation on Immigration and Visas [September 25, 2017] AAAS Statement from CEO Rush Holt on ARPA - E Reauthorization Act [September 8, 2017] AAAS Speaks Out Against Trump Administration Halt of Young Immigrant Program [September 6, 2017] AAAS Statement on Trump Administration Disbanding National
Climate Assessment Advisory Committee [August 22, 2017] AAAS CEO Rush Holt Issues Statement On Death of Former Rep. Vern Ehlers [August 17, 2017] AAAS CEO Rush Holt and 15 Other Science Society Leaders Request Climate Science Meeting with EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt [July 31, 2017] AAAS Encourages Congressional Appropriators to Invest in Research and Innovation [July 25, 2017] AAAS CEO Urges Secretary of State to Fill Post of Science and Technology Adviser [July 13, 2017] AAAS and ESA Urge Trump Administration to Protect Monuments [July 7, 2017] AAAS Statement on House Appropriations Bill for the Department of Energy [June 28, 2017] Scientific Organizations Statement on Science and Government [June 27, 2017] AAAS Statement on White House Executive Order on Cuba Relations [June 16, 2017] AAAS Statement on Paris Agreement on Climate Change [June 1, 2017] AAAS Statement from CEO Rush Holt on Fiscal Year 2018 Budget Proposal [May 23, 2017] AAAS thanks the Congress for prioritizing research and development funding in the FY 2017 omnibus appropriations [May 9, 2017] AAAS Statement on Dismissal of Scientists on EPA Scientific Advisory Board [May 8, 2017] AAAS CEO Rush Holt Statement on FY 2017 Appropriations [May 1, 2017] AAAS CEO Statement on Executive Order on Climate Change [March 28, 2017] AAAS leads an intersociety letter on the HONEST Act [March 28, 2017] President's Budget Plan Would Cripple Science and Technology, AAAS Says [March 16, 2017] AAAS Responds to New Immigration Executive Order [March 6, 2017] AAAS CEO Responds to Trump Immigration and Visa Order [January 28, 2017] AAAS CEO Rush Holt Statement on Federal Scientists and Public Communication [January 24, 2017] AAAS thanks leaders of the American Innovation and Competitiveness Act [December 21, 2016] AAAS CEO Rush Holt raises concern over President - Elect Donald Trump's EPA Director Selection [December 15, 2016] AAAS CEO Rush Holt Statement Following the House Passage of 21st Century Cures Act [December 2, 2016] Letter from U.S. scientific, engineering, and higher education community leaders to President - elect Trump's transition team [November 23, 2016] Letter from AAAS CEO Rush Holt to Senate Leaders and Letter to House Leaders to pass a FY 2017 Omnibus Spending Bill [November 15, 2016] AAAS reaffirms the reality of human - caused climate change [June 28
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Science Society Leaders Request
Climate Science Meeting with EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt [July 31, 2017] AAAS Encourages Congressional Appropriators to Invest in Research and Innovation [July 25, 2017] AAAS CEO Urges Secretary of State to Fill Post of Science and Technology Adviser [July 13, 2017] AAAS and ESA Urge Trump Administration to Protect Monuments [July 7, 2017] AAAS Statement on House Appropriations Bill for the Department of Energy [June 28, 2017] Scientific Organizations Statement on Science and Government [June 27, 2017] AAAS Statement on White House Executive Order on Cuba Relations [June 16, 2017] AAAS Statement on Paris Agreement on Climate Change [June 1, 2017] AAAS Statement from CEO Rush Holt on Fiscal Year 2018 Budget Proposal [May 23, 2017] AAAS thanks the Congress for prioritizing research and development funding in the FY 2017 omnibus appropriations [May 9, 2017] AAAS Statement on Dismissal of Scientists on EPA Scientific Advisory Board [May 8, 2017] AAAS CEO Rush Holt Statement on FY 2017 Appropriations [May 1, 2017] AAAS CEO Statement on Executive Order on Climate Change [March 28, 2017] AAAS leads an intersociety letter on the HONEST Act [March 28, 2017] President's Budget Plan Would Cripple Science and Technology, AAAS Says [March 16, 2017] AAAS Responds to New Immigration Executive Order [March 6, 2017] AAAS CEO Responds to Trump Immigration and Visa Order [January 28, 2017] AAAS CEO Rush Holt Statement on Federal Scientists and Public Communication [January 24, 2017] AAAS thanks leaders of the American Innovation and Competitiveness Act [December 21, 2016] AAAS CEO Rush Holt raises concern over President - Elect Donald Trump's EPA Director Selection [December 15, 2016] AAAS CEO Rush Holt Statement Following the House Passage of 21st Century Cures Act [December 2, 2016] Letter from U.S. scientific, engineering, and higher education community leaders to President - elect Trump's transition team [November 23, 2016] Letter from AAAS CEO Rush Holt to Senate Leaders and Letter to House Leaders to pass a FY 2017 Omnibus Spending Bill [November 15, 2016] AAAS reaffirms the reality of human - caused climate change [June 28
Climate Science Meeting with EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt [July 31, 2017] AAAS Encourages Congressional Appropriators to Invest in Research and Innovation [July 25, 2017] AAAS CEO Urges Secretary of State to Fill Post of
Science and Technology Adviser [July 13, 2017] AAAS and ESA Urge Trump Administration to Protect Monuments [July 7, 2017] AAAS Statement on House Appropriations Bill for the Department of Energy [June 28, 2017] Scientific Organizations Statement on
Science and Government [June 27, 2017] AAAS Statement on White House Executive Order on Cuba Relations [June 16, 2017] AAAS Statement on Paris Agreement on
Climate Change [June 1, 2017] AAAS Statement from CEO Rush Holt on Fiscal Year 2018 Budget Proposal [May 23, 2017] AAAS thanks the Congress for prioritizing research and development funding in the FY 2017 omnibus appropriations [May 9, 2017] AAAS Statement on Dismissal of Scientists on EPA Scientific Advisory Board [May 8, 2017] AAAS CEO Rush Holt Statement on FY 2017 Appropriations [May 1, 2017] AAAS CEO Statement on Executive Order on Climate Change [March 28, 2017] AAAS leads an intersociety letter on the HONEST Act [March 28, 2017] President's Budget Plan Would Cripple Science and Technology, AAAS Says [March 16, 2017] AAAS Responds to New Immigration Executive Order [March 6, 2017] AAAS CEO Responds to Trump Immigration and Visa Order [January 28, 2017] AAAS CEO Rush Holt Statement on Federal Scientists and Public Communication [January 24, 2017] AAAS thanks leaders of the American Innovation and Competitiveness Act [December 21, 2016] AAAS CEO Rush Holt raises concern over President - Elect Donald Trump's EPA Director Selection [December 15, 2016] AAAS CEO Rush Holt Statement Following the House Passage of 21st Century Cures Act [December 2, 2016] Letter from U.S. scientific, engineering, and higher education community leaders to President - elect Trump's transition team [November 23, 2016] Letter from AAAS CEO Rush Holt to Senate Leaders and Letter to House Leaders to pass a FY 2017 Omnibus Spending Bill [November 15, 2016] AAAS reaffirms the reality of human - caused climate change [June 28
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Climate Change [March 28, 2017] AAAS leads an intersociety letter on the HONEST Act [March 28, 2017] President's Budget Plan Would Cripple
Science and Technology, AAAS Says [March 16, 2017] AAAS Responds to
New Immigration Executive Order [March 6, 2017] AAAS CEO Responds to Trump Immigration and Visa Order [January 28, 2017] AAAS CEO Rush Holt Statement on Federal Scientists and Public Communication [January 24, 2017] AAAS thanks leaders of the American Innovation and Competitiveness Act [December 21, 2016] AAAS CEO Rush Holt raises concern over President - Elect Donald Trump's EPA Director Selection [December 15, 2016] AAAS CEO Rush Holt Statement Following the House Passage of 21st Century Cures Act [December 2, 2016] Letter from U.S. scientific, engineering, and higher education community leaders to President - elect Trump's transition team [November 23, 2016] Letter from AAAS CEO Rush Holt to Senate Leaders and Letter to House Leaders to pass a FY 2017 Omnibus Spending Bill [November 15, 2016] AAAS reaffirms the reality of human - caused
climate change [June 28
climate change [June 28, 2016]
A recent STPF
Science Diplomacy Affinity Group symposium shed
new light on
climate change and war when an expert on water resources identified
climate change as a factor that also contributes to political turmoil.
Some subpopulations of yellow warblers may be genetically better equipped to adapt to
climate changes than others, according to a
new study in the January 5 issue of
Science.
The
new secretary of state for energy and
climate change, Amber Rudd, has made clear her unequivocal backing for action to combat
climate change and for the
science behind it.
Climate Science • The new Republican House majority provides an opportunity to shape the science agenda for bipartisan efforts to reduce the nation's energy usage and to take steps towards a clean energy — based e
Science • The
new Republican House majority provides an opportunity to shape the
science agenda for bipartisan efforts to reduce the nation's energy usage and to take steps towards a clean energy — based e
science agenda for bipartisan efforts to reduce the nation's energy usage and to take steps towards a clean energy — based economy.
The
new study covers the entire U.S. West, from the High Plains states to the Pacific coast, and provides the first detailed look at how groundwater recharge may change as the
climate changes, said senior author Thomas Meixner, UA professor and associate department head of hydrology and atmospheric
sciences.
Whether it can be relied upon by government and if the details of collecting and processing it are disclosed «and documented with enough detail» to reliably capture
new science for weather and
climate models will be important.
Last week, House
Science, Space and Technology Chairman Lamar Smith (R - Texas) subpoenaed the attorneys general of
New York and Massachusetts, who are each investigating if Exxon Mobil Corp. misled investors and the public about
climate change threats, and several environmental groups (ClimateWire, July 14).
The oceans near Antarctica that absorb carbon and protect our planet from
climate change have been working robustly in the past decade, finds a
new study published yesterday in
Science.
«This study raises
new questions about what
climate change will do to severe thunderstorms and what is responsible for recent trends,» says Tippett, who is also a member of the Data Science Institute and the Columbia Initiative on Extreme Weather and C
climate change will do to severe thunderstorms and what is responsible for recent trends,» says Tippett, who is also a member of the Data
Science Institute and the Columbia Initiative on Extreme Weather and
ClimateClimate.
With plans for a
new floating dock at McMurdo Sound and robotic transportation to the South Pole, there's a kind of change in
climate coming to the National
Science Foundation's (NSF's) U.S. Antarctic Program (USAP).
However, in a
new paper published in Proceedings of the National of Sciences USA (PNAS) scientists from the University of Helsinki, Faculty of
Science, show that key environmental parameters, namely
climate - related primary productivity, biodiversity, and pathogen stress have strong influence on the global pattern of population densities of ethnographically documented hunter - gatherers.
Most relate to
climate, environmental, and social
science, but the
new request appears to reflect a much more ambiguous filter: For the first time, it contains several awards in the physical
sciences, including one that has led to patented software to detect whether a computer has been taken over by malicious software and another that explores a long - standing mathematical puzzle.»
We named Lisa Randall (yet another articulate physicist); Dava Newman, a former deputy administrator of NASA; Anthony Fauci, an AIDS researcher and director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; neuroscientist Christof Koch; economist Raj Chetty; geneticist George Church; physician and
New Yorker contributor Atul Gawande; «inner fish» paleontologist Neil Shubin; and
climate science defender James Hansen.
As a result, clearing forests can affect local temperature, humidity and rainfall, but these effects can be difficult to quantify, said Luis Garcia - Carreras, a research fellow at the University of Leeds Institute for
Climate and Atmospheric
Science and a co-author of the
new study.
Outside of Earth
science, there is another pillar of the story in
New York 2140: global finance, and how markets and economies might react to
climate change.
In her contribution to this feature, frequent
Science Careers contributor Siri Carpenter describes how
new programs are emerging to help scientists prepare for the increasingly interdisciplinary nature of
climate change research while also ensuring a solid disciplinary grounding.