ICSUSA Climate Science Research Library

Used in an ICSUSA column: and Worchester, MA is one of the few American cities to describe itself as a climate refuge. [The Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability at Harvard University, April 13, 2026].

Used in an ICSUSA column: These are equivalent to about a dozen new nuclear power plants. [Uncanny Speed, Bill McKibben, May 7, 2026].

Used in an ICSUSA column: Sunrun CEO Mary Powell said this is recognition “ for what we are: a powerful contributor, stabilizer, and resource for the grid.” [CleanTechnica 5/27/2026].

Used in an ICSUSA column: The authors mapped 14,798 Himalayan glaciers and found that 40% of the glacial area has been lost recently and the loss is ten times faster than loss since the Little Ice Age 400-700 years ago. [See photo of Himalayas taken by astronauts aboard the Internation …

Used in an ICSUSA column: See two images of Earth from World Meteorological Organization [WMO] 2025 report, “State of The Global Climate.” [CleanTechnica 4/5/26.]

Used in an ICSUSA column: It was about 275 parts per million[ppm]or 0.0275%. … Civilization flourished.” [Bill McKibben interview, Dec. 10, 2009.] Today CO2 is at 425 ppm [0.0425%], for a 50% increase in its concentration.

Used in an ICSUSA column: has withdrawn from 66 scientific, cultural, farming, health and security organizations [United Nations and international], many of which it helped to create.[Nature, vol 649, 29 January 2026].

Used in an ICSUSA column: For this research season many American scientists had to hitch a ride on the Araon, an icebreaker from the Korea Polar Research Institute. [The New York Times, March 3, 2026, D 8].

Used in an ICSUSA column: employees in federal government were fired or chose to leave in 2025. [Science, p 751, 19 February 2026].

Used in an ICSUSA column: This was 30% more than in 2024. [pv magazine USA, 23 February 2026].

Used in an ICSUSA column: *In January 2026, a total of seven gas-powered cars were sold in all of Norway.[Newsletter, David Wallace-Wells Feb. 25, 2026].

Used in an ICSUSA column: -- A group of wind farms in Britain has been approved that will provide 8.4 gigawatts of electricity that can power twelve million homes ![NYTimes January 2026].

Used in an ICSUSA column: -- And then we have a Canadian entrepreneur, Jay Goodsell, whose company is developing an airship to transport heavy loads from and to challenging locations powered by solar energy. The photo,[Globe and Mail, January 20, 2026, Supplied], shows the Solar Ship i …

Used in an ICSUSA column: Is nature’s carbon sink failing?[The Guardian, October 14, 2024].

Used in an ICSUSA column: World Court rules[November 12, 2025]that the U.

Used in an ICSUSA column: Head of IRENA [International Renewable Energy Agency], Francesco La Camera, stated at a conference in Singapore “ … the unprecedented dominance of renewables in new energy projects … is accelerating, not faltering.” [CleanTechnica 11/3/25].

Used in an ICSUSA column: China built a 162 square mile solar farm on the Tibetan Plateau at 10,000 feet where the sunlight is brighter, and the air is thin and the solar energy gain higher.[The New York Times, 10/10/2025].

Used in an ICSUSA column: expects to add on non-federal lands 32 more gigawatts of solar power in next 12 months. [CleanTechnica 11/12/25].

Used in an ICSUSA column: More wind turbines and solar panels were installed in China last year[2024]than the rest of the world combined.[The Daily, 11/18/25, Gilles Sabrie for The New York Times.]

Used in an ICSUSA column: World population was 8.09 billion on January 1, 2025; an increase of 71 million in 2024.[The New York Times, 12/31/24].