ICSUSA Climate Science Research Library

Used in an ICSUSA column: The case is brought by the cities of Oakland and San Francisco against the five largest oil companies for “discrediting climate science in general” and “which has delayed regulatory action and left coastal cities to deal with eroding coastlines, property loss …

Used in an ICSUSA column: Preliminary estimates of the cost of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, Jose and Maria exceeds $290 billion [AccuWeather September 12, 2017] and will take us off the chart.

Used in an ICSUSA column: Farhad Manjoo published an article [7/20/17; The New York Times], titled, “How Y2K Offers a Lesson for Fighting Climate Change.”

Used in an ICSUSA column: See one estimate in graph labeled “Decay of Pulse CO2 Emissions” [Archer D., J.Geophys.Res.,110,2005].

Used in an ICSUSA column: The five Climate components, as indicated in the image [John Mason, Skeptical Science 10/7/13] of Earth, are: Cryosphere, Geosphere, Hydrosphere, Biosphere, and Atmosphere.

Used in an ICSUSA column: With total U.S. greenhouse gas emissions of 6.8 billion tons per year, this is equivalent to a Mt. St. Helen’s eruption happening almost twice a day in the U.S. alone. [Planetsave.com/2016/12/02]

Used in an ICSUSA column: … in this Global Climate story were introduced: these included 1.carbon dioxide, [the sharply rising levels of this greenhouse gas {GHG}], 2. loss of Arctic Ocean sea ice cover, 3. thawing permafrost [and resulting release of the powerful GHG methane], and 4. …

Used in an ICSUSA column: The impact of these increasing levels of this greenhouse gas is being felt in many ways and one is the global surface temperature [See graph titled “Monthly Mean Global Surface Temperature” from NASA/GISS.]

Used in an ICSUSA column: A new report in Science Advances by Jerry Mitrovica, et.al, [11 Dec2015Vol.1, no.11] says just that.

Used in an ICSUSA column: In a peer reviewed article in the journal Nature Climate Change [published on-line 1/18/16], the authors Gleckler et al. show that the oceans have absorbed about 90% of the excess heat energy retained by greenhouse gases; primarily carbon dioxide from the comb …

Used in an ICSUSA column: Recent public poll numbers [Science, 330,p362,23October2015] in America states that 70% believe in climate science Poll by U.

Used in an ICSUSA column: In April of this year, “scientists, religious figures and policymakers gathered at the Vatican to discuss the science of global warming and the danger posed to the world’s poorest people” [Nature,p596,Vol520,30April2015].

Used in an ICSUSA column: The encyclical goes even further and mentions the “relentless exploitation and destruction of the environment and says apathy, the relentless pursuit of profits, excessive faith in technology, and political shortsightedness are to blame” [NYTimes June 19, 2015 …

Used in an ICSUSA column: Its immediate task [New York Times article January 5, 2015] is to cool, store and secure the spent fuel there.

Used in an ICSUSA column: A recent publication [Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences, December 29, 2014] reports that green plants, especially in the tropics, play an even bigger role in fixing CO2 from the air and that they may sequester as much of 30% of our emissions.

Used in an ICSUSA column: He worked at a site called Monte Verde and his research led him to the conclusion that early peoples there predated by 1,500 years the earliest [Clovis] site in North America; [Nature Vol.514, p24-26, 2 October 2014.]

Used in an ICSUSA column: A research article in Nature [7 August 2014, Vol 512, page 65-69] found that anthropogenic mercury in the oceans was triple what they were before the industrial revolution.

Used in an ICSUSA column: The new rules were intended “to protect American families from power plant emissions of mercury and toxic air pollution like arsenic, acid gas, nickel, selenium, and cyanide.” [See www.epa.gov/mercury/regs.]

Used in an ICSUSA column: Most of the carbon from the burning of fossil fuels will remain in the climate system [air, water, land] for many millennia [PLOS Vol. 8, December 2103]!

Used in an ICSUSA column: According to NASA, April 2014 was the second warmest on record globally [April 2010 is first].