The international goal to limit global heating to 1.5° Celsius is officially on life support. A United Nations-backed panel of climate scientists …
The State of Climate Change, Curated by Eric Roston
Climate change is at once a slow- and fast-moving story. A Swedish chemist in the 1890s worked out basic physics describing how atmospheric carbon dioxide collects heat. Today, heat records and ominous projections need updating more often than smartphones. Climate stories run the gamut from Earth physics to geopolitics, energy, insurance, investment, technology and behavior. Wherever you live, whatever you do, there’s now a climate angle for you to follow — plus the global one that binds us all.
10 Must-Read Articles on Climate Science
Earth is getting hotter. Since 1900, the average surface air temperature has risen 1.8 degrees Fahrenheit (1 degree Celsius). The steepest rise began …
It’s the bedrock idea underpinning global climate politics: Countries that got rich by spewing greenhouse gasses have a responsibility to cut …
The new geopolitics of energy.
Removing the greenhouse gas from the air will likely be necessary, along with radical emissions cuts, to keep temperatures from rising 2˚C. A bleak …
ATTRIBUTION | August 4. 2022. 16:30 Mapped: How climate change affects extreme weather around the world In the early 2000s, a new field of …
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last month precipitated an energy crisis that is reverberating around the world. Nowhere are the effects felt more intensely than in the European Union, which relies on Russia for roughly 40 percent of its gas and more than a quarter of its oil. Russian gas and oil …
WASHINGTON — The new infrastructure law signed by President Biden includes almost $50 billion to protect communities against climate change, the largest such investment in United States history and a recognition that the effects of warming are outpacing America’s ability to cope. Mr. Biden has …
For decades, various industries have weaponized American individualism, laying the blame for systemic issues at the feet of individual citizens. …
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Eric Roston is an award-winning journalist for Bloomberg News covering sustainability. He has spent more than 15 years covering climate change in all its incarnations — from science, to technology, finance, business, and government.
Eric Roston is an award-winning journalist who has spent more than 15 years covering climate change in all its incarnations—from science, to …