While models plod, nature sprints

onMay 31, 2007 @ 08:21 PDT

It used to be that climate scientists worried about how to make the public care about changes that might not happen for a century. Today they have a bigger problem: some of the changes aren’t waiting around that long.

Stefan Rahmstorf, a climatologist at Potsdam University, points out that models tend to underestimate sea level rise, too. “As climatologists, we’re often under fire because of our pessimistic message, and we’re accused of overestimating the problem,” he says. “But I think the evidence points to the opposite—we may have been underestimating it.”

By Ross Gelbspan

us/'Colossal Waste': U.S. Leads Way in Public Spending on False Climate Solutions

ByJulia Conley

onAug 30, 2024 @ 03:52 PDT

A new report shows global spending on carbon capture and hydrogen subsidies "failed to make a dent in carbon emissions" after 50 years of research and development.

uk/Tom Tugendhat Continues to Question UK Climate Goals

ByAdam Barnett

onAug 29, 2024 @ 08:10 PDT

The Tory leadership candidate has criticised the UK’s net zero targets while accepting donations from fossil fuel investors and climate denial funders.