Concentration of CO2 in the Atmosphere

Global Warming Has Accelerated

by James Hansen and Pushker Kharecha

Here we make available “Global Warming Has Accelerated,” including the Supplementary Material (SM), in one document and the webinar discussing the paper.

The SM shows that the rate of freshwater injection on the North Atlantic Ocean assumed in “Ice Melt, Sea Level Rise, and Superstorms” was realistic, averaged over […]

Is it Time to Think About Our Planet as a Living Being?

Map of the world’s rivers, free-flowing and impacted by human activity. (World Map with Countries)

Cliff Krolick and Kat Tayor

Map of the world’s rivers, free-flowing and impacted by human activity. (World Map with Countries)

It is time to consider our Earth as a living, breathing being possessing systems that keep it running […]

Action is the Antidote to Despair:

A Post-Election Path to Climate Security

(Courtesy of Citizen’s Climate Lobby)

Peter Dugas

There is no sugar-coating what recent election results could mean for climate progress. The new administration has campaigned on rolling back climate successes and responds to near-universal calls for increased climate action with the tired old “drill baby […]

On Borrowed Time

Union of Concerned Scientists’ analysis finds that coastal communities face a sea level rise countdown, with a disturbing number of critical infrastructure assets at risk of frequent flooding.

Michelle Rama-Poccia

Under a blue sky with a cloud streaking across the horizon, a father and child sit on a bench by the […]

New Mexico’s Green Amendment Pre-Filed for 2025

Lead Legislators Believe This Could Be A Pivotal Year For The Constitutional Right

Santa Fe, NM: Tuesday, January 7, 2025, legislators announced they had pre-filed the New Mexico Constitutional Green Amendment. Representative Joanne Ferrary, Senator Harold Pope, Jr., Senator Shannon Pinto, Representative Patricia Roybal Caballero, newly-elected Representative Joseph Hernandez, Senator Antoinette Sedillo Lopez, […]

Earth System Management

Alan Betts

One of the greatest challenges for our society is that so few people understand how the Earth system is managed by the Creator. In fact, very few want to know as their priorities lie elsewhere. In society there are webs of lies, and many political agendas are full of lies as […]

The Oceans Are Rising, and We Are Not Ready

Pixabay, public domain

Janis Petzel, MD

The oceans are rising and we are not ready. This is the troubling news from a recent report from the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS). The world is locked into at least a foot of sea level rise by 2050 due to the pollution […]

Political Scientist Awarded the Volvo Environment Prize 2024

Frank Biermann was awarded the 2024 Volvo Environment Prize 2024 for his research on environmental governance. (Volvo Environment Prize Foundation)

Press release from the Volvo Environment Prize Foundation

Governments and organizations meet year-round to make crucial decisions to solve global environmental problems. Why, then, is progress so slow? This is the […]

Human Activity is Straining Our Planet to its Breaking Point

Visualization of safe Earth System Boundaries, just Earth System Boundaries, cases where safe and just boundaries align and current global states. (Earth Commission)

Elizabeth Balzani

People have known for quite some time that human activity is contributing to the changing climate. But what many people are not aware of is the […]

From a Shorter Winter Season to More Storm Damage – Part 2

NH Recreation Providers Feel Climate Impacts Far More than Visitors

Madeleine Smith, Michael D. Ferguson, Lauren A. Ferguson, Alexandra R. Contosta, Elizabeth Burakowski, Dovev Levine, Shannon Rogers

Read part 1 of this article in the August 2024 issue of Green Energy Times

When asked about the impact of changing winter conditions, the findings […]