Jeff Berardelli is WFLA’s Climate Specialist TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Every few years, under the mandate of U.S. law, the government releases a comprehensive report on the state of climate change in our nation and an assessment of our progress, or lack thereof, to mitigate and adapt to the […] Click here to view original […]

Greenhouse gas emissions are down in United States but still rising globally. Report shows climate change worsening due to buildup of human-emitted greenhouse gases BOULDER, Colo. — The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s fifth National Climate Assessment (NCA5), released on Tuesday, shows that climate change is worsening as human […] Click here to view original

Getty Images The idea that we can mitigate current carbon emissions by “offsetting” them with carbon reduction initiatives elsewhere has become central to government and business responses to climate change. But it’s an idea we need to seriously question. Essentially, the offsetting strategy assumes the release of carbon stored […] Click here to view original

A new report released by the Biden administration drives home a warning that scientists have been issuing for years — nowhere in the U.S. is safe from the effects of climate change. The Fifth National Climate Assessment , released Tuesday, provides a grim overview of the impact on the […] Click here to view original

A farmer drinks a bottle of water during the ongoing Southwest Monsoon season in Selangor, Malay… Read More Annual heat-related deaths worldwide for people over 65 are projected to increase by 370% through the middle of the century if global temperatures rise by 2 degrees Celsius, a new report […] Click here to view original

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Twitter users in areas affected by major hurricanes discussed climate change much more frequently right after the hurricane, according to a study published November 23, 2023 in the open-access journal PLOS Climate by Maddalena Torricelli from the City University of London, UK, and colleagues. There’s […] Click here to view original