Climate Change
On this site, we refer to the claimed direct effects of global warming as climate change. Articles in this category examine the arguments and evidence… Read More »Climate Change
Climate change
Drought
Drought is a consequence of global warming that drives many fears about the future. But like heatwaves, the definition and detection of a drought is… Read More »Drought
Glaciers and Ice Sheets
Glaciers and ice sheets (rather than sea ice as such) melting is one of the major concerns about global warming and its consequences. Whereas Arctic… Read More »Glaciers and Ice Sheets
Heatwaves
Heatwaves are the most intuitive consequence of global warming. But when discussing heatwaves, it is important to distinguish the meteorological data from data relating to… Read More »Heatwaves
Precipitation
According to meteorology, warmer air is capable of holding more moisture, therefore global warming will likely cause a more saturated atmosphere to make more water… Read More »Precipitation
Sea Ice
For many years, each northern hemisphere summer has brought fresh concern about the survival of the Arctic ice sheet. Chiefly for its supposed role as… Read More »Sea Ice
Storms
A video to promote the 2009 COP15 meeting in Copenhagen published by the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs depicted a young girl being chased across… Read More »Storms