"Two physical realities virtually ensure that Californians will still face drought, regardless of how this El Niño unfolds," write Department of Global Ecology Director Chris Field and Stanford's Noah Diffenbaugh in the New York Times Opinion pages.
"It’s true that right now our fossil-fuel resources remain vast; but it’s also true that, if we keep burning through them at current rates, they’ll be gone in less time than it took for the Roman Empire to rise and fall. If earlier societies had done what we’re doing, the
“The legacy of what we’re doing over the next decades and the next centuries is really going to have a dramatic influence on this planet for many tens of thousands of years,” Ken Caldeira tells The Washington Post.
“This is humanity as a geologic force,” Ken Caldeira tells the New York Times.
Washington, DC—New work from an international team including Carnegie’s Ken Caldeira demonstrates that the planet’s remaining fossil fuel resources would be sufficient to melt nearly all of Antarctica if burned, leading to a 50- or 60-meter (160- to 200-f
“It’s like going in and getting a blood test, and the doctor saying you’re OK or you’re not,” Greg Asner tells The Guardian of his Carnegie Airborne Observatory team's monitoring of drought-stricken forests in California.
Climate change could give San Francisco the climate index of San Diego and New York City the climate index of Oklahoma City, according to new research from Ken Caldeira and high school intern Yana Petri covered by the Washington Post.
Washington, DC— Climate change caused by greenhouse gas emissions will alter the way that Americans heat and cool their homes.
Stop burning fossil fuels now: there is no CO2 'technofix', scientists warn More
Washington, DC—Continuing current carbon dioxide (CO2) emission trends throughout this century and beyond would leave a legacy of heat and acidity in the deep ocean.
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