Explainer: How the rise and fall of CO2 levels influenced the ice ages
WEBJul 2, 2020 · Antarctic reconstructed air temperature (red line) at Dome Fuji site Antarctica using isotope modelling from Uemura et al (2018) and Antarctic composite ice core atmospheric CO2 data (blue line) from Bereiter et al (2014).Data spans the period from 800,000 BCE to 1980 CE. Chart by Carbon Brief using Highcharts.. While the CO2 concentrations provide a good representation of global average ...
Factcheck: How electric vehicles help to tackle climate change
WEBMay 13, 2019 · Other recent studies of electric cars in Germany have reached the opposite conclusion. One study found that emissions from EVs have emissions up to 43% lower than diesel vehicles. Another detailed that “in all cases examined, electric cars have lower lifetime climate impacts than those with internal combustion engines”.
Mapped: How climate change affects extreme weather around the …
WEBAug 4, 2022 · Carbon Brief’s analysis reveals: 71% of the 504 extreme weather events and trends included in the map were found to be made more likely or more severe by human-caused climate change. 9% of events or trends were made less likely or less severe by climate change, meaning 80% of all events experienced some human impact.
Explainer: How ‘Shared Socioeconomic Pathways’ explore future …
WEBApr 19, 2018 · Narratives for each Shared Socioeconomic Pathway, from Riahi et al 2017.. These narratives describe alternative pathways for future society. They present baselines of how things would look in the absence of climate policy, and allow researchers to examine barriers and opportunities for climate mitigation and adaptation in each possible future world when combined with mitigation targets.
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WEBSep 13, 2024 · This is three times higher than the amount secured last year. It is also a new capacity record, if wind power projects from 2022 that were subsequently cancelled or scaled back are excluded, according to the analysis. Carbon Brief covers climate science, energy and policy, specialising in clear, data-driven articles to improve the understanding ...
Analysis: Which countries are historically responsible for climate ...
WEBOct 5, 2021 · Historical responsibility for climate change is at the heart of debates over climate justice.. History matters because the cumulative amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted since the start of the industrial revolution is closely tied to the 1.2C of warming that has already occurred.. In total, humans have pumped around 2,500bn tonnes of CO2 (GtCO2) into the atmosphere since 1850, leaving less ...
Guest post: The oceans are absorbing more carbon than
WEBSep 28, 2020 · The oceans cover over 70% of the Earth’s surface and play a crucial role in taking up CO2 from the atmosphere. Estimates suggest that around a quarter of CO2 emissions that human activity generates each year is absorbed by the oceans. However, in our recent Nature Communications paper, we show that …
Explainer: Desertification and the role of climate change - Carbon …
WEBAug 6, 2019 · Explainers Explainer: ‘Desertification’ and the role of climate change. Desertification has been described as “ the greatest environmental challenge of our time ” and climate change is making it worse. While the term may bring to mind the windswept sand dunes of the Sahara or the vast salt pans of the Kalahari, it’s an issue that ...
Analysis: Why scientists think 100% of global warming is due to …
WEBDec 13, 2017 · The extent of the human contribution to modern global warming is a hotly debated topic in political circles, particularly in the US. During a recent congressional hearing, Rick Perry, the US energy secretary, remarked that “to stand up and say that 100% of global warming is because of human activity, I think on its face, is just indefensible”. ...
Factcheck: 21 misleading myths about electric vehicles
WEBOct 24, 2023 · Here, Carbon Brief factchecks 21 of the most common – and persistent – myths about EVs. FALSE: ‘An EV has to travel 50,000+ miles to break even’. FALSE: ‘VW’s e-Golf becomes more environmentally friendly only after 77,000 miles’. FALSE: The ‘electric Volvo C40 needs to be driven around 68,400 miles to cut carbon’.