While models plod, nature sprints

onMay 31, 2007 @ 08:21 PDT

It used to be that climate scientists worried about how to make the public care about changes that might not happen for a century. Today they have a bigger problem: some of the changes aren’t waiting around that long.

Stefan Rahmstorf, a climatologist at Potsdam University, points out that models tend to underestimate sea level rise, too. “As climatologists, we’re often under fire because of our pessimistic message, and we’re accused of overestimating the problem,” he says. “But I think the evidence points to the opposite—we may have been underestimating it.”

By Ross Gelbspan

uk/What has Reform UK Said About Climate Change?

ByAdam Barnett

onAug 19, 2026 @ 09:01 PDT

Nigel Farage’s party has a long history of rejecting basic climate science.

us/Inside the Struggle to Dismantle America’s Greenhouse Gas Data

ByRachel Santarsiero

onAug 18, 2026 @ 05:00 PDT

New accounts show the oil and gas industry trying to weaken methane reporting while saving the federal emissions system it relies on.

Big Oil Could Face ‘Catastrophic Outcomes’ Without Republican Supreme Court

BySarah Hofmann

onAug 17, 2026 @ 14:21 PDT

At the American Legislative Exchange Council’s annual meeting, members of Leonard Leo’s network explain why the right-wing court majority is crucial for protecting oil companies from climate lawsuits.