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

us/WisdomTree Hit with $4 Million Penalty for Misleading Investors on Fossil Fuel Holdings

BySharon Kelly

onOct 25, 2024 @ 11:43 PDT

The SEC move is a warning to the financial industry that false claims about fossil fuel involvement can carry consequences.

us/Mapped: How 6 Billionaire Family Fortunes Fund Project 2025

ByJoe Fassler

onOct 25, 2024 @ 10:15 PDT

Unraveling a $122 million web of climate denial, political extremism, and Trump campaign ties.

us/‘Money in Exchange for Silence’: Behind Neom’s Green Image, Western Firms Cash in on Saudi Commitment to Oil

ByAdam M. Lowenstein

onOct 25, 2024 @ 02:00 PDT

PR and consulting agencies are being paid millions to focus the world’s attention on a promised “eco-city” — obscuring human rights abuses and Saudi Arabia’s long record of climate obstruction.