Factcheck: How electric vehicles help to tackle climate change
WEBMay 13, 2019 · This web page compares the lifetime emissions of electric vehicles (EVs) and conventional vehicles across Europe, accounting for electricity generation, battery production, and driving patterns. It finds that EVs are lower-emitting than conventional vehicles in most countries, but the benefits depend on …
Explainer: Desertification and the role of climate change - Carbon …
WEBAug 6, 2019 · Desertification is land degradation in water-scarce regions, affecting 2.7 billion people. Climate change is making it worse by increasing droughts, heatwaves and extreme weather events. Learn more about the causes, impacts and solutions of …
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WEB5 days ago · This is one of five charts Carbon Brief has produced for a piece explaining how climate change is hitting food supplies and prices. The piece explores case studies around the world, from extreme heat damaging Chinese rice crops, to hurricanes and pests curbing orange harvests in the US. Carbon Brief covers climate science, energy and policy ...
Explainer: The high-emissions ‘RCP8.5’ global warming scenario
WEBAug 21, 2019 · RCP8.5 is a climate modelling scenario that assumes very high greenhouse gas emissions and no policy action to limit warming. It is not a likely or preferred outcome, but a worst-case scenario that has been used in some studies to explore climate impacts.
Explainer: How the rise and fall of CO2 levels influenced the ice ages
WEBJul 2, 2020 · The Earth's climate has alternated between ice ages and interglacial periods over the past million years, driven by changes in the Earth's orbit and CO2 concentrations. Learn how CO2 acts as a feedback to amplify orbital variations and how human activity may delay the next ice age.
Explainer: Will global warming ‘stop’ as soon as net-zero emissions …
WEBApr 29, 2021 · The web page explains why global warming is likely to more or less stop once carbon dioxide emissions reach zero, contrary to the common claim of "committed warming". It compares the scenarios of constant concentrations and zero emissions, and discusses the factors and uncertainties involved.
CMIP6: the next generation of climate models explained
WEBDec 2, 2019 · Learn how climate models project future warming based on different emissions scenarios, such as SSP1-2.6, SSP2-4.5, SSP4-6.0, and SSP5-8.5. Compare the latest CMIP6 models with the prior generation of CMIP5 models and explore the new experiments and challenges in climate modelling.
Explainer: How climate change is affecting wildfires around the world
WEBJul 14, 2020 · Climate change is increasing the weather conditions that can stoke wildfires, such as drought, heat and wind. It is also making fires more severe and destructive, as well as affecting the timing and location of fire seasons. Learn more about the causes, impacts and future risks of wildfires in this explainer.
Guest post: Investigating climate change’s ‘humidity paradox’
WEBDec 1, 2020 · Humidity paradox. The key reasons for this apparent paradox are two-fold: the Earth is warming and warmer air can hold more water vapour. The atmosphere, land and oceans are all warming. First, this means that more water is being evaporated from the Earth’s surface. Second, more water can – and is – being held in the air as a gas.
Analysis: Which countries are historically responsible for climate ...
WEBOct 5, 2021 · Carbon Brief ranks the top 10 countries by their cumulative CO2 emissions from 1850 to 2021, including fossil fuels, land use and forestry. The US tops the list, followed by China, Russia and Brazil, while the UK and Germany are among the post-colonial European nations.
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