October 5, 2020 – Climate Change Resources

How Facebook and Twitter Handled Trump’s ‘Don’t Be Afraid of Covid’ Post

EcoWatch_RSSBy CCR@IIXXI8 October 5, 2020

Medical experts said the president’s message downplayed the dangers of the coronavirus. But it fell into a gray area for the social media platforms.

Everything You Think About the Geopolitics of Climate Change Is Wrong

Politics_International_MNBy CCR@IIXXI8 October 5, 2020

The transition to a zero-carbon world will shift power in very unexpected ways.

Q: What is permafrost and why does it matter?

CONSEQUENCES_LAND_PERMAFROST, FAQsBy CCR@IIXXI8 October 5, 2020

A: “Permafrost is a lot like concrete. In permafrost, ice binds together soil, rocks, sand and organic matter. Some of that organic matter includes the...

CCL chapter attends racial justice workshop

CALIFORNIA, NEWS_ARCHIVE, RSS_NEWSBy CCR@IIXXI8 October 5, 2020

In recent months, the issues of systemic racism and police brutality have exploded into the national consciousness like never before. Members of the CCL Alameda...

Trump team delaying work on major climate report

NEWS_ARCHIVE, Politics_National_MN, SCIENCE_MNBy CCR@IIXXI8 October 5, 2020

The Trump administration is slow-walking a mandatory climate report by not seeking out scientists to work on it, says one of the authors of the...

Right-wing ideology reduces the effects of education on climate change beliefs in more developed countries

Nature_RSSBy CCR@IIXXI8 October 5, 2020

Nature Climate Change, Published online: 05 October 2020; doi:10.1038/s41558-020-00930-6 Education increases political polarization on climate change beliefs in the US. Here the authors find that...

Intraspecific diversity as a reservoir for heat-stress tolerance in sweet potato

Nature_RSSBy CCR@IIXXI8 October 5, 2020

Nature Climate Change, Published online: 05 October 2020; doi:10.1038/s41558-020-00924-4 Mass field testing of heat tolerance in 1,973 cultivars of sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) from 50...

Plant agrodiversity to the rescue

Nature_RSSBy CCR@IIXXI8 October 5, 2020

Nature Climate Change, Published online: 05 October 2020; doi:10.1038/s41558-020-00925-3 Agricultural systems are vulnerable to climate change, and global reservoirs of plant genetic diversity are proving...

Dust dominates high-altitude snow darkening and melt over high-mountain Asia

Nature_RSSBy CCR@IIXXI8 October 5, 2020

Nature Climate Change, Published online: 05 October 2020; doi:10.1038/s41558-020-00909-3 Dust deposition in high-mountain Asia lowers snow albedo and hastens melt. Satellite data and models show...

A darker cryosphere in a warming world

Nature_RSSBy CCR@IIXXI8 October 5, 2020

Nature Climate Change, Published online: 05 October 2020; doi:10.1038/s41558-020-00911-9 Dust and black carbon deposition in high-mountain Asia darkens snow and ice, increases sunlight absorption and...