article thumbnail

Good news: The media is getting the facts right on climate change

Grist

A study out this week found that 90 percent of media coverage accurately represented the scientific consensus that human activity is driving global warming, looking at thousands of articles from 2005 to 2019. But when it comes to the facts on climate change, the media appears to be on an upward trajectory.

article thumbnail

Net Zero Secretary Claire Coutinho Took Donation From Climate Science Denial Funder

DeSmogBlog

Hintze, a Conservative peer and hedge fund manager, was one of the early funders of the Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF) , founded by the late Conservative chancellor Nigel Lawson. Hintze has said that he believes “there is climate change” caused “in part due to human activity over the past century”.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

The 101 on Climate Change

Christopher Kemper

CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION I have a deep love for the environment at all levels?—?not climate change is among the largest issue that our generation faces. About Climate Change In this world, all things are connected; as such, each and every thing has an impact on each and every thing else. my brand?—?is

article thumbnail

A vital Atlantic Ocean system could collapse sooner than previously thought

Grist

Climate change has altered those conditions though, by warming oceans to record high temperatures and introducing more freshwater through sea-ice and glacier melt. degrees Fahrenheit) of warming. “We’re We’re talking huge, huge climate changes in a very short time,” said Ditlevsen. “We

article thumbnail

Climate change threatens Maine blueberries

AGreenLiving

Maine blueberries and the farmers who harvest them could be some of the latest victims of climate change. Scientists from the University of Maine have published a new study that found blueberry fields are warming faster than the rest of the state. million pounds of wild blueberries, the smallest amount since 2004.

article thumbnail

Ofcom Refuses to Investigate GB News Over Climate Conspiracy Theories

DeSmogBlog

These comments, originally made by Moore and echoed by Birtles, have “absolutely no basis in fact”, according to Bob Ward, policy and communications director at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

article thumbnail

Rising from the ashes, Alaska’s forests come back stronger

Grist

Back in 2004, when wildfires in Alaska burned an area the size of Massachusetts , Michelle Mack wondered just how much carbon had permanently moved from the landscape into the atmosphere. Mack, an ecologist at Northern Arizona University, knew that the carbon dioxide released by these burning trees could further accelerate global warming.