Finally, some legislation that has some teeth.

I am a beginner learning to download and interpret data derived from climate models.I downloaded my required data of EC-Earth3 from Earth System Grid Federation's website in netcdf format and converted them into .csv format as in the following image.But I am clueless about what these data mean and what each column means.Can someone help me with interpreting these data so I can proceed for further analysis with these data.

Does anyone have data to refute this stuff? Or good papers and articles to share?

He specifically said he doesn’t understand why 1.5 C temperature rise is a bad thing.

I want to read technical papers on climate change, no watered down books or articles. I'm pursuing a degree in engineering and one in math, so assume i have the requisite math background/maturity to read scientific papers and learn whatever science i need to in order to understand them completely.

I have looked at the reading list in the subreddit, but I wanted a reliable place, a journal/conference preferably, to get the latest research on cc.

I'll look at ipcc references as well, in addition to this if you have some new climate change related book (again, textbooks only) then please do recommend. Thanks.

Humans have changed the surface of the planet drastically in the last hundred years. And I was wondering how land reclamation affects certain ecosystems, wether it be aquatic or land based. Thank you!

Back then it seemed like the science was trusted and everyone agreed. If everyone hadn't agreed, would the ozone layer be gone now and if so how much worse would our environment be?

Hi, I'm a data scientist fresh out of college, but I feel empty applying my skills in a job I don't even like. Does anyone have ideas on how I can apply data science to generate solutions to help combat the effect of climate change? I understand that one of the major contributors to the problem is the food industry.

I also know that agriculture and land use contribute approximately 34% of global greenhouse gas emissions and that there are many recommended actions such as moving from industrial monocultures to decentralized polycultures, adopting regenerative agriculture practices, reducing fertilizer use and changing agricultural techniques, protecting ecosystems and collaborating with indigenous communities to preserve their lands, reducing food waste and changing diets to less polluting options (e.g., reducing meat consumption).

Please I need someone to comment if you know of initiatives that I can get involved in or ideas that can generate efficient solutions. I am very sad but motivated

I'm a home owner in a depressed mid-sized town North Louisiana and get some gnarly winter depression. My first pick for relocation would be Miami, but Miami is so close to sea level that by the time I'd be ready to move again I might only be able to sell to Aquaman. Is Orlando a reasonable next option? I don't expect to live more than another 50 years tops, so if Orlando sinks after that time, I'll already be dead.

I consider myself rational and science/data-oriented, so I have a difficult time understanding why so many people refuse to acknowledge even the possibility of anthropogenic climate change. I know why many businesses don't want to—looking at you, Oil and Gas. But it seems so obstinate. Why couldn't human beings be impacting the global climate? Why is that such a difficult situation to understand? Is it that some humans see our species as infallible? We couldn't possibly be doing this? We hate change and it would mean giving up some or all of the things we love to do like drive gas-powered cars? I know the rules say no politics, but how did this become a "liberal" thing? Politicizing it benefits no one long-term.

(Sorry if this is a sore subject and if it's been covered here already, ad nauseam.)

Hi -

I was just watching a video about the possible formation of a new ocean in Africa (in a rift that is widening near Ethiopia) over the next million years or so. I quite realize that AGCC is a problem here-and-now, but it got me to thinking about the broader issue of whether rises in global sea levels could be mitigated a bit by the natural formation of significant new bodies of water on what was previously dry land. I suppose this is partly already considered by scientists in that I think they account for the amounts of water behind dams (i.e.: in man-made situations). Do scientists also consider natural formation of new bodies of water in estimating how sea levels will change over the next few decades?

Hello all. As Christmas creeps up, I’m left thinking about how, in my home state of West Virginia, we’ve only had two “snows” so far this year, neither of which stuck for more than a few hours, and how it’s projected to be almost 70 degrees later this week- at the end of December. I’m in my early twenties, I’ve felt this trend escalating for my entire life. I can remember getting my 12th birthday off of school due to snow, in late October. It hasn’t snowed here before the middle of December in years, and we’ve averaged MAYBE one decent snow a year as of late. Cold, snowy weather is my absolutely favorite thing.

I want to start a large family and settle down somewhere that is very, very cold and snowy, and will remain that way even as climate change takes its toll over the coming decades. Somewhere with snowpack into the spring. Does that/will that exist in the continental U.S. anymore? In 2050, will there be ANY parts of the country that get genuine blizzards? Is elevation the key? This question plagues my mind as I’ve always imagined raising my kids somewhere that you can sled and play in the snow for several months out of the year, where you have to bundle up to go outside, and where Christmas is white.

So… where? Thanks a bunch, I hope you’re all well. Merry Christmas

This was in a letter to the editor locally:

"There is no real evidence that global warming is due to atmospheric CO2. Controlled experiments indicate that the addition of CO2 in air up to 10,000 ppm have little or no effect on warming under atmospheric conditions."

Entire letter is here: https://www.inforum.com/opinion/letters/letter-co2-and-global-warming

I was going to write a comment. I think he might be talking about experiments where they added CO2 to experimental plant plots (but don't remember the mechanics). "Under atmospheric conditions"--means exactly what?

Can you help me out here? I have not figured out how to phrase a search that brings me to what he is referring to.

Here are excellent Yale Climate Connections 2024 stories, many of which were discussed in threads in this forum (search the sub for the articles, often by title). Read through this article to see if you missed anything of interest.

Our favorite Eye on the Storm stories of 2024

https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/12/our-favorite-eye-on-the-storm-stories-of-2024/

I’ve heard of attempts and current research in developing more intense weather-resistant crops, but will we also start increasing our indoor and vertical farming?