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New 11/13
October 2020 Temperature Update
Globally, October 2020 was the fifth warmest October since record-keeping began in 1850. La Niña conditions strengthened in October, significantly reducing the likelihood that 2020 sets a new record for warmest year.
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Nuclear Waste Needs to Be Part of the Conversation on Climate Change
"The climate crisis requires immediate action to reduce carbon-based energy sources. Nuclear energy is part of the low-carbon energy mix, but if we don’t solve the waste problem then we’re not being responsible." Berkeley Earth Co-Founder and President Elizabeth Muller explores the connection between nuclear waste and climate change, and what her new venture Deep Isolation is doing to solve this crucial issue.
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Climate Change and the West Coast Fires: A Q & A with Berkeley Earth's Climate Scientists
In this midst of a record-setting fire season, Berkeley Earth's climate scientists Robert Rohde and Zeke Hausfather talk with Social Media Manager Kari Hulac to discuss climate change and the fires burning across the West.
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Air Pollution
As air pollution becomes an increasingly salient global problem, Berkeley Earth becomes an increasingly important resource for timely, reliable, global data to help inform all sectors of the public, as well as to accurately inform...
Air Pollution
Air Pollution and Cigarette Equivalence
With air quality levels deteriorating to unhealthy levels throughout the west coast, our 2015 study correlating PM2.5 levels with the health impacts of cigarette smoking highlights the dangers of prolonged exposure to poor air quality.
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My Sunday writing in @ForbesScience is based on personal experiences with being attacked on social media. Mentions @RARohde and @KHayhoe
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3 Reasons Scientists Endure Social Media Trolls And Attacks
Three reasons scientists endure social media trolls and attacks (and what's the boiled peanut connection?)
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