Woodwell Climate Research Center

Climate Change Is the Biggest Threat We're Facing—Period. | Opinion
on August 3, 2021 at 5:14 am
The following is a lightly edited transcript of remarks made by Heather Goldstone during a Newsweek podcast debate on climate change. You can listen to the podcast here: An emergency is an urgent life ...
Climate tipping points are now imminent, scientists warn
on August 1, 2021 at 4:50 pm
Around 13,000 researchers have called for urgent action to slow down the climate emergency as extreme weather patterns shock the world. They listed three core measures.
Why all agriculture carbon credits aren’t the same
on August 1, 2021 at 5:15 am
The paper, set to be released later Monday from the Environmental Defense Fund and the Woodwell Climate Research Center, reviewed a dozen published protocols, which are nongovernmental standards ...
Arctic climate change may not be making winter jet stream weird after all
on July 31, 2021 at 6:14 pm
Support our journalism. Subscribe today. The idea, first put forth in a 2012 paper by Jennifer Francis, now at the Woodwell Climate Research Center, and Stephen Vavrus, at the University of ...
New Study Links Rate Of Emissions To Extreme Weather
on July 29, 2021 at 1:27 pm
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Dr. Jennifer Francis, an expert who studies disproportionate Earth warming, about the new study linking the rate of emissions to the likelihood of extreme heat.

Items Tagged with 'Woodwell Climate Research Center'
on July 27, 2021 at 8:30 am
Whether it be new developments in international trade, organic foods, farm credit and loan policies, or climate change legislation, we keep you abreast of the information you need to stay on the ...
Peer-Reviewed Publication
on July 26, 2021 at 5:00 pm
In 2019, a coalition of more than 11,000 scientists from across the globe declared a climate emergency and established a set of vital signs for the Earth in order to measure effective climate action.
Numbers explain how and why West bakes, burns and dries out
on July 14, 2021 at 3:58 pm
FILE – In this June 13, 2021 file photo, people hold hands as they gather at the receding edge of the Great Salt Lake to watch the sunset near Salt Lake City. The lake has been shrinking for ...
Sizzling summer: West gets hotter days as East gets hot, sticky nights
on July 4, 2021 at 6:13 pm
a climate scientist at the Woodwell Climate Research Center. “Dry soil also cools off faster at night.” That’s partly why the West, which is getting drier by the decade and is mired in a 20 ...
Summer Heat Trends: West Gets Hotter Days, East Hot Nights
on July 4, 2021 at 4:50 pm
a climate scientist at the Woodwell Climate Research Center. "Dry soil also cools off faster at night." That's partly why the West, which is getting drier by the decade and is mired in a 20-year ...