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Climate Change

A collection of 19 posts

Fire insurance

Climate Politics

An excess of unworthy events becomes worthy of commentary.

A family watches an obviously-dangerous monster crawling towards them, but they are not worried. The monster is slow.

Slow Apocalypse

Why is humanity moving so slowly to respond to climate change?

A hump of grass, giving off gas.

Gassy knolls: Automation finds the 10 worst methane hotspots

A methane-hotspot tool uses satellite data to find problem regions. We need this tool — and others like it — to stop climate change.

Methane leaks: It's the little ones that'll get us in the end

Methane leaks: It's the little ones that'll get us in the end

Although big methane leaks get a lot of attention, smaller leaks have to be addressed too. Surprisingly, they are most of the problem.

Climate consequences: Fire

Climate consequences: Fire

The frequency and severity of recent urban wildfires can help us see any relationship that might exist between them and climate change.

DIY: Explore Sentinel-5P's methane data

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DIY: Explore Sentinel-5P's methane data

Intense debate

Intensity measurements have a particular use, but we shouldn't rely on them as barometers of progress.

A coal vendor, out of business.

UK: The last coal-power plant closes

Positive news: no more coal power in the United Kingdom.

A boy and a girl spot a way out of a dark and dangerous situation.

Hope.

We begin a series of short posts to draw attention to progress on climate change and the environment.

Geoengineering: Cool roofs

Geoengineering: Cool roofs

First in a series about the coming age of machines that consume carbon and emit rainbows.

Denial

10 things you need to know about methane satellites

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10 things you need to know about methane satellites

Something wicked this way comes

Something wicked this way comes

Penguins emit laughing gas

Penguins emit laughing gas

A hoax

O hauling night

O hauling night

Do you recall the most energy-intensive task of them all?

Meet the in-laws

Meet the in-laws

Methane: Still messing up the planet

Greenhouse Gases

Methane: Still messing up the planet