Climate models are mathematical representations of the interactions and events between the atmosphere, oceans, land surface, ice – and the sun. As such modelling is clearly a very complex task, models are built to estimate trends rather than events. For example, a climate model can tell you it will be cold in winter, but it can’t tell you what the […]
The transport sector is one of the more obvious emitters of CO2 – obvious because you and I emit it, and you and I can see it being emitted! How much CO2 does the transport sector as a whole emit globally? According to estimates, in 2015 transport accounted for about 21% of total global greenhouse gas emissions of about 35 […]
What are the power plants doing about climate change and global warming? The world’s power plants emit a third of the total CO2 emitted by human activities – about 12 billion tons per annum. China’s power plants emit a massive 2.7 billion tons per annum. Power plants in the US alone emit about 1.8 billion tons of CO2 (about 35% of their […]
What is the economic cost of climate change? At the end of it all, everything boils downs to…money, doesn’t it? You would have heard that climate change and global warming could possibly result in a whole lot of environmental, social and health problems. Even if these alarming statistics do not move our politicians, policy makers and businessmen, what will certainly […]
SHORT ANSWER: These two need not always be in sync, because global warming represents a long term global trend while a specific day’s temperature refers to a short term phenomenon. Longer Answer I knew someone was going to ask this question sooner rather than later: “Hey, this winter seems to be colder than the last one. If our atmosphere is warming, shouldn’t the winter be getting warmer […]
