Bob Berwyn

Denver

Journalist with @insideclimate. Water, forests, wildlife. Dad, skier, traveler, muffin-maker, gardener. https://t.co/2xpBlj9OXK

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Articles

Global Climate Talks Resumed This Week in Germany, For the First Time in 30 Years Without the United States

1 week ago | insideclimatenews.org | Bob Berwyn

For the first time since the United Nations started its annual climate talks in 1995, the United States is not sending an official government delegation to one of the biannual global negotiation sessions. In Bonn, Germany, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is currently holding the annual intersessional round of talks involving various subsidiary technical groups.
New Climate Study Highlights Dire Sea Level Warmings

2 weeks ago | insideclimatenews.org | Bob Berwyn

A new set of detailed clues gleaned from ancient fossil reefs on the Seychelle Islands shows an increasing likelihood that human-caused warming will raise the global average sea level at least 3 feet by 2100, at the high end of the projections by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
New Climate Study Highlights Dire Sea Level Warmings

2 weeks ago | ecotopical.com | Bob Berwyn

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German Court Rejects Peruvian’s Claim of Climate Harms

1 month ago | insideclimatenews.org | Bob Berwyn

After nearly 10 years of litigation, a regional civil court in Germany on Wednesday dismissed a Peruvian farmer’s claim that he and his community have been harmed by climate change driven by a German energy company’s emissions. But at the same time, the court affirmed that such claims are permissible under German law.
What’s one way to help preserve the Antarctic climate? Penguin poop.

1 month ago | motherjones.com | Bob Berwyn

New research shows that penguin guano in Antarctica is an important source of ammonia aerosol particles that help drive the formation and persistence of low clouds, which cool the climate by reflecting some incoming sunlight back to space. The findings reinforce the growing awareness that Earth’s intricate web of life plays a significant role in shaping the planetary climate.
Penguin poop may help preserve Antarctic climate

1 month ago | businessandamerica.com | Bob Berwyn

The ammonia from the guano does not form the particles but supercharges the process that does, Boyer said. “It’s really the dimethyl sulfide from phytoplankton that gives off the sulfur,” he said. “The ammonia enhances the formation rate of particles.
Penguin poop may help preserve Antarctic climate

1 month ago | technewstube.com | Bob Berwyn

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Penguin poop may help preserve Antarctic climate

1 month ago | arstechnica.com | Bob Berwyn

Ammonia aerosols from penguin guano likely play a part in the formation of heat-shielding clouds. This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy, and the environment. Sign up for their newsletter here.
The Paris agreement target for warming still won’t protect polar ice sheets

1 month ago | motherjones.com | Bob Berwyn

This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Sea levels in some parts of the world could be rising by as much as 8 to 12 inches per decade within the lifetime of today’s youngest generations, outpacing the ability of many coastal communities to adapt, scientists warned in a new study published this week.
Penguin Poop May Help Preserve Antarctic Climate

1 month ago | insideclimatenews.org | Bob Berwyn

New research shows that penguin guano in Antarctica is an important source of ammonia aerosol particles that help drive the formation and persistence of low clouds, which cool the climate by reflecting some incoming sunlight back to space. The findings reinforce the growing awareness that Earth’s intricate web of life plays a significant role in shaping the planetary climate.