May 2, 2021 | Climate Science
Part 2: Current policies on nuclear fission energy Current Policy Within this section of the series, the socio-political sides of nuclear energy will be explored. Nuclear energy represents 20% of electricity generated in the United States [1]. Some countries in East...
Apr 25, 2021 | Climate Science
Technical aspects and environmental issues What is nuclear fission and how does it work? The visible matter in our world is built up out of atoms which are the core composed of neutral particles (neutrons) and positive particles (protons), surrounded by a cloud of...
Mar 13, 2021 | Climate Science
Scientists have begun sounding the alarm as sea ice levels in the Arctic failed to improve as winter set in. Following on from reports published in 2020 warning that sea ice levels had been dropping dramatically year-on-year, this winter season has failed to yield the...
Mar 8, 2021 | Climate Science
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was established in 1988 by the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) and the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) to provide policymakers with regular scientific assessments of man-made climate change,...
Dec 27, 2020 | Climate Science
Climate is driven by energy. In order to understand climate, one therefore has to first understand the basics of Earth‘s energy flows. The main energy source is the sun, which transmits energy via the incoming solar radiation onto Earth. These energy flows are...
Nov 16, 2020 | Climate Science
The term “weather” refers to current – and often very local – atmospheric conditions. Whether it is right now sunny or cloudy, whether it rains, snows or storms, and whether it is cold or warm outside, falls under the definition of weather....
