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Last year Carribbean islands were smashed by very strong hurricanes – Irma and Maria. Some of the islands are not yet being rebuild so they are not prepared for a new season. We have seen two forecasts for the season. Colorado University  issued their forecast two month ago saying they expect 14 named storms of […]

Midway between the annual COP meetings, negotiations are always taking place in Bonn. There are usually more technical issues discussed between officials, so politicians are not directly involved in these negotiations. Usually these negotiations are not much discussed in the media, but there may be good reason to follow more  this time. This year, there […]

The laws of physics will always try to balance in nature. This means that a change somewhere will cause an impact somewhere else. This consequence is central in our understanding of the climate system. The most fundamental is the energy balance, which forms the basis of life on earth. In the full version of the […]

Today is the World Meteorological Day, and it is celebrated in many places over the world to make it clear that the weather is our common fate – something we all are subject to wherever we live. The day also allows to emphasize that the world’s weather is changing due to the climate change caused […]

Climate change should be an important part of knowledge – especially at high school level. It is the young people who have to live with climate change and thus also contribute to the solutions. However, according to the teachers, there is not too much educational material. Therefore I have received many inquiries about the film […]

During all the years the climate debate has flourished, misunderstandings and conspiracies have often stood in line. It has been almost a rule that an opinion from a scientist has been contradicted from other side. The media have not made the debate easier when they often debate with equal numbers on each side of a […]

We are on the cooling side of the powerful el Nino, ebbing out in the equatorial Pacific Ocean almost a year and a half ago. At that time many new heat records were added and the weather behaved differently than usual. The global temperature had never been higher since the observations began in the 1800s. […]

It has been said several times in connection with the new year that we do not know what 2018 will offer, but nevertheless there are some fixes that may be good to stick to. For the climate there are two very important events, both in the autumn. In the first week of October, the IPCC […]