A majority of Republicans surveyed in a nationwide poll believe the death toll from the coronavirus is “acceptable,” and have positive views of the U.S. response to the pandemic. The new survey showed a major partisan split on how each party views the health crisis, which kills some 1,000 Americans …
Read More »Twitter flags ‘misleading’ Trump tweet after president suggests polls could spread coronavirus
Twitter has flagged another tweet by Donald Trump for spreading “misleading health claims” after the president implemented ballot boxes to spread the coronavirus. Mr. Trump claimed in a post shared on both Facebook and Twitter early Sunday morning that ballot boxes are a “voter security disaster” because they are not …
Read More »Up to half of the world’s oceans are already affected by climate change
The oceans of the world have been transformed into a true sponge for our emissions, and new climate models suggest that we have passed them on immediately. Since the 1950s, the vast water bodies of our planet have absorbed about 93 percent of the energy in the climate system, and …
Read More »How much heat will the earth really heat through? Here’s what the latest research says
A major new study has been published – one that provides much more certainty about the extent of future warming we might expect. Along with many other international climate scientists, it was led by my colleague, climate scientist Steven Sherwood from the University of New South Wales in Australia. So, …
Read More »August 22 coronavirus news
US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters at the White House on July 20, in Washington, DC. Doug Mills / Pool / Getty Images President Trump will hold a news conference at 6 a.m. ET to discuss “a major therapeutic breakthrough” on coronavirus, White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany announced. …
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