Carbon Dioxide Emissions

Skeptical Science releases widget comparing global warming rate to atomic bomb blasts

Skeptical Science contributors published a peer-reviewed study combining data on ocean, land, air and ice warming, calculating that Earth is accumulating heat at roughly 250 trillion joules per second. To make that figure understandable, the group built a widget—available for blogs, Facebook, iPad and iPhone—that expresses this rate as equivalent to about four Hiroshima-sized atomic bomb detonations every second.

4hiroshimas.info · 2026-09-29

Study puts price tag on heat-related labour losses from climate change

Researchers have calculated the economic damage caused by heat stress reducing worker productivity worldwide, finding that current estimates of the social cost of carbon largely omit this factor. Hot and humid conditions force workers to slow down, take more breaks, or work fewer hours, cutting output across the global workforce.

nature.com · 2026-09-29