Nowhere is nature more vibrant than in Earth’s tropical forests. Thought to contain more than half of all plant and animal species, the forests around…
As the Earth’s climate warms, sea levels are rising, threatening to swallow coastlines and flood low-lying cities. Scientists are working to understand how much and…
Record-breaking heatwaves hit both Antarctica and the Arctic simultaneously this week, with temperatures reaching 47℃ and 30℃ higher than normal. Heatwaves are bizarre at any…
Climate change is quickly evolving into climate catastrophe, and there’s a narrow window of time to do something about it. While the world works on…
Shedding reliance on fossil fuels is key to making the leap from a carbon-intensive present to a greener future. Experts say that smart planning and…
While elites fixate on technological fixes such as “net zero” emissions, communities of color fear it will disproportionately impact them and instead demand a just…
Weather events that led to Sydney’s 2021 floods will likely increase by 80 per cent by the end of the 21st Century under both high…
This summer, the report from the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warned that keeping the increase in global temperature under 2 degrees Celsius…
The body of climate change legal cases is becoming more diverse, now involving not only claims of disinformation and greenwashing against oil, gas, and cement…
The European Commission unveiled on Wednesday (14 July) a proposal that would effectively ban the sale of petrol and diesel vehicles in the EU from…
The grassroots environmental advocacy group 350.org on Tuesday launched the “Fossil Free Federal Reserve” campaign, demanding the Fed codify its climate responsibility and calling on U.S….
Proposals to build hundreds of new coal mines could raise global output of the fossil fuel by 30%, putting the world’s climate goals or up…
The Little Ice Age brought some bitter extremes. Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1565 Dagomar Degroot, Georgetown University In recent weeks, catastrophic floods overwhelmed towns in…
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Agriculture researchers seek ways to reduce nitrous oxide’s impact on warming As nations and industries try to cut greenhouse gas emissions to tackle climate change,…
Microscopic organisms known as extremophiles inhabit some of the last places on Earth you might expect to find life, from the extreme pressures of the…
On Aug. 9, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) will release its most comprehensive report on the science of climate change since 2013. It…