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President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to withdraw the United States from the Paris climate change agreement as one of his first acts in…
Alexander Pohl/Sipa USA/Alamy If ever there was a wake-up call, this is it. The fire alarm is going off – no, the fire alarm is going…
Impressions of a group of artists homo floresiensis Along with the Stegodon I just killed (Stegodon florensis insularis) Mauricio Anton/Science Photo Library Severe droughts caused by…
If you want to unsettle climate scientists, simply stand next to them and quietly mention the phrase “tipping point” in their ear. While climate change due…
Cargo sailing ship Anemos will make her first transatlantic voyage in 2024 Ronan Gladu/TOWT No matter how you look at it, the world is not reducing…
Tree-planting projects help tackle the climate crisis, but they can also impact water supplies Cost Photo/NurPhoto The major environmental, social and economic crises facing the world…
Saharan sandstorms like this one in Athens, Greece (above) are becoming more commonReuters/Luisa Gouriamaki Although it won't be confirmed until January, it is almost certain that…
agriculture: The cultivation of plants, animals, and fungi to fulfill human needs, such as food, fuel, chemicals, and medicines. atmosphere: The layer of gas enveloping the…
The impacts of climate change are widespread, ranging from biodiversity loss to extreme weather events, rising sea levels, wildfires, and mass human migrations. Each year reveals…
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Britain experienced a record heatwave in July 2022 Damian Meyer/AFP via Getty Images Climate models are underestimating the likelihood of heatwaves in some regions, including the…
date palm Matilde Gattoni The world’s oases are on the front lines of the existential fight against climate change. Limited rainfall and rising heat are dramatically…
When COP29 President Mukhtar Babayev stepped up to the podium on Sunday morning at the closing session of the Baku Climate Summit, he had two speeches…
It hasn’t been a good year for people concerned about climate change. The expected peak in carbon emissions has not appeared, meaning global warming continues to…
Azerbaijan's capital Baku is located on the western coast of the Caspian Sea, but falling water levels could cut off the city and oil infrastructure from…
РоманЗаворотный/Adobe Stock You've probably already noticed that the prices of many foods in your shopping cart have increased significantly. In the UK, the price of white…
Ice collapsing into the water at Perito Moreno Glacier in Los Glaciares National Park, Argentina RM Nunes/Alamy Delaying reaching net-zero emissions by just a few years…
When it comes to natural disasters, it is often impossible to predict them more than a few months or even days in advance. We cannot say,…
In 2013, Ning Zeng discovered a very old and very important log. At the time, he and a colleague were digging ditches in Quebec, Canada. They…
COP29 opens in Baku, Azerbaijan on November 11thAziz Karimov/Getty Images In just a few days, thousands of delegates from nearly every country on earth are scheduled…
Plans to pave Brazil’s trans-Amazon highway could accelerate deforestation Photo courtesy of DeAgostini/Getty Images Deforestation has made the Amazon a net source of carbon dioxide, pushing…
Hurricane Milton approaches FloridaShira Another one? Hurricane Milton, which is heading toward Florida's west coast, is the fifth hurricane to form in the Atlantic Ocean in…
Samamuri Climate change has increased Hurricane Helen’s wind speed by 11% and total precipitation by about 10%, according to a new report. Researchers expect Milton to…
IE11 is not supported. For the best experience, please visit our site in a different browser. Currently playing Bill Nye explains how climate change is affecting…
Carbonate minerals are an integral part of the carbon and water cycles, both of which are implicated in habitability, making them of particular interest in paleoenvironmental…
Wildfires begin in California on July 30, 2024David McNew/Getty Images A damning report by a group of prominent researchers has revealed that climate change and other…
overview A group of young evangelical Christians is planning a campaign at religious universities to persuade students to think about climate change at the voting booth.…
The Milton, which is expected to make landfall along the Florida Gulf Coast Wednesday evening, is sailing through unusually warm waters in the Gulf of Mexico.…
Between 10% to 15% of California’s wildfires are caused by arson annually, a trend that seems to continue in 2024. With the impact of climate change…
Two rapid attribution studies released Tuesday found that human-induced global warming made Hurricane Helen stronger and wetter, and that these factors contributed to the storm’s destructive…
A new type of weather forecast could give us advance warning of whether extreme weather events like 2018’s Hurricane Florence are exacerbated by climate change. Nathan…
Eric S. Neitzel Fireground Communications LLC/AdobeStock Central Park Reservoir is one of the few places in New York City to get a good view of the…
summarySo far this year, hail — not hurricanes, floods or tornadoes — has caused the most costly weather damage in the United States.Research suggests that large…
Most political efforts to tackle climate change have had little effect Shutterstock Most climate policies fail to significantly reduce emissions and have little effect on halting…
AP Photo/François Mori, File/Alamy As a COP26 During climate change negotiations in Glasgow, UK, in November 2021, a new slogan entered the vocabulary: “Stay at 1.5°C.”…
Using the large number of human fossils found in Ice Age Europe, paleoanthropologists have identified a population turnover in Western Europe 28,000 years ago, isolation between…
The sun sets at 1.5 degrees CelsiusHamataro @ e-kamakura/Getty Images The defining goal of climate policy over the past decade – limiting global warming to 1.5°C…
Ocean temperatures have been rising steadily for decades, with the oceans absorbing much of the excess heat in the atmosphere generated by the constant burning of fossil fuels. But in March 2023, ocean temperatures suddenly spiked, almost overnight. Since then, temperatures have remained well above normal, reaching “hot tub” levels in some places, with worrying
Around this time last year, Dean Grubbs and his colleagues were celebrating a conservation success story.The star of the show was the smalltooth sawfish, a large…
Raising cattle produces huge amounts of greenhouse gasesAlan Hopps/Getty Images As the world's population grows, the only way to reduce agriculture's huge greenhouse gas emissions is…