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Young Loggerhead Sea Turtle in the Caribbean Sea near the Bahamas WaterFrame/Alamy Recent research indicates that sea turtles may be more resilient to climate change than…
Glacier meets sea at Dixon Fjord in Greenland Jane Rix/Alamy Even if atmospheric carbon dioxide returns to pre-industrial levels and the global temperature decreases, the Arctic…
As climate change continues to undermine the icy habitats crucial for polar bear survival, new studies indicate that these bears are swiftly altering their genetic makeup…
Corals construct their skeletons from calcium carbonate, releasing carbon dioxide as a byproduct.Reinhard Dirscherl/Alamy For the last 250 million years, coral reef systems have been crucial…
Indus Valley Civilization ruins in Moenjodaro, Pakistan Sergey-73/Shutterstock A changing climate and intense droughts significantly impacted the Indus Valley Civilization, a remarkable urban society that thrived…
Rivers across the United States are experiencing increasing temperatures. A recent analysis of nearly 1,500 river locations spanning over 40 years reveals a rise in the…
The prohibition of ozone-depleting substances like CFCs has facilitated the recovery of the ozone layer. However, when paired with rising air pollution levels, the heating effects…
Around 56 million years ago, during a period of significant geological warming known as the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM), the mesonychid mammal Dissacus Praenuntius exhibited remarkable…
As global temperatures continue to rise, the frequency and severity of wildfires are projected to increase. Costas Metaxakis/AFP via Getty Images When you tell a child…
Coal Power Plants Contribute to Cooling via Sulphate Pollution Frank Hermann/Getty Images The presence of sulfate air pollution causes clouds to darken and reduces sunlight. This…
Coral bleaching in the Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Queensland, Australia Nature Picture Library/Alamy Researchers stress the urgent need for strategies to artificially provide…
Reducing emissions and capturing carbon is essential to limit warming Richard Saker/Alamy The planet must eliminate hundreds of billions of tons of carbon dioxide to keep…
Recent Summers Show Antarctic Sea Ice Cover at Unprecedented Lows Nature Picture Library / Alamy The decline of sea ice around Antarctica has led to a…
Certainly! Here’s the rewritten content while maintaining the HTML tags: Satellite perspective of coral reefs in New Caledonia ShutterStock/Best-Backgrounds The decline of coral reefs might come…
Greenhouse gas emissions have led to a temperature rise of 1.44°C from pre-industrial levels Chris Conway/Getty Images Experts now warn that the world may experience its…
Rising seas pose a significant threat to coastal cities. Hugh R Hastings/Getty Images A recent review of the latest scientific data indicates that capping global warming…
Flowers and other plants need to pollinate insects to spread and reproduce. Their bright colours and intense smells attract bumblebees that pollinate them and play an…
Glacier Age Earth Zoonar/Alexander Savchuk/Alamy Without human-induced climate change, the Earth could have been on track to enter another ice age within 11,000 years. This long-term…
Air pollution can have a cooling effect on the climate.CHEUNGHYO/Getty Images James Hanssen, the most well-known climate scientist, has doubled the impact on the climate of…
Scientists announced on Friday that the world has experienced the first full year with global temperatures exceeding 1.5 degrees Celsius (34.7 degrees Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial levels.…
The sun sets on a hot day in London in July 2024.Guy Corbishley/Alamy Hopes for keeping global warming below 1.5C above pre-industrial levels have all but…
Contrails are clouds formed when water vapor condenses on the soot emitted by jet engines.Markus Meinka/Alamy stock photo Planes flying at higher altitudes create longer-lasting vapor…
Earth’s Speed It’s getting warmer 2023 is the highest on record, beating last year’s astonishing 92%. Record-breaking heatwave Leading scientists have calculated that the cause is…
English oak trees may be more tolerant of warm climates than other species Greens and Blues/Shutterstock English oak trees are expected to form the basis of…
Europe is the continent experiencing the most rapid increase in temperature, with its temperatures rising at approximately twice the global average, as reported by two top…
Marine heat waves will occur around the world in 2023 Matt Cardy/Getty According to the latest statistics from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), 2023 was not…
2023 was the hottest year ever recorded on Earth. This included oceans around the world, where records fell like dominoes. Last week, about 5,000 scientists gathered…
The newest weather satellite of NASA was launched into orbit on Thursday, providing unprecedented details of the world’s oceans and atmosphere.SpaceX launched its $948 million Pace…
Activists participating in COP28 climate change conference to be held in Dubai in December 2023 Sean Gallup/Getty Images The 1.5°C limit was exceeded in 2010 or…
A diagram of Earth 65 million years ago, when CO2 levels were much higher than today. Chris Butler/Science Photo Library Perhaps the most difficult question in…