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An analysis of more than 300 marine plant, animal, plankton, and fish species found that they’ve increasingly moved towards the poles as the climate grew warmer over the last century. Their abundance has also been changing as the species adapt to shifts in suitable living areas. One of the silver linings of the study is […]
Our planet is enjoying a breath of air -- but we need sustained climate action.
Up to 23 states could experience moderate to severe flooding
This is enough to raise global sea levels 2.2 millimeters in two months.
Birds are either reducing or increasing their body sizes.
This rate is in line with the worst-case scenario set by UN climate experts.
The report shows clean energy is getting much cheaper than coal.
Last year was the second warmest in history at a global level
They can reduce waves and storm surges, protecting millions of people from floods.
Scientists are concerned about the irreversible damage done to global ecosystems.
Twelve countries asked the EU to be more ambitious on climate policies.
Climate change is the most important issue for Democrat voters, second only to healthcare.
Are we breathing clean air? If you are in India or China probably not.
A good way to improve national and global security is to reduce our greenhouse emissions, a new report shows.
Teck Resources unilaterally decided to call off the project -- presumably due to huge public pressure.
Antarctica is losing its characteristic white color, and climate change has a lot to do with it.
During the 1913-2017 period the flow of the river decreased about 20%.
"Most of the methane emissions are anthropogenic, so we have more control," the authors say.
"At the end of the day, fighting climate change is really what we need to be advocating for."
Japan plans to build 36 coal power plants in the next decade.
Investors aren't considering the impact of weather in the economy.
Food production accounts for 30% of the global emissions -- but we rarely talk about it.
Bezos announced that the first grants will be awarded this summer.
Higher temperatures are affecting groundwater in the US.
The climate crisis is showing its effects in Antarctica.
One-third of plant and animal species could be gone within five decades.
Up to 20% of the Amazon is now a net source of CO2
It is remarkable that more than a century before the world's highest peaks were scaled, humans were already affecting the atmosphere.
It's finally raining in Australia.
T-shirt weather in the Antarctic.
Tree rings reveal how severe cold and political isolation brought disaster to Scotland, inspired a colonization effort in Panama, and helped drive union with England.
When the evidence becomes overwhelming... simply ignore it.
An exceptional episode of our current climate is unfolding in southern France, as the country prepares for summer-like temperatures.
The steel industry seeks to be greener. But there's a long way ahead
The Thwaites Glacier is 74.000 square miles and is vulnerable to climate change
Ocean acidification is threatening the entire marine food chain.
It all depends on where we get the timber, though.
Antarctica's largest glacier is melting in new ways.
Adaptation strategies could still reduce the losses
"We hope this research will empower urban planners and local decision-makers to prepare to accept populations displaced by sea-level rise."
It's a big problem, for sure, but we're big problem solvers.
Major changes in the way land is used should be implemented
Many unknown pathogens might lie inside the ice.
However, there's a good side to all of this.
The country would leave behind fossil fuels with a clean energy matrix
Twice the amount of emissions come from young plants than mature plantations.
It has already been used in 186 countries to create adaptation strategies
"The decade that just ended is clearly the warmest decade on record."
Even if we change our emissions now, we are committed to a lot of ice melt, says Prof. Kääb.
The almost indestructibles organisms would struggle to adapt to a warmer world
