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Air conditioning Catch22: global heating is driving air conditioning use, which is driving more heating

The problem is especially prevalent in India and Europe.

Himalayan glaciers are melting faster than ever and may lose most of their ice

It's been an overlooked region of glacial melting due to lack of data.

Early Andean societies turned violent because of climate change

Study points to potential competition for limited resources

Deadly coral disease is spreading fast, and will likely wipe out 80% of global coral by 2100

Conserving coral reefs is crucial to maintaining the biodiversity of our oceans.

Climate Justice: Global North owes $170 trillion for excessive CO2 emissions

Industrialized nations could face massive compensation charges due to excessive carbon dioxide emissions.

The Arctic could be ice-free by the 2030s, scientists sound the alarm

This could accelerate global warming even further.

This single group of fungi may help store more than a third of fossil fuel emissions

Mycorrhizal fungi has lived below ground and attached to the roots of plants for 400 million years

DeSantis' climate program is an anti-science disaster

He rejects science and even says the weather is politicized.

Bizarre climate change theory spread by Joe Rogan goes viral in social media

Climate misinformation continues to be a big problem

Moss could help tackle the climate crisis and improve soils biodiversity

It was about time these small plants got some recognition.

It’s time to pay: Fossil fuel companies owe the world hundreds of billions a year in reparations

The bill is adding up day by day.

The next El Niño could trigger $3 trillion economic losses by 2029

It's almost 100 times more costly than previously thought.

Mind-boggling methane leaks in Turkmenistan surpass entire carbon emissions of UK

The most infuriating thing about this is that methane leaks aren't all that hard to fix.

Rapid rise in fungal attacks poses severe threat to global food supply

Researchers call for coordinated effort with funders, governments and farmers

Greenland and Antarctica lost more than 7 trillion tons of ice to climate change since 1990s

They hold almost all of the world’s freshwater ice

Meet Icefin, the torpedo robot that studies the Doomsday Glacier from down below

Torpedo-shaped Icefin robot can go to insane depths beneath ice and help us understand what's making the doomsday glacier melt so fast.

Want a strong economy? Reducing greenhouse gas emissions is the best way to go

Climate or economy? Nope -- more like climate *and* economy.

Home run counts are rising, and climate change might be behind it

The higher the temperature, the more chances to hit a home run, a study found.

Plant me here: Scientists map where crops grow with maximum yield and minimum environmental damage

We're growing food in all the wrong places.

This airport in Europe will limit flights to bring down polluting emissions

The Netherlands is targeting aviation to reduce its climate footprint.

So one of Antarctica's regions has lost thousands of billions of tons of ice

Researchers studied the mass balance of the region from 1996 to 2021.

Big climate report says we're really running out of time to act on climate

The IPCC researchers say we need to take big action yesterday.

Massive underwater waves disrupt carbon storage in the oceans

They are as tall as 500 meters.

La Niña climate pattern is officially over. But El Niño may already be on its way

They are the opposite phases of what is called the El Niño-Southern Oscillation system.

We need at least $1 trillion worth of offset to make the aviation industry carbon neutral

...and not even spending that much is guaranteed to work.

Fossil fuel companies donate millions to US universities

Universities have downplayed the negative impacts of fossil fuel emissions.

SUVs now release more carbon emissions than most countries

Big cars are a big problem to the environment -- and we don't really need them.

Air pollution from natural sources is set to increase as the planet warms

Not all pollution comes from people

China is still moving ahead with coal power despite climate crisis

The country accounts for about half of the world’s coal production and consumption

Warm water is eating away the Thwaites glacier in Antarctica

A sneak peek below the "doomsday" glacier yields has both good and bad news.

UK Science Museum agreed to a “gag clause” with fossil fuel giant

The museum can’t say anything that could damage the company's reputation

Cargo ships return to sail power to reduce carbon footprint

Cargo shipping is going back to basics.

EU approves ban on new gas car sales by 2035. Trucks not included

The bloc expects not to have diesel and petrol cars on the road by mid century

Emissions from fertilizers could be reduced by 80% in three decdes

It’s all about using them more efficiently, the researchers said

Climate change may be to blame for the downfall of the Hittite civilization

We can learn from history and maybe not do the same mistakes.

Engineers captured CO2 and put it into concrete

It could be a way of reducing greenhouse gas emissions coming from concrete.

Big fossil fuel companies just announced record profits

They keep expanding when they should be doing the exact opposite

Volcanoes release more gases into the atmosphere than previously thought. Even inactive ones

It’s not necessarily good or bad for climate change, the researchers said -- but it will improve our climate models.

Rock daisies quickly conquered deserts -- but the rest of the plants aren't likely to adapt to an increasingly arid world

Today's plants are likely poorly equipped to withstand rising aridity unless they come preadapted.

Almost all coal plants in the US are more expensive than new renewables

There's basically no reason to cling on to caol.

The cute and bizarre echidnas blow snot bubbles to beat the heat waves

The cold beaks of echidnas cool down their hot blood.

Abandoned mines could be turned into gravity 'batteries 'that could power the entire planet

When a mine has been exhausted of its resources, it often becomes a forgotten eyesore. But scientists now want to give them a new life as energy storage units.

Exxon predicted climate change with remarkable accuracy -- but chose to lie about it

Their projections were even better than those of some academic and governmental scientists -- which makes it all the worse.

Green ammonia (and fertilizer) may finally be in sight -- and it would be huge

Scientists made significant progress in making ammonia production more environmentally friendly

Earth’s ozone layer is on track to recover within decades

Almost all the ozone-depleting substances have been phased out

Logging tropical forests makes them release carbon for a decade

Researchers quantified emissions and uptake from degraded and deforested in Asia, finding more reasons to fight deforestation.

Warming oceans are destroying many marine parasites. This could be a bad thing

Studying parasites is often overlooked, but they also play important roles in ecosystems.

NYC's greenery surprisingly captures carbon emissions from all the vehicles in the city

The city is the number one emitter in America and the third largest in the world.

Large volcano outburst is spotted by small Earth telescope on Jupiter’s moon Io

You could make the same observation with readily available equipment.

A heatwave in January in Europe? Temperatures reach all-time high in many countries

My colleagues in Europe are chilling in tshirts. In January.