Oddly enough, some Republicans think climate change is real
Of all the major conservative parties in the democratic world, the Republican Party stands alone in its denial of the ...
Tag: climate change
Europe Already Beat Its 2020 Greenhouse Gas Emissions Target
The European Union, generally considered the world's 3rd biggest emitter after China and the US, reported that its emissions fell ...
U.S. economic losses from hurricanes fueled by climate change
A recent U.S. study shows how the upward trend in economic damage from hurricanes correlates very closely to the influence ...
Earth just had the warmest September on record – by a long shot!
By now, it's almost a statistical certainty: in January 2016, we will say that 2015 was the warmest year on ...
Spring will come three weeks early in the US by 2100
"Spring is coming," said no Stark ever. You've already noticed that the traditional starting dates for each season have become ...
How rising sea levels will affect US: Miami and New Orleans underwater by 2100
A study assessed how sea level rise at the hand of global warming will affect coastal populations in the United ...
All the climate talks in Paris depend on these 10 countries
With the Paris summit being just around the corner, it's time to step back and look at who the big ...
Is the U.N. climate summit just fluff talk?
Less than two months away, 200 governments will join the U.N. Paris talks where an international agreement might be reached ...
Sweden wants to become the world’s first fossil-free country
The Scandinavian nation has set its mind on ridding itself of fossils fuels. To this end, the government announced it ...
King crabs warm up to invade Antarctica
Enticed by warming waters, king crabs might soon make a run for Antarctica's continental shelf where they haven't been seen ...
$100 billion to fight climate change – where is it ?
Six years ago, at the 2009 climate talks in Copenhagen, things seemed to have taken a dire turn, with no ...
Warmer climate is making bumblebees’ tongues shorter
A new paper published Thursday in Science looks at how climate change is (out of all things) making the tongue ...
Almost $2.6 trillion divested from fossil fuel since the movement began
A while ago I wrote about how the fossil fuel divestment movement is gathering a huge momentum, as more and ...
Today’s GOP candidates don’t deny climate change anymore, but think it’s useless to act instead
This Wednesday, Sen. Marco Rubio, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker were engaged in a two ...
Exxon’s own scientists confirmed climate change – back in the 70s!
As a new investigation showed today, the scientists of the biggest oil company in the world, Exxon Mobil knew about ...
A simple way to quantify climate change: the ratio of hot to cold records
The world is heating up, that's no longer up for debate, but there are many ways through which we can ...
Antarctic Ocean Sucks Down More and More Greenhouse Gases, But It’s Still Not Enough
The Antarctic Ocean has been sucking more and more carbon dioxide - and this is both good news and bad ...
The carbon credit scheme is doing more harm than good, costing 600 million tonnes of extra CO2
The road to hell is paved with good intentions. In a bid to curb global emissions, the carbon credit scheme ...
Researchers turn CO2 seized from the air into valuable high-tech material
A team at George Washington University has found a way to hit two birds with one stone: mitigate climate change ...
Ever-growing population and climate instability will lead to severe food shortages by 2050
The food industry has become much more efficient in the last few decades as a result of globalization, but also ...
We’re halfway past the dangerous 2 °C warming limit set by the UN, and it’s only 2015
Boy, was this year a scorcher! Well, what can I say, apart from get ready for more. According to an ...
Hillary Clinton wants to install half a billion solar panels if she’s elected
Democrat Hillary Clinton is maybe the first presidential candidate to make tackling climate change a central point. Now we actually ...
Exxon had evidence of climate change since 1981 – funded deniers for 27 years
An email recently unearthed by one of the their own scientists casts the blame on ExxonMobil, the world's largest oil ...
Dangers of global warming to marine life and ecosystems reiterated in new report
A team led by scientists at University of British Columbia highlights the impacts of climate change on the world's oceans ...
Carbon emissions threaten to destroy pink salmon population
The effects of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions are great and long reaching - a new study has found that pink ...
Rising oceans and sinking bread: how climate change might ruin loaves
A research group working at the Australian Grains Free Air CO₂ Enrichment facility (AgFace) in Victoria is studying the effect ...
The 2C global warming goal may be buried in Paris
The plan for the United Nations Climate Change Conference, or COP21, was to achieve a legally binding and universal agreement ...
Even more glaciers in Antarctica set to melt in the near future
Just a few days ago were telling you about a huge, 10,000 year old ice shelf that is set to ...
Bill Nye, Science Guy: climate change will consume us like WWII did our parents
At his commencement address at Rutgers University, Bill Nye - famous for popularizing science as the Science Guy - said ...
Fjords are good at fighting global warming, study finds
While fjords are admired worldwide for their unique beauty, a new study has found that these natural ecosystems also act ...
Global Warming responsible for more extreme weather, yet another research concludes
The rate of global warming varies from year to year, and climate change deniers try to take advantage of this ...
Dutch citizens sue the government over human rights for lack of action against climate change
Some 900 Dutch citizens have banded together and filled a lawsuit against the Dutch government over human rights, citing the ...
Massive Methane Hotspot Over the US Might Signal Bigger Problems to Come
A "massive methane hotspot" sounds pretty bad... and bad it is - much worse than previously thought. In 2014, NASA ...
Repeat Photography From the 1920s and Now Shows Incredible Glacier Retreat
Repeat photography (or rephotography) is a technique in which photographs are taken repeatedly at a site to see how it ...
Science Museums asked to break ties with Koch Brothers
A group of leading scientists and non-profit organizations are urging museums of science and natural history to break their ties ...
Florida employee forced to leave of absence and called a ‘nut’ for mentioning ‘climate change’
Barton Bibler, a long time employee of Florida's environmental protection department, was forced by his boss to take a leave ...
Fahrenheit vs. Celsius: Did the U.S. Get It Right After All?
Fahrenheit may be the best way to measure temperature after all. Why? Because most of us only care about air ...
Unsatisfied by their government’s apathy, Canadian scientists propose their own climate policy
The conservative Canadian government headed by Prime Minister Stephen Harper has consistently moved the country away from sustainable practices and ...
Republicans want NASA to stop studying the Earth
Leading climate change denier U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) has had enough of NASA studying our planet: he wants NASA ...
Huge Antarctica Glacier might melt much faster than previously believed
Researchers from NASA, Imperial College in London and Texas University have discovered two seafloor troughs that allow warm ocean water ...
Scientist interview: Michael Mann [meteorology / climate change]
A few days ago, we wrote an article about our featured researchers – outstanding men and women in their field, ...
Florida officials banned from using words like “climate change” or “global warming” in public
In Florida, some have already found a solution to climate change: just ignore the damn thing! According to a outrageous ...
Arctic ice melting much faster than thought
Using both modern and historic measurements, researchers now have a more extensive view of how the Arctic sea ice has ...
Climate change was the gas that lit the Syrian Revolution
The link between climate change and violent conflict has been thrown about often, but a recent study is the first ...
Ocean oscillation patterns explain global warming ‘hiatus’
One of the prime arguments climate change skeptics throw about is how surface temperatures have remained more or less constant ...
Leading Climate Denier and Harvard Scientist Took $1.2 Million Bribe From Oil Companies
Wei-Hock Soon, an aerospace engineer and a part-time employee at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics is one of the few ...
How climate change will shape New York City in the next 100 years
The most populated city in the United States is already experiencing its fair share of floods, hurricanes and heat waves, ...
Climate Change Will Cause More Infectious Diseases
A new study has found that as the climate continues to warm, we will be dealing with more infectious and ...
Time Lapse Video Shows Glacier Retreat
Fox Glacier is one of the most spectacular sights in New Zealand, receiving on average over 1,000 visits every day. ...
“only god can change the climate” – US chief of Environment & Public Works Committee
When the US Senate finally agreed that global warming is real, I thought we're finally going to get some progress. ...
