Tag: climate change

Since the mid-XIXth century average global temperatures have risen by ~0.8 degrees Centigrade, yet this figure would have been much ...

Finnish researchers analyzed meteorological data gathered over the past 166 years and found the country's average monthly temperatures have increased ...

The effects of climate change on food stock quality is well documented, yet a new study suggests that climate change ...

We've previously told you how our ancestors' adaptation to metabolizing alcohol which first happened some 10 million years ago may ...

This month, a silent drama unfolded in Peru's capital, Lima: representatives of UN countries have debated for two weeks in ...

Australia's Abbott government has been accused of intentionally taking measures that might lead to an international greenhouse gas emission target ...

Lake Powell is at historic lows, and while for kayakers it may be a great opportunity to explore channels, it raises ...

President Obama and Chinese leader  Xi Jinping agreed to sign a deal that will see the US nearly double its ...

A famous science communicator and TV personality, Bill Nye has served the world a huge favor with his programs, books ...

Scientists have long known that climate change has a major negative impact on global agriculture, potentially even threatening global food security. ...

Hima Hassenruck-Gudipati graduated this year from Caltech. She majored in mechanical engineering but minored in geology and her main area of interest ...

Climate change has many unexpected consequences - as a research has shown yet again. This time, a team of Montana ...

Friday morning, EU leaders finally reached an agreement for its 2030 energy target - member states have all agreed to ...

The ocean abyss hasn't warmed significantly since 2005, according to a new NASA study, further deepening the mystery of why global ...

Australia went through two almost unbearable consecutive summers. Of course, Australia is a naturally hot country, but the temperatures were ...

Coal fired power plant in Germany. US policymakers are considering substituting coal for natural gas by 2030 to tackle the ...

Environmental groups were outraged when Google announced in 2013 that it would fund the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a well ...

Photo: Altar Places In the 1950s rainforests  covered 14% of the earth's land surface; now they cover a mere 6% ...

Image: Sustainability Ninja U.N. scientists released a report in which they conclude man-made carbon emissions released between 2012 and 2013 were ...

From the tropics to the poles, bird populations all over the world are facing a sharp decline, cornered by climate ...

A sonar image of a new methane plume discovered off the US east coast. A worrying report states that over 500 ...

Observations of climate change often report a "missing heat" - a hiatus in the global warming, which went unaccounted for; ...

A mosaic of more than 3,150 high-resolution satellite images creates the best continent-wide view since 1997. The result is the ...

Climate models have invariably predicted that the upper atmosphere would become moister as a result of global warming, the question ...

If you look at most televisions, you'll find that climate change deniers get half the air time - or even ...

Air conditioning may make your home cooler, but it's making your city hotter - cities can be even 3 degrees ...

The Stanford News Service recently made an interview with Jon Krosnick, a Stanford professor of communication and of political science who conducts ...

Are you a convinced climate change denier? Wanna make a quick buck? This is the thing for you! A physics professor ...

When we think of CO2 emissions, we generally tend to think of air pollution and global warming; we tend to ...

The British summer has always been a subject of fascination and annoyance, for its fickle, rainy nature. But a new ...

I like it when people talk about climate change. I even like it when they speak against climate change - ...

We've already written about the damage done to the Antarctic ice sheet, and how sadly, its collapse seems irreversible. A ...

The genocide had major consequences for the entire planet.

Photo: Dong Energy "We can't give up oil and coal because it will ruin our economy." This is an argument ...

Image via Harvard University. If current trends continue, by 2050, the elevated levels of CO2 in the atmosphere will cause ...

Climate change is no longer a distant threat - it's happening now, and it poses real, clear dangers in the ...

Professor Bekker and a student extract a core sample from a dead tree in Provo canyon. (C) BYU Modern climate ...

An image mosaic of sea ice in the Canadian Basin, taken by Operation IceBridge's Digital Mapping System on Mar. 28, ...

Farmers will have to more carefully manage nitrogen fertilization as the world climate warms up to prevent crop loss. Trying ...

The already iconic global warming images with polar bears sadly floating on small chunks of ice have acted as a ...

Crops, like any plants, adapt to their surroundings and, depending on conditions, can offer more or less yield. In the ...

A while ago, Andrei published a post in which he uploaded and spoke about seven key charts that show plain ...

It sounds like the synopsis for an apocalyptic movie: scientists uncover a dormant 30,000 years old virus trapped frozen deep ...

Photo: freedomoutpost.com In attempt to mitigate the adverse effects of global warming, one of the key measures considered by policy ...

I love Bill Nye, and I think the world needs more people like him. I don't mindlessly follow him, I ...

Natural gas leakage in the LA basin area from oil drilling and piping loses could be more significant than thought. ...

By now, hopefully, most people understand the huge problems caused by global warming - but most people probably don't understand ...

The climate crisis we are facing right now (which for one reason or another many people choose to ignore) has ...

Global warming is real, it's affecting us all, and it's gonna get worse - and we have nobody to blame ...

The past 12 months have been 0.22 degrees Celsius warmer than any other equivalent period prior to 2013, and Australia ...