Tag: climate change

The living standard of everybody in the world can be increased while also reducing CO2 emissions and limiting global warming to 2 ...

Aboriginals around what is today Melbourne have been telling a story for thousands of generations - a tale of waters ...

The states of Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Minas Gerais are running out of water. According to a Brazilian ...

The big news in climate is that 2014 is the hottest year on record - but the bigger picture is ...

California's large trees or those larger than two feet in diameter have declined in numbers to half that recorded in ...

Pope Francis, well on his way on becoming the most popular and moderate pope in recent history, is preparing to ...

Rising sea levels, droughts, extreme weather, wildfires - these are just a few of the consequences of global warming. The ...

At the beginning of the year, ZME Science reported 2014 was the 18th straight year to have surpassed average 20th-century ...

Republican voters, not to mention those in power, are notorious for their refutal of man-made climate change, yet according to ...

Right now the US is struggling with bone numbing chill, so it might be hard to digest this latest news: ...

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 ...