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Back in the 1970s, both the oil and the coal industry were well aware of the effects burning fossil fuels has on the atmosphere. But, despite knowing that their activities are causing global warming, they didn’t tell the world — instead, they launched a campaign to sow doubts about the veracity of climate change, a […]
"When the good news is that emissions growth is slower than last year, we need help," the researchers explain.
The team is currently working with climate scientists to compare the new dataset with in situ observations and with the output from salinity models.
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is again under the spotlight after this year's forest fires
I love penguins.
In a hotter future, plants will consume more water than they do today — which means a drier future despite the anticipated increases in precipitation. Climate heating is estimated to increase precipitation levels in places like the United States and Europe through the generation of more water vapor and weather pattern disruptions. However, humans may […]
In matters of the farm, diversity matters.
They're listening to the science more than most politicians.
"Too hot to date" -- birds.
Hope y'all love heatwaves!
Grasslands provide food and shelter for countless wildlife species -- but they're now threatened by climate change.
The trade-off, of course, is an 80 cm-higher global sea level.
Hold on to your passport!
So let's clean it up.
The American Southwest was left bone-dry between the 9th and 15th centuries by about a dozen megadroughts; they could be coming back.
"It's alarming to find that the majority of videos propagate conspiracy theories about climate science and technology."
"We are incredibly excited about this first discovery on the road to realizing the goals of the Harnessing Plants Initiative," the authors say.
"I am sorry that there are people who are in power … notably, of course, [in] the United States but also in Australia [who are climate change deniers], which is extraordinary because Australia is already facing having to deal with some of the most extreme manifestations of climate change."
Uh-oh.
"Greenhouse gas emissions trap more heat in the lower atmosphere which leads to a cooling of the upper atmosphere. Those colder temperatures in the upper atmosphere are slowing the recovery of the ozone layer."
Good thing we didn't call it Iceland, right?!
The kids are alright.
"Many of the challenges we have today are the same ones they had in Çatalhöyük — only magnified," say the paper's authors.
War isn't clean, it would seem.
Things are heating up.
Old age doesn't mean 'frail'.
Please, tell me again how this has nothing to do with emissions.
More like "yet another new study."
It's not the best solution, but it could help.
Definitely not good.
"Both data sets demonstrate the earth's surface has been warming globally over this period, and that 2016, 2017, and 2015 have been the warmest years in the instrumental record," the authors explain.
This is not the de-icing you are looking for.
No army can fight on an empty belly. Neither can an empire.
We're really good at setting bad standards.
"Warm" ice is a problem.
Only 23% of the world can now be considered wilderness.
We're all kings and queens of our own castles.
Well, this is an unusual problem to have.
They're heating up twice as fast as everywhere else.
A fresh take on an old problem.
Don't scrub your pots too hard -- you're destroying precious climate evidence!
Not good news.
I'm not saying it's climate change, but it definitely quacks like climate change.
We've changed the sea.
Now you know exactly what your purchases do.
A look at the process which makes life on Earth possible -- but may topple our society if taken too far.
A bad record to set.
In America, every political group comes with its own views on climate change.
These ancient populations were impressively resilient.
