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Tag: Climate
Climate change is link between record-low Arctic ice cover, freak weather in Europe and the US
The Arctic's getting really hot.
People who don’t understand evolution are much more likely to reject it
Well here's a shocker.
A new Iron Curtain is falling over Europe — a “coal curtain”
A coal curtain is falling over the Old Continent.
Last year was the warmest humanity ever recorded without El Niño, NASA warns
2016 inches above it but only because of El Niño.
What’s the difference between weather and climate? Here’s why it matters
Everything you wanted to know about climate. No -- really.
Humanity gets its second Warning: We’re crippling the planet
We need to take corrective measures fast or we risk losing the only home we've ever known.
Coal formation sucked so much CO2 out of the atmosphere that Earth nearly froze over 300 million years ago
"It is quite an irony that forming the coal that today is a major factor for dangerous global warming once ...
Why Was Texas so Susceptible to Hurricane Harvey and How Does Climate Change Contribute?
The connection to climate change is more intricate than you'd think.
New finding could help plants survive drastic droughts
With drought on the rise, this finding couldn't come at a better time.
Farmer ants unknowingly domesticated their fungi crops by sequestering them in dry environments
Accidental domestication still counts, right?
Mainstream US broadcast networks decrease climate change coverage time by 66 percent to only 50 minutes. For a whole year!
How much time is the climate worth to you?
Beijing just closed its last coal station — What does this mean for the world’s climate
In 2013, Beijing officials promised that they will close the city's four coal stations by the end of 2017, and ...
Aerosol emissions kept climate change in check over the Arctic until Clean Air regulations
Emissions work both ways. Well, worked.
Humans are changing the climate 170 times faster than natural forces
“The human magnitude of climate change looks more like a meteorite strike than a gradual change.”
Majority of people in the US favour renewables
A divided country still agrees on some things.
World’s poorest countries pledge to 100% renewable energy
They're leapfrogging developed countries.
We should prepare for bad surprises in the Arctic climate, new report finds
Unless we start reducing fossil fuel consumption drastically and fast, irreversible changes will happen in the Arctic and that will ...
WMO’s “Global Climate in 2011-2015” report published, proves we need to act now
Hot, droughty, floody, deadly.
New study might explain why winters have been more horrid in recent years
Researchers might have an explanation for why winters have gotten so horrendous.
Atom-by-atom chart of living fossil’s shell could hold the key to understanding past climate
These tiny beings could hold a huge store of data.
Heads of states from 170 countries sign deal that bans global warming chemicals used in refrigerators and AC
Yet another historic climate accord was signed this Saturday, right on the heels of the Paris Agreement coming into force.
Paris climate agreement enters into force
The landmark Paris climate agreement has become an official agreement, fulfilling the necessary condition: over 55 countries covering over 55% ...
One it ten UK species faces extinction, State of Nature report warns
You can't take 10% out of something and still expect it to work.
The planet is warming faster than it ever has in the last 1,000 years, NASA warns
This is not good news.
Letter signed by 154 Australian experts calls for the Land Down Under to step up its game
Policy and scientific fact don't match, and the researchers urge for change.
Over-consumption is more deadly to Earth’s wildlife than climate change
We use so much of everything so fast that it's literally killing the planet.
Google used DeepMind to cut their electricity bill by a whopping 15%
That adds up to a lot of money.
Crops employ “austerity measures” to conserve water in drought conditions
By limiting the growth of their roots, grassy crops conserve soil water during drought.
Climate change is making the Arctic red — and we should be very worried about it
A tiny algae could spiral out of control with huge consequences.
Climate change is making food crops toxic
A startling report by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) says food crops like wheat and maize are generating toxins ...
West Antarctic Ice Sheet might melt faster, adding three extra feet to sea level rise by 2100
A refined model based on equations which accurately reproduced sea level rise events from hundreds of thousands of years ago ...
Climate change is impacting wine grape harvest dates in Switzerland and France, NASA finds
A new collaboration study between NASA and Harvard University found that climate change is breaking an important link between droughts ...
All of 2015’s weather, in a stunning 4K time-lapse video.
The European Meteorological Satellite Organization (EUMETSAT) in collaboration with the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...
More than 13 million Americans could be at risk from sea level rise by 2100
A new study analyzing sea level rise forecasts as well as population growth projections found that we've underestimated just how ...
People spend more on climate adaptability to protect capital, not lives
A research team from University College in London has calculated that in the last five years, the ten biggest cities ...
Fiji becomes the first country in the world to ratify the Paris climate deal
This Friday, the tiny island nation of Fiji put up a big flag on the map by becoming the first ...
Climatic shift in antique times heralded dramatic changes
A period of significant cooling from 536 to 660 AD brought forth massive societal changes in Europe and Asia, a new ...
Reactions to the Paris Climate Deal
A crucial date, or another point in a long line of failures? History will certainly judge the Paris Climate Agreement, ...
The one word that almost ruined climate negotiations
The agreement in Paris is not a cure for the world's environmental problems, but it's definitely more than a band-aid. ...
By the urban poor, from the urban poor: fighting climate change
If we want to tackle climate change, we have to fight it from all sides; one of the things I ...
New COP draft on the table… but is it good enough?!
After hundreds of hours of negotiations and discourse, it seems that the parties involved are finally settled and can agree ...
Africa Renewable energy project receives $10 billion in backing
A very ambitious initiative could make Africa the cleanest continent - Africa Renewable Energy Initiative (AREI) an African-led plan to add 10,000 ...
Saudi Arabia accused of derailing Paris talks
With only three days left from the Paris Climate Summit, the time for populist talks has passed, and we're expecting ...
Data scientist traces main source of climate deniers’ funding
All of the current Republican presidential candidates make a point of denying what scientists and the common folk have come ...
US Presidential Candidates That Don’t “Believe” in Climate Change
While most of the world is trying to reach a climate agreement that would help preserve our planet's climate for ...
European countries announce new $500 million initiative to fight climate change in developing countries
Four European countries, Germany, Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland, have announced a new $500 million initiative to fight climate change, especially in developing ...
After the climate talks in Paris, the real work begins
The Climate Summit in Paris may or may not create a binding agreement for countries to limit their greenhouse gas ...
NASA shows how much CO2 we really pump into the atmosphere
Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere have never been higher: the average global CO2 levels have reached the 400 parts ...
