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Microplastics May Now Be Messing with Our Weather and Climate. Here’s What That Means

Researchers reveal microplastics can influence cloud formation, potentially affecting weather and climate systems

WWII weather logs from Pearl Harbor battleships could fill in missing climate data

It will help to better understand how climate is changing

By 2080, climate change will make US cities shift to climates seen today hundreds of miles to the south

There's an app to show you how it will feel.

California is losing its trees -- perhaps permanently -- as climate change is shifting its ecosystems

Trees are burning and grasslands are taking their place.

Simple restaurant menu tweaks can encourage people to make more eco-friendly choices

Our food choices can make a big difference for climate change

Gas stoves leak methane even when not in use

They do not do the

One-third of Americans are “alarmed” about climate change, and over half are at least “concerned”

Public awareness is the first cornerstone of societal action.

European Space Agency launches new mission to measure climate change in unprecedented detail

TRUTHS measurements will allow changes in Earth’s climate to be detected faster

A new tropical storm, Peter, has formed in the Atlantic. Another, Rose, is likely to follow soon

It's been a busy year for hurricanes.

The first climate change famine is here: Madagascar is desperate

Hunger is driving people to eat raw cactus, wild leaves and locusts.

Biochar can help us keep climate change at bay and more food on the table, according to a new meta-study

I’m always down with more food and fewer heatwaves.

What is carbon neutrality and how can it be achieved?

It won’t be easy but we have to do it for the future of the planet.

How we know climate change is happening -- and that we're causing it

We're way past the point of doubts on this one.

What are climate tipping points?

We are much closer to crossing them than we think -- and it’s all because of our greenhouse gas emissions.

The new climate normal: The US is already one degree hotter

Climate change is kicking stronger than many expected.

Satellite data shows that the Earth's glaciers are melting faster than ever before

This doesn't make it high on the idealio scale.

Can geoengineering stop climate change? A new paper says it can help, but it's no magic bullet

And there's still a lot we don't understand about its effects.

Climate change brings season change: by 2100, half the world will see 6-month-long summers

Please no I don't have an air conditioner.

More evidence that 2020 was an unusually hot year

Governmental or not, everyone agrees 2020 was one of the warmest years.

Climate change is turning the Eastern Mediterranean into a completely new ecosystem

Sadly, it's doing it through to the death of local species.

New projections warn that Greenland's ice sheet will see 60% more melt than we've estimated

That’s a high margin of error.

In 10 to 20 years, it will be so hot that tropical trees live shorter lives

Not a good roadmark to pass.

Greenland's ice sheet is poised to melt forever -- we have 600 years to stop it

Sounds like a long time, but we have our work cut out for ourselves.

Even a localized nuclear war can alter the world's climate

The most important factor here, surprisingly, isn't the bombs -- but what they can set alight.

Lockdowns shut whole economies down, but greenhouse gas levels are still rising

It worked for a time, but a more sustained effort is needed -- for our own sakes.

We should expect long-term ice loss even if we stop climate change today, according to a new study

Sometimes, there's just no putting the paste back in the tube -- or the ice back in the ice sheet.

Climate change killed half the corals in the Great Barrier Reef -- and it could get worse soon

We need to bring down emissions to avoid effects on more corals

Can popular proverbs teach us anything about climate change perception?

A trio of researchers in Spain looked at a how weather-related proverbs related to climate change.

Climate change is decoupling bee lifecycles from that of flowers

It's a bad strategy to not be where your food is -- or when.

Climate change is destabilizing marine food webs

There will likely be no Nemo to find in the future.

New Zealand's glaciers are melting faster than ever

They've lost almost 80% of their historical volume.

These Canadian ice caps were estimated to melt by 2022 -- they're already gone

Its a sign we'd better not ignore.

Offshore wind farms are cheap enough to bring electricity costs down

Newly approved wind farms will have negative subsidies

It could take decades after slashing emissions for the climate to cool down

Good things take time, it seems. Better start early, then!

Heatwaves are getting hotter, longer, more frequent globally

It's happening globally, but not all regions are affected equally.

Humanity is making trees grow less and live shorter lives

Its a bad time to be a tree.

Microalgae could protect coral reefs from climate change

Australian researchers found that training microalgae could help keep corals alive.

We could see up to 1.3m of sea-level rise by 2100 if we don't take action now

Some rising tides sink all boats.

Wetter, warmer soils will intensify climate change

Warmer, wetter tropical soil increases microbial activity -- which belch out CO2.

Shifting away from monocultures would benefit both wildlife and people

If it benefits both us and the planet, I'm happy.

We've significantly underestimated how much methane humanity emits

"Most of the methane emissions are anthropogenic, so we have more control," the authors say.

Oceans could be unviable for coral reefs by 2100 due to warmer, more acidic waters

"At the end of the day, fighting climate change is really what we need to be advocating for."

Is there a hoax related to climate change?

It's real, it's dangerous, but some people want to make it seem like a joke.

How the cold climate shaped Scotland’s political climate

Tree rings reveal how severe cold and political isolation brought disaster to Scotland, inspired a colonization effort in Panama, and helped drive union with England.

New areas will need conservation due to climate change

Climate change will force species to migrate in search of ideal living conditions, and a new paper estimates where they’ll go in order to inform conservation efforts. Each species has a set of conditions it likes to live in — a certain amount of light, a temperature that’s just right, certain habitats to act as […]

Sea level rise could displace 13 million Americans by 2100

"We hope this research will empower urban planners and local decision-makers to prepare to accept populations displaced by sea-level rise."

An introduction to man-made climate change

It's a big problem, for sure, but we're big problem solvers.

2019 was the second warmest year on record, NASA and NOAA found

"The decade that just ended is clearly the warmest decade on record."

Australia records its hottest day ever -- while burning from a thousand bushfires

A nationwide average temperature of 40.9 degrees Celsius this Tuesday set a new record for the land down under.

Climate change is destroying jobs in New England's fisheries

"As we see more warm winters off the New England coast, fewer fishermen stay in business," the authors say.

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