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Not even the 'indestructible' tardigrades will be spared by climate change

The almost indestructibles organisms would struggle to adapt to a warmer world

World's oceans have warmed 450% faster than in 1987

In the past three decades, oceans absorbed as much energy as 3.6 billion Hiroshima-sized atom bombs.

Why climate change will make insurance unaffordable for most people

Wildfires in Australia and California shows how the devastation of climate change can affect anyone. And, in the future, you might not even be able to get insured against such damage.

An Exxon subsidiary figured out how to stop climate change 30 years ago -- and we're not even close

The solution is something most governments don't even want to hear.

Climate heating is sucking the oxygen out of the oceans

There are about 700 ocean sites with low levels of oxygen, an IUCN report presented at COP25 reported.

Extreme weather is the 'new normal' (among other depressing climate projections)

Key report at COP25 summarizes main insights behind climate change

Decades-old climate models accurately predicted global heating -- but no one listened

Climate models from as early as the 1970s were already reliable enough to offer reliable projections of temperature increases as a result of GHGs.

No room for denialists: 100% consensus on anthropogenic global warming

New study says there's a full consensus among scientists on man-made climate change

We're getting dangerously close to climate tipping points

A further global warming could lead to irreversible changes

UN warning: get more ambitious or get drastic warming

World needs to increase its climate action five times

This year is likely to be Earth's second warmest on record

The longer trend is clear: the Earth is feverish.

Almost all countries are failing their Paris Agreement contributions

Three years after being implemented, the Paris Agreement faces a lack of ambition

Organic farming could actually be worst for global warming

It would requiere more land to produce the same amount of food

Sea level could rise 20 meters if global warming exceeds 2ºC, study finds

As the planet gets warmer due to the rising temperatures, one of the main concerns is sea-level rise.

Global warming has affected world's oceans and frozen regions, UN report warns

The ocean is warmer, more acidic, less productive, and rising.

The impacts of climate change are speeding up, major report says

The signs and impacts of global warming are speeding up, the latest report on climate change published ahead of key UN talks in New York said, warning that the 2015-2019 period is set to be the warmest five years on record. The United in Science report compiles the latest information about climate change from leading […]

The climate warming we are causing is unparalleled in the past 2,000 years

There is no precedent for this warming event.

Big oil asks US government to protect it from climate change

Talk about irony.

We're still not talking about the most effective individual steps to tackle climate change

Recycling? Taking the bus? Better light bulbs? That's all good, but how about taking fewer flights, eating more plants, and having fewer children?

Seaweed highlighted as key player to tackle global warming

The humble seaweed plays a crucial role in our climate.

European cities aren't built to deal with this kind of heat

There is a lot to learn -- and a lot to change.

By 2050, many cities will have hot weather like they've never seen

How hot will your area be in 2050?

Europe wants to go carbon neutral by 2050. These four countries opposed it

Some are more willing than others to transition.

Atmospheric CO2 reaches record 415ppm -- the highest it's been in millions of years

Not the kind of record we want.

Iceland researchers trap CO2 into rocks -- but there's a catch

This could be a big part of the battle against climate change.

Greenland ice is melting 6 times faster than in the 1980s

Requiem for an ice sheet.

Arctic warming accelerates climate change -- and will cost $70 trillion

Take action against climate change -- or pay up.

Warming oceans are depleting global fish stocks

As if overfishing wasn't enough, fisheries are plummeting because of the effects of higher water temperature as a result of global warming.

Clouds over tropical oceans could break apart if dangerous CO2 threshold is breached

If this ever happens, it would be like having crocodiles in the Arctic.

The hottest 5 years on record: 2016, 2015, 2017, 2018, and 2014

The planet continues to heat up.

Sea level rise might not be as bad as predicted, despite accelerating ice sheet melting

Long story short: it's still bad.

This surge of extreme cold is probably caused by climate change -- and you'd better get used to it

Counterintuitive -- yes. Disproving global warming? Not in the slightest.

Retreating ice is exposing Arctic moss and plants for the first time in 120,000 years

Climate change is exposing plant life that's been preserved by the ice cap for thousands of years.

"Vested interests" cause major threat to human existence, researchers say

The change can only come from civil society, researchers urge.

Averting catastrophic climate change might be possible -- but only if we phase out fossil fuels immediately

Possible? Yes. Is it realistic? Not really. Should we try anyway? Hell yes!

WHO says tackling climate change will reduce infectious diseases and save millions of lives

Countries need to account for health in all cost-benefit analyses of climate change mitigation.

Unfortunately, the US president still doesn't understand what "climate" means

Regardless of someone's political affiliation, un-scientific beliefs should be taxed. At the end of the day, science is apolitical, and global warming affects us all -- whether we choose to believe in it or not.

World oceans may have absorbed 60% more heat than previously estimated

Ocean life is in bigger trouble than we thought.

Very few Americans are aware that 97% of climate scientists agree climate change is real

But if they were made aware of the fact, they might change their mind.

Earth wobbles as it spins, and humans are responsible for a third of this effect

Since the early 20th century, Earth's axis has shifted by more than 10 meters.

Climate change denial linked to right-wing nationalism, new study finds

Well, well -- who would have guessed.

European drought reveals cautionary "Hunger Stones" in Czech river

Our forefathers left behind an ominous warning for us -- and we'd best heed it. Otherwise, we can start carving our own years into the rocks.

This year, the UK had a tropical summer -- and you can probably thank global warming for that

Have you noticed summers getting hotter and hotter?

Europe is so hot right now that it has to stop its nuclear plants

There's a particular irony to this situation.

We can limit global warming to 1.5°C -- but we need to change how we travel, heat homes, and use devices

This might just work.

Another bleak consequence of climate change: more suicides

As if climate change didn't bring enough problems.

Japan experiences its hottest temperature in recorded history

I'm not saying it's climate change, but it definitely quacks like climate change.

The world's first animals also caused the first global warming event -- but it took 100 million years

There's a metaphor here, and an important lesson for ourselves.

30 years ago, James Hansen warned Congress of climate change. He was on point

Like Cassandra, the priestess cursed to predict the future and not be believed by anyone, James Hansen's appeal has largely fallen on deaf ears.

West Antarctic bedrock is rising surprisingly fast -- and this may slow down ice melt

Some rare good news.