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% ...
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Stop patting yourself on the back for the Paris Agreement, researchers say
While many officials are celebrating the climate agreement reached in Paris, the world is still massively heating up.
Hydropower: not that clean after all. Study finds reservoirs around the world emit as much CO2 as Canada
A new huge source of carbon emissions has been confirmed by scientists.
‘We won’t ever see a month below 400ppm,’ said NASA’s chief climate scientist
We'll have some explaining to do when our kids grow up.
The Paris Climate Change Agreement might become ratified at the U.N. talks this week
This week, New York is the world's capital for climate action.
Climate change has never been more polarized by partisan belief. Say ‘thanks’ to mainstream media
Partisan belief is promoting anti-science views which might cost us all dearly.
Climate change is killing Hawaii’s birds
Rats have their part of the blame, but climate change is the main threat.
New study shows global warming was a long time coming
Scientists showed that consistent global warming started in the 1830s.
Antarctic ‘living sensors’ indicate global warming affecting ocean circulation
The consequences are not known at the moment.
The last ten months were the hottest on record and July was the most blazing ever
We've become very cynical. "Hottest year? Doh!"
Deadly bacteria breeding more in the oceans because of global warming
Developing countries, yet again, will be the most vulnerable in the face of such risks.
Leonardo DiCaprio’s Oscar speech raised more climate change awareness than Earth Day
DiCaprio absolutely killed it -- and we now have the numbers to prove it.
NASA study suggests that one-fifth of global warming missed by historical records
The main cause lies in the lack of available data from the Arctic.
Spider personalities are influenced by temperature
The findings could have implications for the survival of modern animals in the face of global warming.
‘Shocking,’ ‘Plain Stupid’: New British Prime Minister shuts down Climate Change Office
The UK seems hell bent on making unfortunate decissions.
Scientists turn CO2 into rock in Iceland
Turning air into rock.
Climate change pushing clouds higher into the atmosphere, shifting them towards Earth’s poles
These movements could in turn help speed up global warming.
Global warming is greening the Northern Hemisphere
Global warming is greening the planet, but there's only so much CO2 plants can absorb.
Fastest global emissions rate ever means CO2 levels will never fall below 400ppm in our lifetimes
2016 will go in history as the first year carbon emission stay above 400ppm all year round. I don't think ...
The Middle East and North Africa might become uninhabitable due to global warming
Climate refugees may become more and more common.
Climate change is depleting oxygen from the oceans
Scientists have also quantified the effects of climate change as they relate to oxygen depletion. Their analysis suggests that by ...
NASA calls out climate change deniers on Facebook
It's glorious and depressing at the same time: NASA used its official Facebook account to shut down one user who ...
Researchers find hundreds of methane leaks at well pads in nation-wide thermal imaging study
The Environmental Defense Fund’s Oil and Gas program has released a new nation-wide report of the most common sites of ...
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 ...
This January was the warmest January on record – by far
The saddening story of global warming continues in 2016 like it did in 2015. According to NASA, this January was ...
Continents soak up water, slowing down sea level rise. This won’t go on forever, though
Today, sea levels rise at a rate double that recorded in the 20th century. That's a lot, but not nearly ...
We’re in December, but Washington’s flowers and trees are blooming
Image via CBS. There's almost no need to say it again - it's been an exceptionally warm December, and an ...
November 2015 was by far the hottest on record
2015 is set to be the hottest year on record as November smashed previous records, being 1.75 degrees Fahrenheit (0.97 degrees ...
Americans support signing of climate change pact, but don’t want taxes on emissions
According to a NY Times/CBS poll two out of three Americans support the signing of a global climate pact, but ...
Head of (anti)-science in America harasses NOAA over paper that refutes global warming hiatus
You know things are messed up when the head of the House committee that covers science doesn't really understand it. ...
Greenhouse gas concentrations reach new record
The world enters uncharted territory in terms of greenhouse gas emissions, as concentrations reach record levels, the World Meteorological Organization ...
Emissions per capita drop by 8% by 2025, if the 155 countries respect their UN pledges
Before the official talks at the UN climate change summit start next month in Paris, each nation was invited to ...
Study finds global effect of temperature on productivity
A recent study published Wednesday in the journal Nature shows that there is a strong functional relationship between a region's ...
Europe Already Beat Its 2020 Greenhouse Gas Emissions Target
The European Union, generally considered the world's 3rd biggest emitter after China and the US, reported that its emissions fell ...
Earth just had the warmest September on record – by a long shot!
By now, it's almost a statistical certainty: in January 2016, we will say that 2015 was the warmest year on ...
CO2 in the atmosphere heralds imminent food chain collapse — and it’s gonna start in the oceans
Bad news for us -- and fish.
How rising sea levels will affect US: Miami and New Orleans underwater by 2100
A study assessed how sea level rise at the hand of global warming will affect coastal populations in the United ...
All the climate talks in Paris depend on these 10 countries
With the Paris summit being just around the corner, it's time to step back and look at who the big ...
Is the U.N. climate summit just fluff talk?
Less than two months away, 200 governments will join the U.N. Paris talks where an international agreement might be reached ...
King crabs warm up to invade Antarctica
Enticed by warming waters, king crabs might soon make a run for Antarctica's continental shelf where they haven't been seen ...
$100 billion to fight climate change – where is it ?
Six years ago, at the 2009 climate talks in Copenhagen, things seemed to have taken a dire turn, with no ...
Almost $2.6 trillion divested from fossil fuel since the movement began
A while ago I wrote about how the fossil fuel divestment movement is gathering a huge momentum, as more and ...
Thawing permafrost might cost us trillions in the long run
Specialists from the University of Cambridge and the University of Colorado estimate that the effects of climate change are going ...
Exxon’s own scientists confirmed climate change – back in the 70s!
As a new investigation showed today, the scientists of the biggest oil company in the world, Exxon Mobil knew about ...
A simple way to quantify climate change: the ratio of hot to cold records
The world is heating up, that's no longer up for debate, but there are many ways through which we can ...
CitiBank: $44 trillion lost by 2060 if the world fails to address climate change
One of the largest banks in the world says choosing not to invest in renewable energy and divest from fossil ...
The carbon credit scheme is doing more harm than good, costing 600 million tonnes of extra CO2
The road to hell is paved with good intentions. In a bid to curb global emissions, the carbon credit scheme ...
Glass half full: social unrest and conflict curb global warming
The revolutionary wave that swept Arab nations beginning with 2011 displaced millions and cost the lives of hundreds of thousands. ...
Researchers turn CO2 seized from the air into valuable high-tech material
A team at George Washington University has found a way to hit two birds with one stone: mitigate climate change ...
Central Asia glaciers are melting at an alarming rate threatening the water supply of millions
Glaciers covering Asia's Tian Shan mountains have lost a quarter of their mass over the past 50 years, at a ...
