Climate

PM becomes ‘dangerous radical’, in words of UN chief, by backing fossil fuels incompatible with net zero goals

Doomers keep saying we are stuffed. They may be right and definitely will be right if we do nothing.

Hundreds of conservative operatives outlined a plan that Donald Trump, or any Republican, could use to purge climate action from the federal government.

In this Our Changing Climate video essay, I look at the validity of vegan and plant-based diets as a solution to climate change. I dive into the human and planetary toll of the meat industry, looking at the massive emissions toll of beef production as well as the exploitative conditions in meat processing plants. Ultimately, I...

Our digital lives are often removed from the physical world, but with the growing problem of climate change, the physical is beginning to adversely affect the digital. Data centers, the key facilities that house computer systems, are becoming less efficient with changes in global temperatures.

In the eras before air-conditioning, southern China's skywells played a key role in keeping people's homes cool. Could they do it again today?

July is likely to be the hottest month ever, according to just-released data from climate scientists.

Seaweed is a powerhouse for the climate, sending carbon to the seafloor and deacidifying oceans. In Australia, scientists are just beginning to tap its potential.

Twenty years of satellite data show that a stretch of coastal desert extending south from Peru's north and into Chile is getting greener, but this is not good news.

The implications for life in the Southern Ocean are scary enough; scientists are even more frightened about what has caused it.

Arctic Sea Ice may be even more vulnerable than climate scientists thought. Whatever happens with climate change, we might see an ice free Arctic in the coming decades. So why does this so-called "Blue Ocean Event" matter for the rest of the planet? And if we lose the ice... can we bring it back?

Head of global meteorological body warns ‘climate action is not a luxury but a must’ as temperatures soar

Arizona's saguaro cacti, a symbol of the U.S. West, are leaning, losing arms and in some cases falling over during the state's record streak of extreme heat, a scientist said on Tuesday.

Hey fellow climate-conscious folks,...

British activist and musician Blythe Pepino coined the term “birth strike” in early 2019 to describe pledges people make to not to have children until

A vital ocean current system that helps regulate the Northern Hemisphere’s climate could collapse anytime from 2025 and unleash climate chaos, a controversial new study warns....

A collapse would bring catastrophic climate impacts but scientists disagree over the new analysis

Antarctic sea ice has usually been able to recover in winter. But this time it's different, with levels taking a sharp downward turn at a time of year when sea ice usually forms reliably — and experts are worried.

Former head of Tel Aviv University Environmental Studies School: 'Something strange has been happening over the past few months, and it's scary'

Doctors report busy burns units with some patients having passed out and collapsed on superheated outdoor surfaces

A modest proposal for naming climate-related events. Heat Domes Instead of naming a heat dome that's likely to kill large numbers of people, why not name the...

What that giant clock in NYC’s Union Square is counting down to.

At least 110 people have been injured after tennis ball-sized hail rained down on a region of northern Italy overnight Wednesday.