Our planet has received its fair share of visitors along the years. This one has been hiding under Greenland’s thick ice.
Pioneers of climate science win “Nobel” prize for environment
You could hardly imagine more deserving scientists to receive this award.
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.
Climate change will recolor much of the oceans by 2100, MIT research suggests
It’s not good news.
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.
How climate change leads to more frequent thunderstorms
Scientists have put a number between climate change and storm frequency for the first time.
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.
Leading economists urgently call for a tax on carbon
The world’s leading economists are saying we should tax carbon. The politicians say we shouldn’t.
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!
Antarctica is losing six times more ice than 40 years ago
There’s enough ice in Antarctica to raise sea levels by 60 meters — and it’s now on a slippery slope.
Thawing Canadian Arctic permafrost is releasing “substantial amounts” of mercury into waterways
In the Canadian Arctic, mercury isn’t rising only in thermometers.
Yes, the Trump administration really pitched coal at a climate conference
Well… this is awkward.
252 million years ago, climate change nearly wiped out life on Earth; something similar is happening today
If this sounds a bit alarming… it should.
Greenland melting is ‘off the charts’ — It’s unprecedented in the last 400 years, scientists warn
In the past 20 years, Greenland’s ice sheet has been melting at six-fold the rate seen before the Industrial Revolution.
“Collapse of civilization is on the horizon”, David Attenborough tells UN climate summit
Time, he stressed, is running out.
Green roofs can be effective against climate change — in the right climate
Green roofs are making a comeback — at least in some parts of the world.
Meat and dairy are bad for the climate and the environment, researchers urge
The bottom line: eat more plants!
Buried away: deep soil holds surprisingly much CO2, but warming is bad news
Soils can store a lot of carbon, but not if temperatures continue to rise.
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.