homehome Home chatchat Notifications


Climate change literally shifted Earth's axis

Melting glaciers and the depletion of groundwater has redistributed so much mass that the poles started to drift.

The US is back in the climate game: Biden promises 50% emissions reductions by 2030 at Earth Day climate summit

It's almost double the previous target set by Obama. But is it enough?

What drop? CO2 emissions surge as pandemic restrictions ease

Behind the pandemic, an even bigger crisis looms

What to expect from Biden’s global climate change summit on Earth Day

More than 40 presidents and ministers are expected to attend. It's crunch time for climate action.

The Olympic Games are increasingly unsustainable. Can the world afford them anymore?

The Olympic Games have swelled in cost and carbon footprint. It is time for some changes.

Researchers create the "whitest paint" -- it reflects 98% of sunlight

Buildings in hot areas could greatly benefit from this -- and the paint could become widely available very soon.

CO2 concentrations quietly reached the highest daily values in recorded history

For the first time since its inauguration, the Mauna Loa Observatory reaches 421.21 ppm of CO2 concentration.

World's polluter elite has to shift behavior to meet global climate targets

We are in a climate emergency, but the responsibility isn't evenly shared.

Private planes to remain on the hangar as executives choose video meetings

Air travel accounts for 2% of the world's emissions

Electric trucks can totally compete with diesel trucks -- they just need fast chargers

With the right infrastructure in place, trucks could turn electric in no time.

In dire straits, polar bears turn to seabird eggs for food -- but they're bad at finding them

The poster child of climate change is suffering in more ways than one.

Climate change really ruins everything -- now, it's coming for our coffee

Colombia's coffee production is struggling to cope with climate change, and that's bad news for coffee lovers.

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 is reducing agricultural productivity

Technology is improving productivity, but climate is slowing it down.

Biking instead of driving slashes commuting emissions by 67%

Replacing a single car trip with biking could dramatically lower your carbon footprint.

NASA just released the first direct evidence that humans are causing climate change

It was clear humans were warming the planet for some time -- now we have official confirmation.

Climate change is making cherry trees blossom earlier in Japan and the US

Tokyo recorded its earliest bloom for over 1,200 years

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.

Sweat, not oil: Sports are floating on a sea of high-carbon sponsorship

It's a multi-million-dollar business but also a high-emissions one.

"Climate facts are back". EPA brings back climate change to its website

With Trump gone, the Environment Protection Agency can finally be about the environment again.

Ocean trawling doesn't just destroy ecosystems. It also releases massive emissions

Maybe just... stop doing it?

Study finds Greenland ice-sheet has already melted before - and it could again

Researchers find million-year-old plants in frozen ice core.

Life in the tropics could become impossible if we don't reduce our emissions

In less than a century, it could become too hot and humid to live there.

The lust for indoor cannabis has a nasty side effect: a lot of greenhouse gas emissions

Say no to indoor cannabis. Outdoor... well, that's a different story.

We need about a pandemic's worth of CO2 drop to stop climate change

We're still very far from our sustainable objectives.

The planet is on "red alert" because of insufficient climate action, UN warns

Biggest polluters have to step up their game this year

Shrinking sea ice is threatening polar bears and narwhals, study shows

Because of climate change, they need to spend much more energy to find food.

Climate change is making allergy season worse

Bad news for allergy sufferers: it's getting worse.

Researchers are using food waste to produce biofuels and reduce emissions

It's a global problem, focused on developed countries

US could be carbon neutral by 2050 - and it would cost $1 per citizen per day

Having a clean economy is much cheaper than the alternative.

Climate change brings multiple threats for European forests

The same is likely true for forests all around the world.

When Earth's magnetic field flipped 42,000 years, the climate changed too

It was a big climate disaster that could have wiped out Neanderthals.

Scientists find life under half-mile of ice in Antarctica

Nothing should have been alive -- yet life found a way.

Scientists create bendable concrete containing CO2 to lower emissions

This bendable concrete has a number of appealing properties, chief among them the lower carbon footprint.

Bitcoin now consumes more energy than Argentina

As Bitcoin's price surges, so does its carbon footprint.

This minimalistic chart shows how hot 2020 and the past few years have really been

It’s easy to forget, in the current situation, that the world is still heating up severely. If the COVID-19 pandemic is a wave sweeping through the world, then climate change is a tsunami looming darkly on the horizon and already starting to strike. Yes, climate change is hitting us already, probably in more ways than […]

We'll need to lower our emissions by a further 80% if we're to meet Paris Agreement goals

We need more ambition, and we need it now.

It's official. Climate change is making the pollen season much worse

Better get ready. Stronger and longer-lasting allergies are on the way.

South Korea wants to have the world's largest wind farm by 2030

It's part of a plan to expand renewables and reduce emissions

Climate change is causing sea levels to rise faster than previously thought

It's worse than even the most pessimistic estimates.

French court convicts the government for not doing enough on climate change

It's time for France to step up its game on climate action -- or face legal consequences.

The planet got warmer last year due to fewer aerosol emissions

Greenhouse gas emissions were down amid the pandemic, but so were aerosols and their cooling effect.

Whoopsie: US cities under-reported their emissions by almost 20%, study shows

A different method came up with a very different figure.

Want to reduce your emissions? Drop your car and get on your bike

We're talking about a big climate impact, the researchers argue.

Flights would be faster and use less fuel if they would 'use the wind'

Aviation needs to be more efficient. Here's something that can help.

It's not just oil and coal. We need to tackle agriculture emissions too, study shows

Agriculture isn't often addressed in the climate debate -- but it should.

Developed nations aren't supporting poor countries' climate transition as much as they promised

They promised $50 billion in support -- but the promises are falling short.

Global ice loss rate increased by over 65% in the last two decades

People, we have to chill here. Literally.

Scientists have aged wine in space and the bottles are now back on Earth

We'll know in February whether it's delicious or awful.

More evidence that 2020 was an unusually hot year

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

1 8 9 10 11 12 32