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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.

The Earth's "lungs" could start irremediably deteriorating in just two decades, study shows

Plants are on track to move from being carbon sinks to carbon sources

Ocean acidification may turn on the lights for some glow-in-the-dark species

Bioluminescence is much more common and important for marine life than most people think.

US carbon emissions dropped 10% last year -- but only because of the pandemic

It's the largest drop since World War II, but not because of climate action

2020? Yeah, that's the hottest year on record (tied with 2016)

Pandemic or no pandemic, the climate continues to heat up year after year.

Your daily coffee has a big climate cost -- here's how to reduce it by 77%

The way coffee is produced can make a big difference to the climate.

Climate change is turning the Eastern Mediterranean into a completely new ecosystem

Sadly, it's doing it through to the death of local species.

Veganuary 2021: Everything you need to know to meet the challenge

Here's how you can do your bit for the planet this month.

Researchers develop a new tool to identify at-risk corals

They’re small and pretty and they need our help.

Organic meat has the same impact on the world's climate as 'normal' meat

Eating meat isn't good for the environment -- even when it's organic.

Cooking actually accounts for a lot of our emissions. Here's how that could be improved

Changing cooking methods can make a real difference.

The most important news on the environment, climate and energy of 2020

It's been quite the year.

Wildfire smoke can carry microbes that cause infectious diseases, researchers find

There's no such thing as 'clean' smoke, microbes can survive in it.

Scientists report unusual seismic activity in Antarctica: over 30,000 tremors

The earthquakes range from 0.9 to 5.6 magnitude and took place from August to November.

New projections warn that Greenland's ice sheet will see 60% more melt than we've estimated

That’s a high margin of error.

This hurricane season was so intense scientists ran out of names for storms

It's been a rought year in more than one way.

Ocean warming is a wrecking ball for coral reef systems. This researcher wants to understand it all

There's no simple solution to this problem.

In 10 to 20 years, it will be so hot that tropical trees live shorter lives

Not a good roadmark to pass.

Pandemic causes 7% plunge in carbon emissions this year -- but there's little cause for joy

It's not much, but it's some good news.

The Paris Agreement, five years on. Can we still avoid a climate crisis?

It was supposed to be a pivotal moment to fight climate change. Things are not so clear.

No pandemic break for the Arctic, as climate change continues to kick in

2020 ends with higher temperatures and less sea ice

In a single spin, this wind turbine can power a home for a whole day

Two offshore wind parks have already secured their use

Greenland's ice sheet is poised to melt forever -- we have 600 years to stop it

Sounds like a long time, but we have our work cut out for ourselves.

We are losing the battle in a "suicidal" war against nature, UN head warns

This year is on track to be one of the three warmest ever recorded.

Climate change could flood thousands of affordable houses in the US by 2050

Not everyone is affected on the same way by climate change.

Even a localized nuclear war can alter the world's climate

The most important factor here, surprisingly, isn't the bombs -- but what they can set alight.

Climate change is making leaves fall sooner and store less carbon. Here's why

Surprisingly, trees are dropping their leaves sooner rather than later.

Climate change brings more infectious diseases. Many people are completely unaware of this

More than half of the people in a survey didn't know about the link

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