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The country will reduce the use of coal and limit livestock herds
Our capacity to make basic decisions could be affected by emissions, too.
The timing and availability of snowmelt, needed for irrigation, could be altered.
"It has been made much worse than it would have been because of climate change," the authors explain.
Korea's ruling party won the elections and announced plans to push ahead with climate goals.
There's still a climate emergency to fix after this. So why support fossil fuel companies?
Platforms emit twice as much methane than previously thought.
World still needs to cut emissions by 6% every year for the next decade
The study focuses on California, but the roots of the problem are global, the team explains.
This breather is not of our choice, though. After the pandemic is over, we should expect as a surge in emissions as economic activity recovers.
While the study focused on the UK, the results point to plankton woes on a global level.
The icy continent of Antarctica wasn’t always the barren landscape that we all know today. As early as 90 million years ago, the continent may have been covered in a temperate rainforest, similar to what you’d find in today’s New Zealand, instead of an ice cap. The study was carried out by an international team […]
The iconic birds are evolving shorter winds due to higher temperatures.
It was recorded during the 2019-2020 Arctic summer.
Thanks to global action on harmful chemicals.
An analysis of more than 300 marine plant, animal, plankton, and fish species found that they’ve increasingly moved towards the poles as the climate grew warmer over the last century. Their abundance has also been changing as the species adapt to shifts in suitable living areas. One of the silver linings of the study is […]
Our planet is enjoying a breath of air -- but we need sustained climate action.
Up to 23 states could experience moderate to severe flooding
This is enough to raise global sea levels 2.2 millimeters in two months.
Birds are either reducing or increasing their body sizes.
This rate is in line with the worst-case scenario set by UN climate experts.
The report shows clean energy is getting much cheaper than coal.
Last year was the second warmest in history at a global level
They can reduce waves and storm surges, protecting millions of people from floods.
Scientists are concerned about the irreversible damage done to global ecosystems.
Twelve countries asked the EU to be more ambitious on climate policies.
Climate change is the most important issue for Democrat voters, second only to healthcare.
Are we breathing clean air? If you are in India or China probably not.
A good way to improve national and global security is to reduce our greenhouse emissions, a new report shows.
Teck Resources unilaterally decided to call off the project -- presumably due to huge public pressure.
Antarctica is losing its characteristic white color, and climate change has a lot to do with it.
During the 1913-2017 period the flow of the river decreased about 20%.
"Most of the methane emissions are anthropogenic, so we have more control," the authors say.
"At the end of the day, fighting climate change is really what we need to be advocating for."
Japan plans to build 36 coal power plants in the next decade.
Investors aren't considering the impact of weather in the economy.
Food production accounts for 30% of the global emissions -- but we rarely talk about it.
Bezos announced that the first grants will be awarded this summer.
Higher temperatures are affecting groundwater in the US.
The climate crisis is showing its effects in Antarctica.
One-third of plant and animal species could be gone within five decades.
Up to 20% of the Amazon is now a net source of CO2
It is remarkable that more than a century before the world's highest peaks were scaled, humans were already affecting the atmosphere.
It's finally raining in Australia.
T-shirt weather in the Antarctic.
Tree rings reveal how severe cold and political isolation brought disaster to Scotland, inspired a colonization effort in Panama, and helped drive union with England.
When the evidence becomes overwhelming... simply ignore it.
An exceptional episode of our current climate is unfolding in southern France, as the country prepares for summer-like temperatures.
The steel industry seeks to be greener. But there's a long way ahead
The Thwaites Glacier is 74.000 square miles and is vulnerable to climate change
