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US Renewable energy: over $80 billion a year in health and climate benefits

People focus on the difficulties and challenges. But it's important to acknowledge when something is working.

Earth’s gateway to hell is expanding fast. Should you worry?

Climate change is testing the limits of the world's largest permafrost crater.

The summer of 2023 was the warmest in 2,000 years

It's hot and it's about to get even hotter.

Meet Mammoth, the world’s largest vacuum that now sucks thousands of tons of carbon out of the air

We'll need many more such Mammoths if we're serious about climate change.

Venezuela has become the first country to lose all its glaciers

No more "eternal snows" in Venezuela.

Climate change may shrink the global economy by 19% by 2049. The decline could reach 60% if no action is taken

The world economy faces significant losses if carbon emissions are not curbed.

Can artificial snow save ski resorts amid the hottest winters on record?

Ski season is shortening with every passing year, and most ski resorts around the world now rely on artificial snow to stay in business.

More than 80% of global carbon emissions are produced by only 57 corporate and state entities

A landmark climate report found that the world's major emitters grew their carbon footprint since the Paris Agreement.

Melting polar ice is changing Earth's rotation and slowing down time. Here's how this will affect the leap second

Climate change is now altering how we keep time.

15% of Americans are in climate change denial. Are you living in a denial hotspot? Check this map

Analysis of 7.4 million X posts also shows an alarming link between climate skepticism and low vaccination rates.

2023 was the hottest year on record — by a huge margin

Since June, every month has been the world's hottest on record.

Decarbonizing UK's industry would only make things 1% more expensive

Who said sustainability has to be expensive?

It’s not all bad news. Here are seven climate breakthroughs from 2023

We now the situation is bleak, but there is still some good news to share

Scientists simulate the runaway greenhouse process that could make Earth uninhabitable

If we let greenhouse gases run amok, we will end up paying the price.

British Museum will get $63 million from big oil

Campaigners call it “out of touch” and “completely indefensible”

Decoding Earth’s climate history. Researchers reconstruct CO2 levels over 66 million years

Understanding shifts in atmospheric CO2 is crucial to gain insight from Earth's past.

Major climate conference ends with a promise. But will the countries actually deliver?

COP28 climate summit ended with open questions for the future of the planet

Fossil fuel lobbyists reach record numbers at UN climate change conference

Oil companies are using COP28 as a platform for business.

An oil executive is leading this year’s biggest climate conference. It's not going too well

We weren't expecting anything different

This year is shaping up to be the hottest one on record and we're blowing by climate targets

Some places may be experiencing a cold spell now, but the year as a whole was very hot.

CO2 is getting better at trapping heat the more it builds up in the atmosphere

New research shows that carbon dioxide becomes a stronger greenhouse gas as its levels rise, highlighting the critical need for immediate emission reductions.

Solar power outshines reforestation for climate change mitigation

It's time to be efficient. In a breakthrough study, solar energy proves more efficient than tree planting in dryland areas.

The year's biggest climate summit is in Dubai. Organizers want to use it to make oil deals

It’s as bizarre as it sounds.

People feel overwhelmed by climate change. Study shows it's because they want governments and companies to do more

Citizens feel that the main responsibility for making major climate changes rests on the govt and private entities

New tool can automatically detect methane plumes using machine learning

Reducing methane emissions can have an immediate effect in global warming.

The ultra-rich and ultra-polluting: Richest 1% emit as much greenhouse gas as two-thirds of mankind

Report calls to fairly tax the super-rich to curb climate change and inequality

Global efforts to limit global warming to 1.5°C are failing in every way

Report translates the Paris Agreement’s temperature limits to specific targets

For the first time, AI produces better weather predictions -- and it's very fast

Machine learning algorithms digested decades of weather data -- and then made better forecasts than ever before.

This naturalist collected flowers 500 years ago. Now, researchers used the collection to show impact of climate change

Plants in Bologna have changed quite a bit since the 1500s

We're running out of time: World's carbon budget is depleting much faster than expected

Wth current greenhouse gas emissions, the world's carbon budget will be exhausted by 2029, making the Paris Agreement's 1.5°C target increasingly challenging to achieve.

Scientists discover ancient landscape larger than Belgium beneath Antarctic ice

Beneath the Antarctic expanse, researchers have found a landscape frozen in time, providing clues about the continent's history and future challenges.

This researcher doesn't want to travel by plane to reduce his emissions. His university sacked him

He wants to take a ferry instead to avoid the high emissions from flying.

Is climate change coming for our beer next?

Our hops are not safe.

The future's hot, literally: How the next supercontinent could cook all mammals out of existence in 250 million years

Earth's environment may become unlivable for mammals in the next 250 million years, but at least this time human are not to blame.

WWII weather logs from Pearl Harbor battleships could fill in missing climate data

It will help to better understand how climate is changing

California is suing major oil companies for downplaying the risks of fossil fuels

Could this be a reckoning day for big oil?

Massive storm collapses dams in Libya. Floods killed over 6,000 people and many more missing

Emergency teams are searching through piles of debris for survivors .

Agriculture is one of today's biggest emitters. But it could go carbon negative by 2050

Study highlights a wide array of options for agriculture to bring down its emissions

Greta Thunberg's climate strike made a tangible change to people's behaviors

Study looks into the effect of climate strikes on people who didn’t participate in them

Earth just had its hottest three months on record

Sea surface temperatures reached unprecedented levels amid much extreme weather

From concrete jungles to green havens: nature can help cities mitigate emissions

Study looks into implementing nature-based solutions in European cities

Just 12% of Americans are responsible for eating half of all beef

Excessive beef consumption is not only bad for your health, but also hurts the environment.

Rising seas could drown coastal ecosystems by 2100 unless we keep climate crisis in check

Scientists used ancient and modern data to pinpoint the critical sea-level rise rates at which tidal marshes, mangroves, and coral reefs could be at risk.

Want to fight climate change? Then fight poaching

Environmental problems go hand in hand.

Heatwaves are becoming more frequent and deadly due to climate heating

Climate change is already causing major problems.

Fossil fuels subsidies rise to $7 trillion despite the harrowing climate crisis

Fossil fuels subsidies are fueling a fire that burns the world, but weaning off them is not easy.

Channeling anger could help us fight climate change

Want people to care about the climate? Make them angry.

Tropical forests may become too hot for photosynthesis

Scientists raise the alarm after they found global heating could impair photosynthesis in tropical forests, ushering in potentially irreversible changes.

America’s wealthiest 10% is responsible for 40% of US polluting emissions

The study suggests adopting a carbon tax to tackle inequality

“Planting” rocks in farms could help meet a key climate change target

Study looks into the potential of mixing crushed volcanic rocks into fields.