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75 people were hospitalized after eating lettuce — and it's linked to climate change

While foodborne outbreaks are not uncommon, this case uniquely exposed deeper issues about the role of climate change in public health risks.

Congrats, you just lived through the hottest summer in history

We're neck deep in a climate emergency. This is just one of the symptoms.

Scientists Discover Missing Link Between Insects in Amazing Amber Fossil Dating Back 40 Million Years

This ancient insect is the missing link between two living gnat species.

10 Grim Climate Scenarios As World Prepares To Cross Dangerous Warming Tipping Point

Here’s a frightening peek into our climate-addled future.

A 600-year-old coral shows us how the Pacific Ocean has changed since 1370

A single coral in Fiji that is more than 600 years old has recorded how Pacific Ocean temperatures have varied during its long life.

Climate measures saved almost 40,000 lives in 2023 in Europe alone

A new modelling study shows that without climate adaptation, plenty of people would lose their life every year.

New type of wood discovered in Tulip trees proves we don't know everything about plant anatomy

It is neither hardwood nor softwood. However, it's great at storing the atmospheric carbon.

Florida tree cactus is the first extinction victim of rising seas in the United States

The Key Largo tree cactus succumbs to climate change. More are surely to come, scientists warn.

Yes, Hurricane Beryl is also linked with climate change

It's exactly the kind of events experts forecast would happen.

Discovering new anti-aging secrets from the world's longest-living vertebrate

Greenland sharks could hold the secret to better cardiovascular health.

This map shows what your city's climate will be like in 2080

New York City's climate will feel like today's northern Mississippi.

Record heat in California: we're seeing climate change unfold before our eyes

Temperature records are being broken one after another in California.

One Question About Climate, and Barely an Answer at Biden-Trump Debate

In this election cycle, stakes are high for the environment and the scientific community. You wouldn’t know that from the first presidential debate.

Scientists find giant viruses on Greenland ice. Here's why this is actually a very good thing

Researchers find giant viruses that may regulate algae growth, potentially reducing ice melt.

May 2024 is the 12th consecutive month with record-high temperatures

We're entering unprecedented territory more and more.

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