2019 was the second warmest year on record, NASA and NOAA found
"The decade that just ended is clearly the warmest decade on record."
Tag: Climate
Australia records its hottest day ever — while burning from a thousand bushfires
A nationwide average temperature of 40.9 degrees Celsius this Tuesday set a new record for the land down under.
Climate change is destroying jobs in New England’s fisheries
"As we see more warm winters off the New England coast, fewer fishermen stay in business," the authors say.
Here’s how corrupt climate change deniers want to change your mind
We can accept climate change or not. It's happening either way. Image credits: NES. Back in the 1970s, both the ...
Carbon emission growth rates go down, overall emissions reach record highs (again)
"When the good news is that emissions growth is slower than last year, we need help," the researchers explain.
European satellites track climate shifts using ocean salinity
The team is currently working with climate scientists to compare the new dataset with in situ observations and with the ...
Deforestation reaches highest level in a decade in the Brazilian Amazon
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is again under the spotlight after this year's forest fires
Climate change might mean more rain, but less water for everybody
In a hotter future, plants will consume more water than they do today -- which means a drier future despite ...
Biodiversity is a linchpin of productive, resilient crops
In matters of the farm, diversity matters.
Here’s what’s really shameful about the kids’ climate strike
They're listening to the science more than most politicians.
Grassland birds will struggle to have babies because of climate change
"Too hot to date" -- birds.
New climate models show that global warming will be faster than expected
Hope y'all love heatwaves!
As the planet changes, so do grasslands and their identity
Grasslands provide food and shelter for countless wildlife species -- but they're now threatened by climate change.
Melting Antarctic ice can ‘significantly’ delay climate heating in Southern Hemisphere
The trade-off, of course, is an 80 cm-higher global sea level.
Warmer climate will make for more air turbulence, bumpier flights
Hold on to your passport!
Reducing air pollution levels won’t cause a spike in climate heating
So let's clean it up.
Climate change may bring “megadroughts” back to the US Southwest
The American Southwest was left bone-dry between the 9th and 15th centuries by about a dozen megadroughts; they could be ...
YouTube conspiracy theorists dominate climate science content by hijacking search terms
"It's alarming to find that the majority of videos propagate conspiracy theories about climate science and technology."
Research is getting to the root of climate change with bigger, deeper plant roots
"We are incredibly excited about this first discovery on the road to realizing the goals of the Harnessing Plants Initiative," ...
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