Global Warming News
May 17, 2024
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May 15, 2024 — Climate change, and its effects on weather patterns and adverse weather events, is likely to negatively affect the health of people with brain conditions, argue a team of ...
May 15, 2024 — A new article has found that climate change is the most prominent threat to pollinators -- such as bumblebees, wasps, and butterflies -- who are essential for biodiversity conservation, crop yields and food security. The research suggests that many ...
May 10, 2024 — The discovery of how a critical enzyme 'hidden in nature's blueprint' works sheds new light on how cells control key processes in carbon fixation, a process fundamental for life on Earth. The ...
May 15, 2024 — Researchers conducted a comprehensive analysis on the carbon footprint of constructing a wooden house in Japan. The team found that the estimated carbon footprint of a house in Japan is 38 tons of CO2, with the largest share coming from the electric ...
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May 14, 2024 — Even the most optimistic projections for the rapid build-out of solar, wind, and other low-carbon resources acknowledge that coal, natural gas, and other fossil fuels will dominate the world's energy ...
May 14, 2024 — Monitoring the effects of climate change in Greenland has been made much easier with an innovative ...
May 14, 2024 — Severe wildfires can drive chemical changes in soil that affect ecosystem recovery and risks to human health. A new study finds broader surveillance and modeling of these changes could inform ...
May 14, 2024 — The latest 'Florida Climate Resilience Survey' found that 90% of Floridians believe that climate change is happening. Belief in human-caused climate change has surged among Florida Independents while ...
May 14, 2024 — Researchers have found that 2023 was the hottest summer in the Northern Hemisphere in the past two thousand years, almost four degrees warmer than the coldest summer during the same ...
May 13, 2024 — Today's rate of atmospheric carbon dioxide increase is 10 times faster than at any other point in the past 50,000 years, researchers have found ...
May 13, 2024 — Coal phase-out is necessary to solve climate change, but can have negative impacts on workers and local communities dependent on coal for their livelihoods. Researchers have studied government plans ...
May 9, 2024 — New research reveals what countries think will be their most difficult to decarbonize sectors when they reach net zero, with agriculture expected to be responsible for the largest remaining ...
May 9, 2024 — A new model for predicting the effects of climate change on malaria transmission in Africa could lead to more targeted interventions to control the disease according to a new study. Previous methods ...
May 9, 2024 — The division between liberals and conservatives on both climate-change beliefs and related policy support is long-standing. However, the results of a ...
Earlier Headlines
May 3, 2024 — Anthropologists suggest in a new study that establishing networks of 'sister cities' dedicated to addressing the impact of natural disasters can mitigate the devastation wrought by climate ...
May 3, 2024 — Heavy pooling meltwater can fracture ice, potentially leading to ice shelf ...
May 3, 2024 — New research suggests that countries' current plans to remove CO2 from the atmosphere will not be enough to comply with the 1.5 C warming limit set out under the Paris ...
May 3, 2024 — Climate change will cause an increase in extreme winter storms combining strong winds and heavy rainfall over the UK and Ireland, new research has ...
May 6, 2024 — The names might not be familiar -- Cowee Creek, Brabazon Range, Upper Pederson Lagoon -- but they mark the sites of recent lake tsunamis, a phenomenon that is increasingly common in Alaska, British ...
May 2, 2024 — Some of the ocean's tiniest organisms get swept into underwater currents that act as a conduit that shuttles them from the sunny surface to deeper, darker depths where they play a huge role in ...
May 2, 2024 — New catalyst is made from an inexpensive, abundant metal and table sugar. Catalyst converts carbon dioxide (CO2) into carbon monoxide, a building block for producing a variety of useful chemicals ...
May 1, 2024 — The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is underestimating methane emissions from landfills, urban areas and U.S. states, according to a new study. The researchers combined 2019 satellite ...
May 1, 2024 — A study describes a new computer algorithm which can be applied to Earth System Models to drastically reduce the time needed to prepare these in order to make accurate predictions of future climate ...
May 1, 2024 — Researchers have discovered the missing piece of the puzzle behind a rare opening in the sea ice around Antarctica, which was nearly twice the size of Wales and occurred during the winters of 2016 ...
Apr. 30, 2024 — Researchers have unveiled evidence for ancient human resilience to climate change in the Eastern ...
Apr. 30, 2024 — The link between massive flood basalt volcanism and the end-Triassic (201 million years ago) mass-extinction is commonly accepted. However, exactly how volcanism led to the collapse of ecosystems and ...
Apr. 30, 2024 — Researchers have developed a chemical process using plasma that could create sustainable jet fuel from methane gas emitted from landfills, potentially creating a low-carbon aviation ...
Apr. 25, 2024 — Global biodiversity has declined between 2% and 11% during the 20th century due to land-use change alone, according to a large multi-model study. Projections show climate change could become the main ...
Apr. 25, 2024 — Companies' emissions reduction targets should not be the sole measure of corporate climate ambition, according to a new perspective ...
Apr. 25, 2024 — Due to the changing climate, young herring arrive in the Wadden Sea earlier and earlier in ...
Apr. 25, 2024 — Extracting natural gas from shale formations can provide an abundant, lower-carbon footprint fossil fuel, but also creates concerns over increased methane emissions. Researchers have now developed a ...
Apr. 25, 2024 — Dust can have a huge impact on local air quality, food security, energy supply and public health. Previous studies have found that dust levels are decreasing across India, particularly northern ...
Apr. 24, 2024 — Hydrologists predict human-induced underground fluid fluxes to rise with climate change mitigation strategies like carbon ...
Apr. 24, 2024 — Many American companies are relying on carbon offsets to reduce their carbon footprint, especially those who have pledged to achieve 'net-zero emissions.' Sequestering carbon in forests is ...
Friday, May 3, 2024
- Sister Cities Can Help Communities Better Navigate the Climate Crisis
- Ice Shelves Fracture Under Weight of Meltwater Lakes
- 'Gap' In Carbon Removal: Countries' Plans to Remove CO2 Not Enough
- Climate Change Amplifies Severity of Combined Wind-Rain Extremes Over the UK and Ireland
Monday, May 6, 2024
Thursday, May 2, 2024
- For Microscopic Organisms, Ocean Currents Act as 'expressway' To Deeper Depths
- Sugar-Based Catalyst Upcycles Carbon Dioxide
Wednesday, May 1, 2024
- EPA Underestimates Methane Emissions from Landfills, Urban Areas
- New Computer Algorithm Supercharges Climate Models and Could Lead to Better Predictions of Future Climate Change
- Mystery Behind Huge Opening in Antarctic Sea Ice Solved
Tuesday, April 30, 2024
- Scientists Show Ancient Village Adapted to Drought, Rising Seas
- Climate Change and Mercury Pollution Stressed Plants for Millions of Years
- Methane Emissions from Landfill Could Be Turned Into Sustainable Jet Fuel in Plasma Chemistry Leap
Thursday, April 25, 2024
- Climate Change Could Become the Main Driver of Biodiversity Decline by Mid-Century
- Voluntary Corporate Emissions Targets Not Enough to Create Real Climate Action
- Herring Arrives Earlier in the Wadden Sea Due to Climate Change
- Estimating Emissions Potential of Decommissioned Gas Wells from Shale Samples
- Warming Arctic Reduces Dust Levels in Parts of the Planet
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
- Human Activities Have an Intense Impact on Earth's Deep Subsurface Fluid Flow
- Hurricanes Jeopardize Carbon-Storing New England Forests
- Can Climate Change Accelerate Transmission of Malaria? Pioneering Research Sheds Light on Impacts of Temperature
- Diversity and Productivity Go Branch-in-Branch
- Modeling Broader Effects of Wildfires in Siberia
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
- Asian Monsoon Lofts Ozone-Depleting Substances to Stratosphere
- Warming Climate Is Putting More Metals Into Colorado's Mountain Streams
- Laser-Treated Cork Absorbs Oil for Carbon-Neutral Ocean Cleanup
- Tropical Fish Are Invading Australian Ocean Water
- No Bull: How Creating Less-Gassy Cows Could Help Fight Climate Change
Monday, April 22, 2024
- World's Oases Threatened by Desertification, Even as Humans Expand Them
- Feedback Loop That Is Melting Ice Shelves in West Antarctica Revealed
Friday, April 19, 2024
- The Italian Central Apennines as a Source of CO2
- Warming of Antarctic Deep-Sea Waters Contribute to Sea Level Rise in North Atlantic, Study Finds
Thursday, April 18, 2024
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
- Ice Age Climate Analysis Reduces Worst-Case Warming Expected from Rising CO2
- East Coast Mussel Shells Are Becoming More Porous in Warming Waters
- 38 Trillion Dollars in Damages Each Year: World Economy Already Committed to Income Reduction of 19 % Due to Climate Change
- Understanding Climate Warming Impacts on Carbon Release from the Tundra
- Substantial Global Cost of Climate Inaction
- Unique Field Study Shows How Climate Change Affects Fire-Impacted Forests
- Paradox of Extreme Cold Events in a Warming World
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
- Researchers Shine Light on Rapid Changes in Arctic and Boreal Ecosystems
- CO2 Worsens Wildfires by Helping Plants Grow
- Study Reveals How Humanity Could Unite to Address Global Challenges
- Fires Pose Growing Worldwide Threat to Wildland-Urban Interface
- Yellowstone Lake Ice Cover Unchanged Despite Warming Climate
- Most Countries Struggle to Meet Climate Pledges from 2009
Monday, April 15, 2024
- Global North Energy Outsourcing Demands More Attention
- New Radar Analysis Method Can Improve Winter River Safety
Friday, April 12, 2024
Thursday, April 11, 2024
- Ocean Currents Threaten to Collapse Antarctic Ice Shelves
- Cloud Engineering Could Be More Effective 'painkiller' For Global Warming Than Previously Thought
Wednesday, April 10, 2024
Tuesday, April 9, 2024
- Tiny Plastic Particles Are Found Everywhere
- Impact of Climate Change on Marine Life Much Bigger Than Previously Known
- A Natural Touch for Coastal Defense
Monday, April 8, 2024
- Atmospheric and Economic Drivers of Global Air Pollution
- How Climate Change Will Impact Food Production and Financial Institutions
- Deep Parts of Great Barrier Reef 'insulated' From Global Warming -- For Now
- Using Pulp and Paper Waste to Scrub Carbon from Emissions
- Climate Change Threatens Antarctic Meteorites
- Boreal Forest and Tundra Regions Worst Hit Over Next 500 Years of Climate Change, Study Shows
Friday, April 5, 2024
Thursday, April 4, 2024
- Ocean Floor a 'reservoir' Of Plastic Pollution
- Shy Sea Anemones Are More Likely to Survive Heatwaves
- Adult Fish Struggle to Bounce Back in Marine Protected Areas
- With the Planet Facing a 'polycrisis', Biodiversity Researchers Uncover Major Knowledge Gaps
- Climate Change Impacts Terrorist Activity
- Fish Species That Move Rapidly Toward the Poles Due to Global Warming Decline in Abundance, Study Finds
Wednesday, April 3, 2024
- Out of the Park: New Research Tallies Total Carbon Impact of Tourism at Yellowstone
- California Leads U.S. Emissions of Little-Known Greenhouse Gas
Tuesday, April 2, 2024
- A New Estimate of U.S. Soil Organic Carbon to Improve Earth System Models
- Scientists' Urgent Call: End Destruction and Forge a Just, Sustainable Future
- Companies Ignoring Climate Risks Get Punished by Markets, New Study Reveals
- Chemistry Researchers Modify Solar Technology to Produce a Less Harmful Greenhouse Gas
Monday, April 1, 2024
- Melting Glaciers in a Warmer Climate Provide New Ground for Invasive Species
- Simple Equations Clarify Cloud Climate Conundrum
Sunday, March 31, 2024
Friday, March 29, 2024
Thursday, March 28, 2024
- Manganese Plays a Surprising Role in Soil Carbon Sequestration
- Going 'back to the Future' To Forecast the Fate of a Dead Florida Coral Reef
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
- Food Matters: Healthy Diets Increase the Economic and Physical Feasibility of 1.5°C
- Scientists Warn: The Grey Seal Hunt Is Too Large
- Looking to the Past to Prevent Future Extinction
- Evolution of the Most Powerful Ocean Current on Earth
Tuesday, March 26, 2024
- Curbside Collection Improves Organic Waste Composting, Reduces Methane Emissions
- New Maps Help Decision-Makers Factor Albedo Into Tree-Planting Decisions
- Climate Change Will See Australia's Soil Emit CO2 and Add to Global Warming
Monday, March 25, 2024
- Research Lights Up Process for Turning CO2 Into Sustainable Fuel
- Global Study of Coastal Seas as Carbon Dioxide Reservoirs
- Unintended Consequences of Fire Suppression
- Droughts in Europe Could Be Avoided With Faster Emissions Cuts
- 'Winners and Losers' As Global Warming Forces Plants Uphill
Friday, March 22, 2024
- Scientists Explore Complex Pattern of Tipping Points in the Atlantic's Current System
- Enormous Ice Loss from Greenland Glacier
Thursday, March 21, 2024
Wednesday, March 20, 2024
- Deep Earth Electrical Grid Mystery Solved
- Experts Warn Climate Change Will Fuel Spread of Infectious Diseases
- The Heat Index -- How Hot It Really Feels -- Is Rising Faster Than Temperature
- Sea Surface Temperature Research Provides Clear Evidence of Human-Caused Climate Change
- Researchers Investigate How Freshwater Diatoms Stay in the Light