Most Extreme Heatwaves Ever Recorded Globally – Revealed in New Research
A new research study has revealed the most intense heatwaves ever across the world – and remarkably some of these went almost unnoticed decades ago….
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Increased Risks to Corn Crops and Society From Clusters of Weather Extremes
To assess how climate warming will change risks such as crop failures and wildfires, it’s necessary to look at how the risks are likely to…
Lesser-Known Ozone Layer Discovered To Play Outsized Role in Planet Warming
Air pollution heating up the Southern Ocean. According to new research, a lesser-known form of ozone is playing a significant role in heating the Southern…
Crucial Tool for Managing Global Warming Allows Scientists To Measure Carbon Without Disturbing Plants
Scientists develop a new way to take a census of carbon in the ground under our feet – a crucial tool for managing climate change…
Using Science and Technology To Address the World’s Most Pressing Issues
From nuclear proliferation to climate change, Richard K. Lester taps research talent to map a path toward a sustainable planet. Looking back on nearly a…
Temporary Nature-Based Carbon Removal Can Help Protect Us From a Warming Planet
A new study finds that temporary nature-based carbon removal can lower global peak warming levels but only if complemented by ambitious fossil fuel emission reductions….
Satellites and Drones Are Being Used To Study Glacial Physics and Predict Sea Level Rise
Brent Minchew leads two proposals to better understand glacial physics and predict sea-level rise as part of MIT’s Climate Grand Challenges competition. When we think…
Missing Link: Global Warming Speeds Up Currents in the Ocean’s Abyss
Finding could help refine climate modeling. University of Sydney scientists have used the geological record of the deep sea to discover that past global warming…
Thawing Permafrost Could Leach Microbes, Greenhouse Gases, and Chemicals Into Environment
Scientists are turning to a combination of data collected from the air, land, and space to get a more complete picture of how climate change…
Severe Heatwaves Putting the World’s Largest Lakes in Hot Water
According to a new study, the world’s largest lakes are being hit by severe heatwaves six times as frequently as they were around two decades…
Melting on Mount Everest: Human-Induced Climate Change Impacts the Highest Reaches of the Planet
Melting and sublimation on Mount Everest’s highest glacier due to human-induced climate change have reached the point that several decades of accumulation are being lost…
Ocean Eddies Could Explain Antarctic Sea-Ice Paradox: Why Sea-Ice Extent Hasn’t Changed Much Since 1979
AWI study provides the basis for reliable projections of the impacts of climate change in the Antarctic. Despite global warming and the sea-ice loss in…
Plants in the UK Flowering a Month Earlier Due to Climate Change
Climate change is causing plants in the UK to flower a month earlier on average, which could have profound consequences for wildlife, agriculture, and gardeners….
Avoiding Climate Catastrophe: Global Elimination of Meat Production Could Save the Planet
Eliminating all animal agriculture within the next 15 years would drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions and also pull carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. A new…
NASA Analysis: 2021 Tied for 6th Hottest Year in Continued Warming Trend
Earth’s global average surface temperature in 2021 tied with 2018 as the sixth warmest on record, according to independent analyses done by NASA and the…
2021 Continued Earth’s Warming Trend: The Past 8 Years Have Been the Warmest in the Global Record
Earth’s global average surface temperature in 2021 tied 2018 as the sixth-warmest year on record, according to independent analyses from NASA and the National Oceanic…
Upper Ocean Temperatures Break Records for Sixth Year!
Accumulated heat in the upper ocean is at record levels, again! The world’s oceans are hotter than ever before, continuing their record-breaking temperature streak for…
A Dozen Things That Helped and Hurt Climate Progress in 2021
2021 may turn out to be the most critical year in our efforts to combat climate change. After four years of inaction and backpedaling by…
