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…
Climate Change
Pricing Carbon, Valuing People: Ways To Optimize US Climate Policy
New research suggests ways to optimize US climate policy design for a just energy transition. In November, inflation hit a 39-year high in the United…
Producing Clean Hydrogen From Solar Power and Wood Chips
In the global race to curb climate change and reduce carbon emissions, hydrogen is considered a serious contender to replace fossil fuels. Although hydrogen ‘burns’…
Ancient Ostrich Eggshell Beads Reveal 50,000-Year-Old Social Network Across Africa
New archeological study shows ancient connection between populations 3,000 km apart, and provides first direct link between climate change and ancient human social behavior. Humans…
Sixth Mass Extinction of Global Biodiversity Is Already in Progress
The history of life on Earth has been marked five times by events of mass biodiversity extinction caused by extreme natural phenomena. Today, many experts…
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…
Swapping a Single Food Item per Day Can Make Diets Way More Planet-Friendly
Americans who eat beef could slash their diet’s carbon footprint as much as 48 percent by swapping just one serving per day for a more…
Tiger Shark Migrations Altered by Rising Ocean Temperatures From Climate Change
A new study led by scientists at the University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science revealed that the locations and timing…
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 Dirt Cheap Climate Change Solution? Common Clay Materials May Help Curb Methane Emissions
With special treatment, minerals called zeolites — commonly found in cat litter — can efficiently remove the greenhouse gas from the air, researchers report. Methane…
Climate Change Will Lead To Increase in Kidney Stones?!
Using South Carolina as a model, CHOP researchers found that an increase in kidney stones will cost the state healthcare system between $57 million and…
Failed Rainy Seasons Create Massive Food Emergency in Eastern Africa
More than 20 million people in Somalia, Kenya, and Ethiopia now face some of the worst food security risks in 35 years. Following three consecutive…
Future Hurricanes and Typhoons Will Roam Over More of the Earth
A new, Yale-led study suggests the 21st century will see an expansion of hurricanes and typhoons into mid-latitude regions, which includes major cities such as…
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…
Antarctica’s “Doomsday” Glacier: Its Collapse Could Trigger Global Floods and Swallow Islands
The massive Thwaites glacier in West Antarctica contains enough ice to raise global sea levels by 65cm if it were to completely collapse. And, worryingly, recent research suggests…
Melting of the Antarctic Ice Sheet Could Cause 5-Meter Rise in Sea Levels by the End of the Millennium
Scientists predict that continued global warming under current trends could lead to an elevation of the sea level by as much as five meters by…
Dead Zone Atlas: MIT Scientists Build 3D Maps of Ocean’s Oxygen-Starved Waters
The 3D maps may help researchers track and predict the ocean’s response to climate change. Life is teeming nearly everywhere in the oceans, except in…
“Doomsday Glacier” Threat: Rapid Retreat of Antarctica’s Riskiest Glacier
Ice sheet’s demise poses the biggest threat for sea-level rise this century. Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier, sometimes referred to as the Doomsday Glacier, is retreating rapidly…