Negative Emissions, Positive Economy The long-term goals of the Paris Agreement — keeping global warming…
Browsing: Climate Change
Climate change refers to the long-term alteration of Earth’s climate patterns—primarily driven by human activities such as burning fossil fuels, deforestation, and industrial emissions that increase greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. It affects global temperatures, weather systems, ocean currents, and ecosystems, leading to rising sea levels, more intense storms, droughts, wildfires, and biodiversity loss. Climate science combines atmospheric physics, oceanography, geology, and ecology to understand these shifts and predict future impacts. Ongoing research focuses on mitigation strategies like renewable energy, carbon capture, and reforestation, as well as adaptation efforts to protect communities, agriculture, and natural systems from escalating climate risks.
Loss of water on land through ice melting and human-caused factors is changing the movement…
Digestive genes and anatomy are adapted to tough leaves, fruit, and even pine needles. Fruits…
A newly discovered phylum of microbes, Brockarchaeota, degrades organic matter without emitting methane and is…
A new study suggests that exceeding climate tipping points might not lead to irreversible damage—if…
An international climate intervention workgroup publishes paper exploring the potential risks and benefits of a…
Snow cover in the Alps has been melting almost three days earlier per decade since…
Greenland’s 2012 melt event created a widespread refrozen ice layer that limits future meltwater storage…
Rising seas and inland-surging seawater are leaving behind the debris of dying forests. Now, 35…
A 21-million-year fossil study suggests conservation should prioritize ecosystem functions, which endure environmental change better…
A Q&A With Berkeley Lab Scientist Jeffrey Long on a Material for Capturing CO2 Human…
Scientists’ Findings Suggest Corals Will Withstand Climate Change Charles Darwin, the British naturalist who championed…
New Paint Formulation Could Help Buildings Rely Less on Air Conditioning In an effort to…
Climate change has cut global farm productivity by 21% since 1960, especially in warmer regions.…
Ancient sea-level rise was driven by melting in North America and Eurasia, not Antarctica, reshaping…
Weathering of rocks can bind or release carbon dioxide — in active mountain ranges, carbon-dioxide…
Using simulation models, researchers found that the biological traits of extinct Australian megafauna don’t clearly…
Ice-core research reveals past abrupt climate changes were driven by linked shifts in sea ice…