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…
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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…
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…
“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…
Himalayan Glaciers Melting at “Exceptional Rate” – Water Supply for Millions of People Threatened
The accelerating melting of the Himalayan glaciers threatens the water supply of millions of people in Asia, new research warns. The study, led by the…
Steel or Timber? New Tools Help Builders Reduce Carbon Footprint of Truss Structures
New analysis could help identify optimal materials for the crisscrossing struts that bolster bridges, towers, and buildings. Buildings are a big contributor to global warming,…
Flawed Climate Models? Arctic Ocean Started Getting Warmer Decades Earlier Than We Thought
The Arctic Ocean has been getting warmer since the beginning of the 20th century – decades earlier than records suggest – due to warmer water…
Can the Sun’s 11-Year Cycle Explain Global Warming?
An analysis of observational data and a large climate model finds Earth’s 11-year cycle is out of sync with solar fluctuations. The Earth’s global climate…
Satellite Monitoring of Greenland Ice Melting Highlights Increasing Global Flood Risk
Global warming has caused extreme ice melting events in Greenland to become more frequent and intense over the past 40 years, raising sea levels and…
