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Limiting global warming to 1.5°C would save billions from dangerously hot climate
Current climate policies will leave more than a fifth of humanity exposed to dangerously hot temperatures by 2100, new research suggests. The paper, published in the journal Nature Sustainability, is...
Communities should reconsider walking away from curbside recycling, study shows
Curbside recycling can compensate for the greenhouse gas emissions from garbage destined for landfills, says a new study that encourages towns and cities to continue offering recycling services to meet...
Herbicide modeling to help turn tide on reef damage
As one of Australia's great natural wonders, the Great Barrier Reef supports both ecosystems and a multitude of industries.
Q&A: Can disused croplands help mitigate climate change?
As the world struggles to meet internationally agreed targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, methods of removing carbon dioxide such as reforestation of cleared areas have become an increasingly important...
High-temperature wildfire during end-Permian caused collapse of tropical rainforest ecosystems, suggests study
The end-Permian mass extinction (EPME) that occurred ～252 million years ago was the most severe extinction event of the Phanerozoic, devastating both marine and terrestrial ecosystems, with the loss of...
Methane must fall to slow global heating—but only 13% of emissions are actually regulated
Methane—a potent greenhouse gas and the second biggest driver of global warming after carbon dioxide (CO₂)—had its moment in the spotlight in 2021. Over 100 countries signed on to the...
NYC is sinking and climate change is only making it worse
842 million tons of weight is sitting on top of New York City and is one of the reasons it is sinking. Deposit Photos The catastrophic flooding from 2012’s Hurricane Sandy inundated...
Extreme weather more common but less deadly
Better early warning systems and disaster management mean fewer lives lost to extreme weather.
In the Amazon, Brazilian ecologists try new approach against deforestation and poverty
In a remote corner of the Amazon, Brazilian ecologists are trying to succeed where a lack of governance has proved disastrous. They're managing a stretch of land in a way...
Vinegar could be secret ingredient in fight against climate crisis
Chemical engineers at Monash University have developed an industrial process to produce acetic acid that uses the excess carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere and has a potential to create...
New map unlocks deep digital data of Antarctica's history
GeoMAP Antarctica, an open-access and comprehensive geological mapping database of Antarctica, was released May 18 in the journal Scientific Data. Understanding Antarctica's geosphere is, and has been, critical for understanding...
Earlier snowpack melt in the West could bring summer water scarcity
Snow is melting earlier, and more rain is falling instead of snow in the mountain ranges of the Western U.S. and Canada, leading to a leaner snowpack that could impact...
Eruption of Tonga underwater volcano found to disrupt satellite signals halfway around the world
An international team has used satellite- and ground-based ionospheric observations to demonstrate that an air pressure wave triggered by volcanic eruptions could produce an equatorial plasma bubble (EPB) in the...
Report: Regulators covered up efforts by central banks to rig interest rates
Regulators on both sides of the Atlantic covered up efforts by government and central banks to get lenders to cut financial crisis-era benchmark interest rates, leaving individual traders to take...
EU's next food fight: regulating gene-edited crops
Extreme weather caused by climate change has damaged food production across Europe.
Early warning systems send disaster deaths plunging: UN
Weather-related disasters have surged over the past 50 years, causing swelling economic damage even as early warning systems have meant dramatically fewer deaths, the United Nations said Monday.
Plugging methane leaks could open up thousands of jobs in Texas
A pump jack works in Texas' Permian Basin as the EPA proposes a new rule to reduce methane leaks in oil and gas operations. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images This article originally appeared...
PGA Championship: Brooks Koepka claims fifth major golf title
Brooks Koepka sank four birdies on the back nine to fend off Scottie Scheffler and Victor Hovland en route to the Wanamaker Trophy, capturing his fifth major at the 2023...
2 dead after small plane traveling to Hawaii crashes off California coast
A small plane that was allegedly traveling to Hawaii crashed off the coast of California, killing two people.
Cyclone Mocha makes landfall in Myanmar with wind speeds over 200 km/h
Thousands of people hunkered down Sunday in monasteries, pagodas and schools, seeking shelter from a powerful storm that slammed into the coast of Myanmar, tearing the roofs off buildings and...
Cyclone Mocha makes landfall in Myanmar with wind speeds over 200 km/h
Thousands of people hunkered down Sunday in monasteries, pagodas and schools, seeking shelter from a powerful storm that slammed into the coast of Myanmar, tearing the roofs off buildings and...
As Canada considers ban on plastic produce labels, this company makes paper and compostable ones
A manufacturer near Windsor, Ont., has been making paper produce labels for over 20 years and recently started developing fully compostable ones, at a time when Canada is weighing banning...
As Canada considers ban on plastic produce labels, this company makes paper and compostable ones
A manufacturer near Windsor, Ont., has been making paper produce labels for over 20 years and recently started developing fully compostable ones, at a time when Canada is weighing banning...
Flirting with climate danger: UN forecasts 2 in 3 chance of briefly hitting key heat limit soon
There's a two-out-of-three chance within the next five years that the world will temporarily reach the internationally accepted global temperature threshold for limiting the worst effects of climate change, a...
What does a 1.5 C increase in global temperatures mean for Canada?
A report from the World Meteorological Organization forecasts that global temperatures are likely to soon pass the 1.5 C limit set by the 2015 Paris climate agreement. But Canada has...
Canadian forest fires are the latest costly climate disaster that public accounts fail to capture
Even as Canadians choke on orange smoke, the parliamentary budget officer says there is no way to add the benefits of fighting climate change to the national books. The World...
Meet Matilda, Hay River's huffing, grunting, four-legged wildfire evacuee
A wildfire forced Scott and Leanne Clouthier to evacuate from Hay River. There was no way they were leaving their pet pig behind.