Climate Change

Gatheru and King. Photos: Jesse Grant/Getty Images for Environmental Media Association/Courtesy of Arielle King and Roydenn Silcott Climate "doomism" — fatalistic messaging that nothing can be done to reverse climate change on a global scale — is easy to find on outlets like TikTok, where the baseless argument has gone…

Scientists have been closely monitoring Antarctica’s “Doomsday” glacier since the 1970s. But recent studies show a faster rate of melting. And now the first-ever images from a pencil-shaped, 13-foot underwater robot reveal the critical softening point of the ice formation’s chaotic breakup, as scientists have described it. So here are…

This article is from The Spark, MIT Technology Review's weekly climate newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every Wednesday, sign up here. When it comes to watching the Super Bowl, I’ve always been more of a football person than a commercials person. During Sunday’s game, though, I couldn’t help but…

SETH BORENSTEIN, AP Science Writer Feb. 16, 2023Updated: Feb. 16, 2023 3:41 a.m. This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 1of6FILE - Birds fly over a man taking photos of the exposed riverbed of the Old Parana River, a tributary of the Parana River, during a drought in…

WASHINGTON: As the effects of climate change are increasingly felt worldwide, countries in the Middle East and North Africa, which was already the most water-scarce region in the world, are facing ever-greater depletion of their water resources. Meanwhile economic instability often stands in the way of effective water-related development and…

Even though he's an expert in his field, Daniel Scott doesn't like to be right. The professor and research chair at the University of Waterloo was tasked by the National Capital Commission (NCC) in 2005 to prepare a report on the long-term implications of climate change on the commission's tourism and…

This article is sponsored by Dairy Management Inc. On March 2, some 300 miles above Earth, high resolution satellites detected methane emissions coming from feedlots in California’s San Joaquin Valley. It marked the first time livestock emissions could be measured from space. Environmental data firm @GHGSAT was able to pinpoint…

Jaber, who also heads the state oil giant Adnoc, fueled activists’ worries about fossil fuels in the upcoming UN climate negotiations. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) climate envoy and designated president of the Cop28 climate summit said on Tuesday that the world needed a “course correction” to limit global warming.…

PARIS - Scientists warned on Tuesday that controversial seabed mining could significantly threaten ocean ecosystems, especially blue whales and other cetaceans already stressed by shipping, pollution and climate change.  A study in the journal Frontiers in Marine Science found that commercial-scale extraction of valuable minerals from the ocean floor, which could begin for the first time later this…

Climate change is affecting distribution patterns and abundance of many resources such as Indian oil sardine and mackerel in Indian waters, said J K Jena, Deputy Director General of Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR). Presenting plans and perspectives on marine fisheries research of India at the global symposium on…