Climate Change

Climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe famously adopts two new climate-friendly habits each year—“not because I think they’re going to change the course of climate change as I know it,” she told Christian Science Monitor in 2021, “but because it enables me to be consistent with my values and it gives me…

With 2022 in the rearview mirror, time is running out to combat the climate crisis. In November, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) released a report showing the past eight years are on track to be the warmest eight on record. The WMO attributes the record-breaking temperatures to the continued rise…

How climate change impacts the Indian Ocean dipole, leading to severe droughts and floods by Staff Writers Providence RI (SPX) Jan 05, 2023 Proxy-model synthesis over the tropical Indian Ocean. (fig 2) With a new analysis of long-term climate data, researchers say they now have a much better understanding of…

There are many connections between climate change and biodiversity loss, and many of the actions needed to meet the 2030 action targets around biodiversity loss can also work toward climate change targets.One of the things that stood out about the COP27 climate treaty decision text, though, was that it did…

The Inflation Reduction Act will accelerate US progress on boosting renewable energy and reducing carbon emissions in 2023 as a decade of funding starts Environment 3 January 2023 By James Dinneen US president Joe Biden celebrating the enactment of the Inflation Reduction Act, which was signed into law in August…

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Veolia CEO Estelle Brachlianoff arrives at a state dinner upon the visit of United Arab Emirates ... President at the Grand Trianon estate near the Palace of Versailles, south west of Paris, on July 18, 2022. - French President welcomes the United Arab Emirates President on July 18, 2022, whose…

 A detained Extinction Rebellion activist, who glued herself to the reception desk earlier, smiles as she is carried out of the building by police during a protest at Shell's headquarters in London, Britain, April 13, 2022. REUTERS/Hannah McKay LONDON, Jan 1 (Reuters) - The British arm of the Extinction Rebellion…

This aerial view shows a flooded residential area in Jaffarabad district, Balochistan Province of Pakistan on August 30. Photo: Fida Hussain/AFP via Getty Images The ties between human-caused climate change and extreme weather events became even more obvious in 2022 — and, for the first time, played a starring role…

Home News Science & Astronomy A methane plume 3 miles long (4.8 km) seen in the atmosphere over Tehran, Iran was traced back to a major landfill by NASA's EMIT experiment on the International Space Station. (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech) A NASA science instrument in orbit will form the backbone of…