Climate Change

Just five days after a 6.2-inch (16-centimeter) hailstone fell in Italy and set a new European record, another ball of ice with a diameter of 7.6 inches (19.46 cm)—more than twice the size of a softball—dropped from stormy skies over the country and broke the record again. This second hailstone…

The US Department of Energy announced today that it’s providing $1.2 billion to develop regional hubs that can draw down and store away at least 1 million metric tons of carbon dioxide per year as a means of combating climate change.  The move represents a major step forward in the…

Updated August 12, 2023 at 12:29 AM Published August 11, 2023 at 1:56 PM HAWAII - The fires in Hawaii would be shocking anywhere – killing at least 55 people in one of the deadliest wildfires in the United States in modern history. But the devastation is especially striking because…

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A new study foresees a 20% increase in cases of viruses like dengue, Zika and chikungunya over the next 30 years due to climate change.Higher temperatures are already causing the diseases carried by the Aedes aegypti mosquito to spread in cooler regions like southern Brazil and southern Europe.Deforestation also favors…

Two major climate events dominated the last 66 million years of climate change. Credit: TiPES/HP An analysis of the hierarchy of tipping points suggests that during the last 66 million years, two events set the scene for further climate tipping and for the evolution of the climate system in particular.…

People in Alaska’s capital have lived for more than a decade with periodic glacial dam outbursts like the one that destroyed at least two homes over the weekend. But the most recent flood was surprising for how quickly the water moved as the surging Mendenhall River devoured riverbanks, undermining and damaging homes, and prompted…

Indigenous peoples and local communities have nuanced, in-depth knowledge of climate change impacts that needs to be recognized by scientists and policy-makers, according to researchers.Industrial development threatens nearly 60% of Indigenous lands worldwide and renewable energy infrastructure expansion could become a dominant driver, according to a new peer-reviewed study.Indigenous groups…

The U.S. National Science Foundation has announced funding for 12 projects under the Using the Rules of Life to Address Societal Challenges program. Totaling over $27 million in investment, this funding supports the use of knowledge learned from studying the Rules of Life — the complex interactions within and between…

In a paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, scientists investigate the effects of climate change on exacerbating compounding heat and drought situations. The U.S. National Science Foundation-supported findings offer new insights into predicting their interplay, which will provide scientists and policymakers with a clearer and more holistic approach to preventing…