Earth‘s Climate

The number of fires in the vast north Asian region of Siberia increased fivefold this week, according to the Russian forest fire aerial protection service, as temperatures in the Arctic continued higher than normal in the latest sign of the ongoing climate crisis. The news of the increase comes a…

The number of fires in the vast north Asian region of Siberia increased fivefold this week, according to the Russian forest fire aerial protection service, as temperatures in the Arctic continued higher than normal in the latest sign of the ongoing climate crisis. The news of the increase comes a week…

Red Redemption: The Red Rebels climate action performance group near Lands' End in Cornwall, U.K. A ... report from the British Committee on Climate Change says the government must seize the opportunity to rebuild using low-carbon infrastructure. In Pictures via Getty Images COVID-19 has revealed systemic flaws in the U.K.’s…

Government failing to address climate crisis but action could be boosted by green recovery from economic shock of coronavirus. The government is being urged to take more action on climate change after a report highlighted a "once-in-a-lifetime opportunity" for a green recovery from the pandemic. The latest report from the…

MOSCOW (AP) — The Arctic is feverish and on fire — at least parts of it are. And that’s got scientists worried about what it means for the rest of the world. The thermometer hit a likely record of 38 degrees Celsius (100.4 degrees Fahrenheit) in the Russian Arctic town…

MOSCOW (AP) — The Arctic is feverish and on fire — at least parts of it are. And that’s got scientists worried about what it means for the rest of the world.The thermometer hit a likely record of 38 degrees Celsius (100.4 degrees Fahrenheit) in the Russian Arctic town of…

Scientists have expressed concerns about the implications for the rest of the world after a heatwave in Russia’s Siberia region. n Saturday, the thermometer hit a likely record of 38C – or 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit – in the Siberian town of Verkhoyansk in Russia’s Sakha Republic. The World Meteorological Organisation…

Ocean creatures are finding themselves in hot water as the world warms. To stay cool, they’re relocating to deeper parts of the ocean, and it’s throwing ecosystems all out of whack. A new study in the journal Nature Climate Change calculated how fast different layers of the ocean are heating…

Air Quality Published on May 22nd, 2020 | by Cynthia Shahan May 22nd, 2020 by Cynthia Shahan  It is not just the process of drilling for natural gas — that unnatural process — that bares the land of trees. We know that drilling, gas extraction, and fracking are associated with…

by Pep Canadell, Corinne Le Quéré, Felix Creutzig, Glen Peters, Matthew William Jones, Pierre Friedlingstein, Rob Jackson and Yu, The Conversation Victoria’s Yallourn coal station. COVID-19 offers a chance to restructure energy systems. Credit: Wikimedia The numbers of people cycling and walking in public spaces during COVID-19 has skyrocketed. Cities…