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Global Warming

Heat-trapping gas once frozen in Arctic ground is slowly leaking and warming the planet Global Warming

Heat-trapping gas once frozen in Arctic ground is slowly leaking and warming the planet

FILE - Permafrost melts on the coast in Newtok, Alaska, Aug. 16, 2024. Rick Bowmer/AP Photo/Rick Bowmer FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — As Ted Schuur stepped along the edges of Smith Lake, a bubble surfaced from the muck underfoot. And then another. They're bubbles of methane, a potent heat-trapping gas made…
bubmag
October 1, 2026
178 Fossil Fuel Giants Have Already Locked In Centuries of Warming Global Warming

178 Fossil Fuel Giants Have Already Locked In Centuries of Warming

The vast majority of planet-warming emissions come from just 178 oil, gas, and cement companies known as the “carbon majors.” Even if these companies stopped emitting tomorrow, the carbon they’ve already spewed into the atmosphere will continue heating the planet for centuries to come. That’s according to a study published…
bubmag
September 23, 2026
Net zero may not end climate inequality for poorer nations, research warns Global Warming

Net zero may not end climate inequality for poorer nations, research warns

The world’s poorest countries could remain among the hardest hit by global warming even after greenhouse gas emissions reach net zero, new research has found. The study, published in Environmental Research Letters, found temperatures have risen more sharply relative to historical ranges in tropical regions, where many lower-income countries are…
bubmag
September 22, 2026
We’re about to exceed 1.5-degree global warming limit, according to the UN Global Warming

We’re about to exceed 1.5-degree global warming limit, according to the UN

As climate change worsens, a 2026 report by the U.N. shows that we are on track to soon pass the 1.5C threshold set by the Paris Agreement. (Image credit:  NASA/Scientific Visualization Studio) Global warming will soon cross a critical threshold, surpassing a dangerous limit set years ago, the United Nations…
bubmag
September 9, 2026
Global warming is ruining their way of life. These Colorado ranchers demand accountability Global Warming

Global warming is ruining their way of life. These Colorado ranchers demand accountability

In the Rocky Mountains, years of extreme heat and drought have baked the landscape, drying up streams that feed the Colorado River and desiccating pastures where cattle graze. The unrelenting dryness has brought hardship upon cattle ranchers, who say their livelihoods increasingly are under threat. As the U.S. Supreme Court…
bubmag
September 5, 2026