Global Warming

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…

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…

Large patches of open water were visible just 37 miles (60 kilometers) from the North Pole on Aug. 29, a NASA satellite image shows. Although this doesn't necessarily mean that Arctic ice is worse off this year than the past few years, the image reveals how severely climate change is…

For decades, scientists have struggled to understand the potential link between global warming and El Niño — and whether human activity is making the already powerful climate phenomenon even more extreme and disruptive. Evidence of a connection has remained elusive, however, as El Niño is notoriously variable, making it difficult…

File Image From Dispatch Room The world is likely to cross the 1.5°C global warming threshold within the next few years, but temperatures can still be brought back down if governments rapidly cut emissions and strengthen climate action, the United Nations Environment Programme has warned. In a new report titled…

Home › World › Can sheep save the glaciers? Swiss scientists put wool to th... World Swiss scientists test sheep wool blankets as a biodegradable alternative to plastic tarps to slow Tsanfleuron Glacier melt, with early results matching synthetic covers while highlighting emissions cuts as key Niklaus Sagesser, the weaver…

The world is set to breach the 1.5°C global warming threshold within a matter of years, according to a new UN Environment Programme report, with even the most optimistic modelling indicating that warming is likely to temporarily exceed the more ambitious temperature goal agreed under the Paris Agreement. The report,…

Climate scientists now aim to minimize time spent above the limit from the Paris Agreement. Gary Hershorn/Getty Images The United Nations Environment Program has released a report with grim news about the planet's rising temperatures. The group's climate scientists have determined that global temperatures will rise more than 1.5 degrees…

In a strategic retreat, the United Nations concedes that Earth has lost its chance to prevent some of the worst impacts of global warming. A report released Wednesday by the United Nations Environment Programme reveals that the planet will soon exceed the tem…Read More

FILE - Activists participate in a demonstration for phasing out fossil fuels at the COP29 U.N. Climate Summit, Nov. 19, 2024, in Baku, Azerbaijan. Sergei Grits/AP Photo/Sergei Grits In a strategic retreat in the fight against climate change, the United Nations has acknowledged that Earth has lost its chance to…