Global Warming

Cardiff University scientists have shed new light on the Earth's climate behaviour during the last known period of global warming over 14 million years ago.During this period, known as the middle Miocene Climate Optimum, global temperatures were as much as 3 …

Image copyrightStevia Hellas CooperativeImage caption The Stevia Hellas Cooperative says its sale are rising by 12% per year Seven years ago, a group of Greek farmers stopped growing tobacco and switched to a trendy alternative to sugar - stevia. They mad…

1.Beltaos, S. & Prowse, T. River-ice hydrology in a shrinking cryosphere. Hydrol. Process. 23, 122144 (2009). 2.Kämäri, M. et al. River ice cover influence on sediment transportation at present and under projected hydroclimatic cond…

1.Beltaos, S. & Prowse, T. River-ice hydrology in a shrinking cryosphere. Hydrol. Process. 23, 122144 (2009). 2.Kämäri, M. et al. River ice cover influence on sediment transportation at present and under projected hydroclimatic cond…

If you're concerned about climate change, the next car you buy really should be electric.  Why? Because the average car, SUV or light truck in the United States is on the road for 11.8 years. So vehicles bought this coming year will be part of the shift away…

I think about the "This Is Fine" dog a lot. You know the one: Animated yellow dog, staring into the middle distance, cup of coffee in its hand, engulfed by flames. In the original webcomic, a 2013 six-panel piece by artist KC Green, the dog does nothing to av…

"India has been aggressively pivoting away from coal-fired power plants and towards electricity generated by solar, wind, and hydroelectric power," writes the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.Lasrick shared their report: The reasons for this change are comp…

MOSCOW -- Russian President Vladimir Putin called the U.S. impeachment process "far-fetched" Thursday, making a seemingly obvious prediction that Donald Trump will be acquitted in the Senate. Putin said Thursday at his annual news conference in Moscow that…

Environment Canada has issued a snow squall warning for Toronto. Parts of the GTA were already under the warning, which now extends to Peel Region, as well as Vaughan, Richmond Hill and Markham. “Periods of brief but intense snowfall are expected. Visibilit…

What’s the difference between a flock of birds and a rainstorm? It sounds like a dad joke—but it’s a serious question for biologists. Scientists have recently come up with a new way to track migrating birds using weather technology. And they’re finding that…