Global Warming

Sea levels are also rising increasingly quickly "due to increasing rates of ice loss from the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets," the report states. The report also discusses a relatively new phenomenon in the oceans: marine heat waves. That's a big deal for…

To most people, the world’s oceans can seem dark and distant. Billions live in close proximity to them and rarely venture in; billions more live with the world’s bodies of water out of sight and out of mind. But as humans continue to pump global-warming caus…

On Sept. 20, millions of young people around the world took to streets demanding bold action on climate change. When world leaders gathered at the United Nations Climate Action Summit three days later, the activists’ demands were left unmet. The problem, by …

Scientists are urgently trying to understand how global warming is changing the Arctic. The international team of researchers aboard the Polarstern will be gathering crucial and rare firsthand data. Well just go where the ice goes, said Markus Rex, the lead r…

By Matthew Green NEW YORK, Sept 25 (Reuters) - The United Nations-backed Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change published a report on Wednesday investigating what is likely to happen to oceans, glaciers and ice caps if the world fails to bring carbon emis…

Humans live on land, but its the watery parts of the planet that dictate our fate. The frozen ice at the poles and in high mountains and the vast swath of ocean that covers nearly three-quarters of the planet mean this place is primarily earth in name only. T…

Sea levels could rise more than 3 feet within 80 years. Most warm-water coral reefs are expected to die. The oceans are heating up twice as fast as they were in 1993. These are just some of the worrisome findings detailed in a new report from the United Na…

Each year, as humans emit billions of metric tons of CO2 into the atmosphere, nearly a third of the emissions ends up in the ocean, changing the chemical balance of the water. And as the climate changes, the ocean is also absorbing almost all of the Earth’s e…

NYT publisher calls Trump's anti-press rhetoric 'global threat' New York Times publisher A. G. Sulzberger wrote an Opinion piece in the paper today on how 'President' Donald J. Trump represents a Growing Threat to Journalism Around the World. In many countr…

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres made yesterday’s climate summit all about keeping global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. That’s a new goal for the United Nations. Only four years ago, 195 countries agreed to hold warming to well below 2 C u…