Global Warming

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…

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…

U.S. President Donald Trump took to Twitter in an apparent attempt to mock 16-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg after she delivered an impassioned speech at the United Nations Climate Action Summit on Monday. “She seems like a very happy young…

The dozens of world leaders and business executives who delivered speeches about global warming on Monday at the United Nations made a big show of acknowledging how seriously they take the climate emergency without actually naming or confronting the biggest b…

Story Highlights Sea ice affects Arctic communities and wildlife such as polar bears and walruses.This year ranks behind only 2012, when the lowest level on record was measured.The amount of summer sea ice in the Arctic has been ste…

Teenage climate change activist Greta Thunberg on Monday opened the United Nations Climate Action Summit with an angry condemnation of world leaders for failing to take strong measures to combat climate change – “How dare you,” she said. Days after millions …

Slashdot reader dryriver writes: Most "solutions" to climate change center on reducing greenhouse gas emissions on Earth and using renewable energy where possible. What if you could work a bit closer to the root of the problem, by thinking about the problem …

UNITED NATIONS, United States - A damning new UN report published Sunday said the world is falling badly behind in the race to avert climate disaster because of runaway warming, with the five-year period ending 2019 set to be the hottest ever. It comes ahead…

United Nations (United States) (AFP) - A damning new UN report published Sunday said the world is falling badly behind in the race to avert climate disaster because of runaway warming, with the five-year period ending 2019 set to be the hottest ever. It come…