Global Warming

Irish officials said this weekend that the country will plant around 22 million new trees across the country each year until 2040, hoping to one day have at least 440 million in the ground to help combat the worst effects of climate change. The ambitious tar…

As raging fires rip through the Amazon, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is keeping focus on a diplomatic tit-for-tat with French President Emmanuel Macron, now vowing to stop using Bic pens. Bolsonaro said Friday he was dumping the French brand in favor o…

Mikhail Matz loves corals. As a biology professor at the University of Texas at Austin, Matz is well aware of the many threats corals face: global warming, pollution, ocean acidification, you name it. But when it comes to the danger posed by sunscreen chemica…

OXFORD, U.K. (Project Syndicate) Some of the most influential players in the global economy are spearheading the shift toward a clean, green, emissions-free world, even while key governments stand idle. Financial giants from Europe, China, Japan, the United…

According to the Trump Administration, this isn't about climate change. It's about whether or not the Obama-era rules overstep their legal boundaries. But methane, a key component of natural gas, is a significant contributor to global warming. It's actually m…

Plant genetic varieties in Central Europe could collapse due to temperature extremes and drought brought on by climate change. According to a new paper, only a few individuals of a species have already adapted to extreme climate conditions. These findings sug…

Climate change is bad for the planet, but groundbreaking for archeology

Russia is vying for control of Arctic seaways and has built some 40 icebreakers. China, which is not a polar country, has launched aggressive Arctic diplomacy. | Vladimir Isachenkov/AP Photo Hurricanes, floods, and wildfires aside, climate change is deliveri…

The journey was often rough, but Greta Thunberg has sailed into New York City waters. The 16-year-old Swedish teenager who over the last year has emerged as one of the warming planet's foremost climate activists arrived in the Big Apple on Wednesday afternoo…

Emergency medicine for our climate fever | Kelly Wanser