Global Warming

OTTAWA — The Global Energy Monitor says an international boom in liquefied natural gas exports is undermining global efforts to stop climate change and Canada is one of the industry’s biggest players. The report, released on Canada Day, says there are projec…

The amount of ice circling Antarctica is suddenly plunging from a record high to record lows, baffling scientists. Floating ice off the southern continent steadily increased from 1979 and hit a record high in 2014. But three years later, the annual average ex…

The amount of ice circling Antarctica is suddenly plunging from a record high to record lows, baffling scientists. Floating ice off the southern continent steadily increased from 1979 and hit a record high in 2014. But three years later, the annual average e…

The giant donut of ice encircling Antarctica is a volatile entity. This ring of sea ice around the continent which grows each winter and largely melts each summer had been gradually increasing in size for 36 years, since reliable satellite measurements came …

If you look outside of US, in the rest of the world, high speed rails is very practical and feasible approach to long distance travel across land. It is already fully electric and do not burn any fossil fuels, its carbon footprint will be reduce as power sour…

Image copyrightReutersImage caption The national weather service has issued an unprecedented red alert warning for three areas of southern France France may hit its highest-ever recorded temperature on Friday in a heatwave that has swept across Europe this…

In a rapid-fire question-and-answer portion of the first Democratic presidential debate Wednesday evening, each candidate was asked about the greatest geopolitical threat to the U.S. Interested in Democratic Party? Add Democratic Party as an interest to sta…

In his online News story Update: In reversal, science publisher IEEE drops ban on using Huawei scientists as reviewers (3 June, https://scim.ag/HuaweiReversal), J. Mervis describes the U.S. decision (since revoked) to hinder scientific peer reviewers employed…

The heat has arrived. As predicted, a potent heat wave settled over Europe this week, bringing abnormally high June temperatures to vast swathes of France, Spain, Germany and beyond home to hundreds of millions. Already, the highest ever recorded June temper…

OSAKA (Reuters) - World leaders are descending on Osaka, west Japan, for a summit on Friday and Saturday of the Group of 20 (G20) big economies. Here are five issues likely to dominate the meeting, hosted by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. TRUMP-XI TR…