Global Warming

Joseph Fuller, professor at Harvard Business School, says that the story we hear about workers being afraid for the future of their jobs might not be right. In surveying 11,000 people in lower-income and middle-skills jobs and 6,500 managers across 11 countri…

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo takes part in the 11th Ministerial Meeting of the Arctic Council in Rovaniemi, Finland, on May 7, 2019. MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images The United States has refused to sign an agreement on challenges in the Arctic due to d…

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has praised the effects of global warming for cutting the time it takes to trade between Asia and the west, during a speech before an international group. Mr Pompeo said during his speech before the Arctic Council Ministerial M…

There has never been a period like this in the history of humanity. In a sweeping report delivered on Monday, the worlds top scientists warned that up to a million species could go extinct in the next few decades. But crucially, the report also shows the worl…

PARIS (Reuters) - The accelerating loss of plant and animal species will have grave consequences for people worldwide, scientists warned on Monday in the largest comprehensive study into the impact of modern civilization on nature. Here are some of the key …

By Simon Johnson STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Top diplomats from the United States, Russia and other nations which border the Arctic meet in Finland on Monday to discuss policies governing the polar region, as tensions grow over how to deal with global warming and …

If it were up to the House Democrats, the U.S. would still be a part of the Paris Climate Agreement. In fact, they all voted Thursday to pass a bill that aims to reinstate our role in this international accord. So did three Republicans, reports E&E News. …

Global warming has been affecting the severity of droughts worldwide since at least the beginning of the 20th century, new research has found. The findings emerged from centuries of tree ring data from around the world, analyzed by researchers from NASA, the…

Story Highlights Tree ring data can be used to find droughts as far back as 1400. Greenhouse gases caused by humans have been affecting global drought since the early 20th century. Lead author Kate Marvel, a climate modeler at Goddard and Columbia, said, I…

Enlarge/ The expected pattern of human influence on drought (brown is more drought, green is less drought) for regions with long-term records. 0 with 0 posters participating Droughts are weather extremes that are hostile enough that plenty of sci-fi and pos…