Global Warming

What's Going On? Atmospheric CO2 measurements at the Mauna Loa observatory (where CO2 concentration has been measured since the 1950s) topped 415 ppm last week, and levels continue to rise steadily. The last time Earth's atmosphere had this much carbon, mast…

Researchers at the University of Oxford have confirmed that human activity and other external factors are responsible for the rise in global temperature. While this has been the consensus of the scientific community for a long time, uncertainty remained aroun…

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Most plans to tackle climate change revolve around cutting down on carbon dioxide, usually by reducing human emissions. But an unconventional new idea could actually slow the progress of global warming by putting more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere—while…

To prevent climate change climate breakdown and keep global warming global heating below 34 degrees celsius, we have to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and transition to renewable energy globally.Heres a graphical blueprint on how we might get to net zero…

The notion that were headed towards some kind of populational apocalypsethat there exists a line which, once crossed, will lead inexorably to mass starvation, and a whole planet like Penn Station at rush hourhas been used to stoke fear and sell books for more…

Researchers have announced that the concentration of carbon dioxide in the earth’s atmosphere is now at levels not seen for at least 2.5 million years. We can all now claim part of the dubious honour of living in a time no other humans have ever experienced.…

Researchers have announced that the concentration of carbon dioxide in the earth’s atmosphere is now at levels not seen for at least 2.5 million years. We can all now claim part of the dubious honour of living in a time no other humans have ever experienced.…

In the Chinese science fiction film The Wandering Earth, recently released on Netflix, humanity attempts to change the Earths orbit using enormous thrusters in order to escape the expanding sun and prevent a collision with Jupiter. The scenario may one day c…

These iconic animals aren’t dying out Minden Pictures/Alamy By Michael Le Page Who has said koalas are “functionally extinct”?The Australian Koala Foundation, which lobbies for the animals protection, has put out a press release stating that it believes ko…