Global Warming

As insect populations decrease worldwide in what some have called an "insect apocalypse," biologists are desperate to determine how the six-legged creatures are responding to a warming world and to predict the long-term winners and losers. A new study of Colorado grasshoppers shows that, while the answers are complicated, biologists…

Environment Global warming is helping rats thrive in major cities around the world, with Washington DC seeing the fastest growth in rats By Michael Le Page Facebook / Meta Twitter / X icon Linkedin Reddit Email Rat sightings are on the rise in New York City Fatih Aktas/Anadolu/Getty Images It…

January 31, 2025 3 min read Chris Rocheleau, Trump’s pick for acting head of the Federal Aviation Administration, has been a longtime agency official and has acknowledged the need to address global warming By Mike Lee & E&E News President Donald Trump on Thursday named Chris Rocheleau (right) as acting…

Environment The rate of warming in the oceans has more than quadrupled since 1985, suggesting global warming in general has undergone a marked acceleration By Madeleine Cuff Facebook / Meta Twitter / X icon Linkedin Reddit Email High sea temperatures contributed to stormy weather in California in late 2023 Kevin…

Environment While some progress has been made in limiting greenhouse gas emissions, we are still on the path for high levels of global warming By Michael Le Page Facebook / Meta Twitter / X icon Linkedin Reddit Email Coal power plants contribute to global warming Walaiporn Sangkeaw Current policies of…

Increasingly common since 1980, persistent multi-year droughts will continue to advance with the warming climate, warns a study from the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow, and Landscape Research (WSL), with Professor Francesca Pellicciotti from the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) participating. This publicly available forty-year global quantitative…

The terms “global warming” and “climate change” are often used interchangeably. In the scientific literature, climate change and global warming are inextricably linked, even if they are distinct phenomena. The simplest explanation of that linkage is that global warming is the chief cause of changes in our current climate. Here,…

New research reveals a concerning pattern of rapid and extreme climate changes across the Arctic, particularly in Siberia, the Canadian Northwest Territories, and Alaska. Utilizing over three decades of geospatial data, researchers pinpointed areas where permafrost, critical to the global climate, is in jeopardy due to increased warming and drying...Read…

By Raymond Zhong and Brad Plumer New York Times · 14 Jan, 2025 09:58 PM 7 mins to read Firefighters battle the Pacific Palisades fire. The planet’s record-high average temperature last year is reflected in the conditions that primed LA for the most destructive wildfires in history. Photo / Philip…

The last two years have shattered records for global average temperatures, pushing past a critical threshold for the first time in history , according to a report released Friday by Europe’s climate monitoring agency. The findings arrive amid escalating calls from the United Nations for “ trail-blazing ” climate initiatives…