Global Warming

Global Warming-induced global water cycle changes pose a significant challenge to global ecosystems and human society. However, estimating historical water cycle change is complex, with around 80 percent of global rainfall and evaporation happening over the ocean. In a new study, UNSW Sydney scientists estimated how much ocean freshwater has…

Credit: CC0 Public Domain The energy sector's overall emissions of methane are massively underreported, the IEA said Tuesday as it promoted cuts to the most potent greenhouse gas as a quick way to make a major impact on global warming. The International Energy Agency said its latest annual Global Methane…

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A warming planet and changes to land use patterns mean more wildfires will scorch large parts of the globe in coming decades, causing spikes in unhealthy smoke pollution and other problems that governments are ill prepared to confront, according to a U.N. report released Wednesday. FILE…

Amid reports that Russia has sought weapons from China, the White House said national security adviser Jake Sullivan issued a direct warning of consequences to his Chinese counterpart at a meeting Monday in Rome. Guerrilla-style tactics, defensive lines and knowledge of the urban landscape have all been assets to Ukrainian…

By Michael Marshall Melting permafrost in Russia’s Yamal peninsula (pictured) has exposed nomadic reindeer herders (below) to anthrax Elena Shchipkova/Alamy IN NOVEMBER 2019, the US National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine held a workshop to discuss an emerging disease threat. Not covid-19: they were a couple of months too…

An average increase of 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels would see more than 99 percent of the world's coral reefs unable to recover from ever more frequent marine heat waves. Coral reefs that anchor a quarter of marine wildlife and the livelihoods of more than half-a-billion people will most…

Home References A woman looks at wildfires tearing through a forest in the region of Chefchaouen in northern Morocco on Aug. 15, 2021. One of the effects of global warming will be more heat waves in some areas, a risk factor for wildfires. (Image credit: FADEL SENNA/AFP via Getty Images)…

The FAO estimates that emissions from animal agriculture represent around 7.1 Gt CO2e per year, accounting for 14.5% of annual anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. If native biomass – made up of forest, grassland, and soil – were allowed to recover the 30% of the Earth’s land surface currently devoted…

A view of the Earth from space on September 21, 2005, with the full Antarctic region visible. Credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center AWI study provides the basis for reliable projections of the impacts of climate change in the Antarctic. Despite global warming and the sea-ice loss in the Arctic, the…

One decision that came out of last year’s climate negotiations gained more attention than others for the pressure it puts on nations to cut planet-warming pollution faster. Rather than wait until 2025 to submit new plans for reducing emissions, each country would need to update their targets this year, according…