Global Warming

Researchers at the University of Southampton have shown that an extinction event 360 million years ago, that killed much of the Earth's plant and freshwater aquatic life, was caused by a brief breakdown of the ozone layer that shields the Earth from damaging ultraviolet (UV) radiation. This is a newly…

How sensitive is climate to atmospheric carbon dioxide levels? For a doubling of CO2 concentration from pre-industrial levels, some models predict an alarming long-term warming of more than 5 °C. But are these estimates believable? Writing in the Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, Williams et al.1 have tested some…

How sensitive is climate to atmospheric carbon dioxide levels? For a doubling of CO2 concentration from pre-industrial levels, some models predict an alarming long-term warming of more than 5 °C. But are these estimates believable? Writing in the Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, Williams et al.1 have tested some…

There was nowhere to land amid all the broken ice. On 6 February, three scientists were in a helicopter flying high above the ocean roughly 250 kilometres from the North Pole, and all they could see was jumbled masses of fractured sea ice. The ice was clearly unfit to land…

A new study by the University of Southampton has revealed why some corals exhibit a dazzling colourful display, instead of turning white, when they suffer 'coral bleaching' -- a condition which can devastate reefs and is caused by ocean warming. The scientists behind the research think this phenomenon is a…

Published: May 20, 2020 at 9:38 p.m. ET Getty Images Global media company Condé Nast, publisher of Vogue, GQ, The New Yorker, Wired and others, has committed to becoming a carbon-neutral company by 2030. “While governments, businesses and many volunteer organizations around the world are trying to tackle the COVID-19…

NASA astronaut Nick Hague on the ISS captured this photo of Hurricane Dorian's eye. NASA/Nick Hague Barry. Dorian. Humberto. Lorenzo. Last year's Atlantic hurricane season was devastating. The bad news is stronger hurricanes are part of an ongoing trend. Hurricanes are getting windier. That's the sobering conclusion of a study led…

Photo: Getty ImagesCondé Nast, the publisher behind Vogue, GQ, The New Yorker and more, announced on Wednesday its commitment to become carbon neutral by 2030."The credibility of our environmental journalism depends on our willingness as a company to improve our own operations and supply chains in ways that dramatically reduce our…

In this April 26, 2020, photo, the 110 Arroyo Seco Parkway that leads to downtown Los Angeles stands empty during the coronavirus outbreak. /AP  KENSINGTON, Maryland — The world cut its daily carbon dioxide emissions by 17% at the peak of the pandemic shutdown last month, a new study found.…

Population confinement has led to drastic changes in energy use and CO2 emissions. Global CO2 emissions from fossil fuels are set to drop by up to seven percent in 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic, but even this dramatic decline—the sharpest since WWII—would barely dent longterm global warming, researchers reported…