Global Warming

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Hurricanes moving slowly over an area can cause more damage than faster-moving storms, because the longer a storm lingers, the more time it has to pound an area with storm winds and drop huge volumes of rain, leading to flooding. The extraordinary damage caused by storms…

It's the third-largest barrier reef in the world. At the Florida Aquarium in Tampa, Florida, researchers have been actively studying ways to save coral reefs from global warming. Now a scientific breakthrough—the first of its kind in history—could save the third largest coral reef in the world. The aquarium successfully…

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On 13 March, a group of teenagers filed a climate-change case before the constitutional court of South Korea. The country ranks as the sixth-largest emitter of carbon dioxide, per capita, in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The plaintiffs claimed that their rights had been violated by their government.…

On 13 March, a group of teenagers filed a climate-change case before the constitutional court of South Korea. The country ranks as the sixth-largest emitter of carbon dioxide, per capita, in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The plaintiffs claimed that their rights had been violated by their government.…

The kilometres-thick ice sheet that covers Greenland shrank by a record amount in 2019, and contributed about 40 percent of the rise in global sea levels, according to a new scientific study.  The huge melt was due not only to warm temperatures but also atmospheric circulation patterns that have become…

With the western United States and northern Mexico suffering an ever-lengthening string of dry years starting in 2000, scientists have been warning for some time that climate change may be pushing the region toward an extreme long-term drought worse than any in recorded history. A new study says the time…

As human activity shapes Earth's climate, animals must increasingly adapt to new environmental conditions. The thermoneutral zone -- the ambient temperature range in which mammals can maintain their body temperature without expending extra energy -- is a key factor in estimating a species' ability to survive in a warming world.…

NASA satellite image shows dust over the Sahara Desert. Credit: NASA GSFC Dust is a key component of Earth's climate system. When it interacts with clouds, oceans and the sun's radiation, it has an overall impact on our planet's living systems, affecting everything from weather and rainfall to global warming.…