Global Warming

Mass melting of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet was a major cause of high sea levels during a period known as the Last Interglacial (129,000-116,000 years ago), an international team of scientists led by UNSW's Chris Turney has found. The research was published today in Proceedings of the National Academy…

Environment 11 February 2020 By Adam Vaughan Thanks to climate change, we may not get a break from extreme heat in the summer, even at nightXurzon/GettyClimate change may make summer nights a lot sweatier, and potentially even deadly. The number of extremely hot days followed by intensely hot nights could…

Living barnacles and snails settle in the crevices formed by a brachiopod fossil over 300 million years old (top): fossils may yet be used to protect modern marine organisms through analysis of their data. Credit: Steve Prior, Carl Reddin How can fossils predict the consequences of climate change? A German…

The exhibition “The Arctic – While the ice is melting” planned for a period of 3 years at the Nordiska Museet in Stockholm is devoted to Arctic life and the fragile conditions of the region. This immersive exhibition seeks to highlight Arctic life in its entirety and in particular to…

At Argentina's Esperanza military base, pictured in March 2014, temperatures reached the highest on record Global warming is to blame for Argentine Antarctica recording its hottest day since readings began, Greenpeace said on Friday. Temperatures climbed to 18.3 degrees Celsius (64.9 degrees Fahrenheit) at midday Thursday at the research station…

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The Antarctic Peninsula is among the fastest-warming regions on earth A record high temperature of 18.3C (64.9F) has been logged on the continent of Antarctica.The reading, taken on Thursday by Argentine research base Esperanza, is 0.8C hotter than the previous peak temperature of 17.5C,…

Mark Stetson 25 days ago The smoke from burning forests, like those in Australia, can travel around the world in about a week. But eventually, poof. All the smoke dissipates.  Where does it all go? Next Up Can this smart coaster make a better drink than a professional bartender? Mar…

PACE satellite will monitor "oceanographic and atmospheric responses to Earth’s changing climate." Three years ago, one of the first policy proposals of a newly formed Trump Administration was to cut spending by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on Earth science missions engaged in "climate change research." The Administration's…

What were global temperatures the year Jesus was born, during the 12th century when Genghis Khan ruled the Mongol Empire, and in 1503 when Leonardo da Vinci started painting the Mona Lisa and how do they compare with temperatures in our modern world? There's …

More than a decade ago, climate scientists and energy modellers made a choice about how to describe the effects of emissions on Earth’s future climate. That choice has had unintended consequences which today are hotly debated. With the Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)…