Global Warming

On 1 January, the air in Canberra was the worst of any city in the world. With unprecedented bush fires raging nearby, a thick blanket of smoke smothered Australia’s capital for weeks, sending a surge of residents to the hospital with breathing problems. The toxic haze got so bad that…

A meteorite hit Western Australia 2.2 billion years ago, leaving a 40-mile-wide crater.In a study, scientists determined that crater was the oldest on record.Researchers think that when the meteorite hit Earth, it released more than 100 billion tons of water vapor into the sky.The infusion of water helped warm the…

Global emissions linked to plastic now just under 900 million tons of carbon dioxide equivalent annually could by 2030 reach 1.3 billion tons, as much as almost 300 coal-fired power plants, the Center for International Environmental Law found. If output grows…

Climate change in the Arctic is shrinking the region's cap of sea ice.Credit: Arterra/Universal Images Group/Getty Gases that deplete the ozone layer could be responsible for up to half of the effects of climate change observed in the Arctic from 1955 to 200…

Climate change in the Arctic is shrinking the region's cap of sea ice.Credit: Arterra/Universal Images Group/Getty Gases that deplete the ozone layer could be responsible for up to half of the effects of climate change observed in the Arctic from 1955 to 200…

People on OKCupid are swiping right on climate actionor something? Ive never used a dating app. But I do know the company has filters so you can get rid of climate deniers when youre searching for someone, whether its The One or a one-night stand. In a viral…

January 17, 2020 2 min read This story originally appeared on PC MagMicrosoft is tackling global warming by pledging to remove more carbon out of the air than it generates by 2030. The ambitious plan to go "carbon negative" will entail Microsoft moving th…

Global temperatures will continue to rise over the next decade and will reach a critical milestone in the 2030s, two of the U.S. government’s leading climate scientists said yesterday. Climate change that made the 2010s the hottest decade in recorded history…

Nearly 3 billion birds have disappeared across North America since 1970 — a 29% decline.Two-thirds of the continent's bird species are at risk of extinction due to climate change.According to a new study, seabird populations in Alaska experienced unprecedented die-offs following a marine heatwave five years ago.These findings are further…

A shocking new study notes that the amount of heat that has been put into the planet's oceans from human activity over the past 70 years is the equivalent of more than 3 billion atomic bombs. The research, published in journal Advances in Atmospheric Science…