Environment

Ocean temperatures in the early twentieth century were warmer than previously thought, according to new evidence presented in Nature.... Read more

A carbon tax is the most effective way for New Zealand to cut emissions while supporting a stable economy, according to a University of Auckland study.... Read more

Negotiations at the 29th Conference of Parties (COP29) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) are entering their second week after things got off to a rocky start.... Read more

Reducing greenhouse gas emissions alone might not be enough to reach climate action goals: The world's two biggest emitters—the United States and China—must cooperate to accelerate the development of methods that actively remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, according to a new report from researchers from the University of Maryland... Read more

Human-caused climate change is driving an increase in extreme weather. Heat waves, droughts, and extreme precipitation are occurring more frequently, growing more intense, and directly affecting ecosystem function. For instance, the 2003 European heat wave—the continent's hottest summer in centuries—caused a substantial die-off of Sphagnum moss in alpine bogs, and... Read more

Human-caused climate change made Atlantic hurricanes about 18 miles per hour (29 kilometers per hour) stronger in the last six years, a new scientific study found Wednesday.... Read more

In continued collaboration as a member of the Climate TRACE coalition, the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, has expanded its efforts to use artificial intelligence and satellite imagery to track emission sources around the world.... Read more

Carbon dioxide, the most important man-made greenhouse gas, gets most of the attention in efforts to stem the effects of climate change. While methane is considered a much more potent greenhouse gas, it breaks down into carbon dioxide and water in the atmosphere within 12 years or so.... Read more

As a lawyer Luisa Bedoya Taborda worked with rural communities forced off their land by armed groups in Colombia, South America. Now, she is doing a PhD at the University of Sydney on the impact of climate change in communities affected by conflict and has found that many countries most... Read more

Since infrastructure in South Florida is vulnerable to the consequences of climate change, including rising sea levels, voters are tasked with deciding if they are willing to invest public money in strategies designed to mitigate these issues.... Read more

Among all the things that Philadelphians love about the Jersey Shore, the taste of the Atlantic Ocean is not one of them.... Read more

Parched farms, wildfires, and browned vistas are highly visible signs of this fall's drought.... Read more

A study of air quality in New York City while it was heavily affected by Canadian wildfire smoke revealed that multi-day transport to the New York region significantly transformed the smoke, but serious health risks remained. The results are published in Environmental Science and Technology Letters.... Read more

Negotiators toiled Tuesday to break a deadlock at UN climate talks after G20 leaders acknowledged the need for trillions of dollars for poorer nations but left key sticking points unresolved.... Read more

Between December 2019 and May 2022, the United States saw 82 million reported cases of COVID-19 and approximately 1 million deaths linked to the disease. Some communities, such as those that are economically disadvantaged or have a high proportion of racial or ethnic minority groups, were hit especially hard.... Read more