
IPCC Report Will Likely Shake Up U.N. Climate Talks
Scientists say countries need to cut emissions far deeper to prevent catastrophic warming. That fact will hang over delegates when they meet later this year at the annual U.N. climate talks...
Scientists say countries need to cut emissions far deeper to prevent catastrophic warming. That fact will hang over delegates when they meet later this year at the annual U.N. climate talks...
Insurers face a “crisis of confidence” as global warming makes weather events unpredictable and increases damage
Satellites that can better predict extreme weather and location-based text messaging systems can warn at-risk communities of storms and other climate-related threats to help save lives, the U.N...
Texas education officials adopted changes to internal guidance on textbooks that could steer schools to buy books that misinform students about global warming
A coalition of environmental and Indigenous groups is suing the Biden administration over the approval of the Willow oil- and gas-drilling project in Alaska, arguing the government failed to consider the climate risks, as well as harm to wildlife and subsistence hunting...
The U.S. government is celebrating some success at reining in emissions of a potent greenhouse gas called SF 6 , which traps 25,000 times more heat than CO 2 does over a century-long timescale...
Interest is building in using solar geoengineering to combat climate warming, but experts warn it could have broad—and inequitable—impacts
The vast and deep Southern Ocean complicates efforts to single out the role of climate change in declining sea ice
NOAA will use a converted Air Force bomber to search the upper atmosphere for substances that could help the U.S. reflect sunlight away from Earth
A near-record amount of snow in California could ease some water restrictions after years of climate-change-fueled drought
Fires in North America and Eurasia spewed record-shattering amounts of CO2 in 2021
Climate change is likely at least partially to blame for an uptick in the size and frequency of algal blooms in parts of the world’s oceans
Russia’s war in Ukraine has caused widespread power cuts, spurring a rise in demand for residential solar power units
A panel of independent experts urged international leaders to set rules for the stratosphere and solar geoengineering
Instead of sucking planet-warming carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, some scientists are looking to capture it from the oceans
The Biden administration is eyeing a 70 percent cut in the cost of floating offshore wind power by 2035
The U.S. installed more battery storage last year than ever before, with California and Texas leading the way
Thousands of miles of fiber-optic cable lining the seafloor are vulnerable to sea-level rise, storms and other climate impacts, research shows
Home buyers are paying excessive prices after ignoring flood risk and the costs of insurance and repairs, a new study finds
Antarctica’s massive Thwaites Glacier is melting more slowly than previously thought but also may be more susceptible to even small amounts of ice loss
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