
Ozone Treaty Delayed Arctic Melting by 15 Years
The Montreal Protocol was intended to save Earth’s ozone layer, but it also helped slow global warming and delayed the melting of Arctic sea ice
The Montreal Protocol was intended to save Earth’s ozone layer, but it also helped slow global warming and delayed the melting of Arctic sea ice
World Biodiversity Day reminds us that the profound crises we confront are just different sides of the same coin
From North America to South Asia, summer heat waves are becoming longer, stronger and more frequent with climate change.
New research says climate change was responsible for yet another withering heat wave, which baked South Asia in April
One of the next five years will almost certainly be the hottest on record, and there’s a two-in-three chance one year will cross the crucial global warming threshold of 1.5 degrees C...
Electric cars alone can’t solve our emissions problem
The Department of Energy is launching an initiative to mimic climate disasters and other threats against the power grid
Permafrost can—incongruously—be found in Hawaii, but surveys show it has been shrinking over time, in part because of climate change
Efforts to eradicate invasive rats that have decimated native species on islands around the world are beginning to bear fruit
A potentially record-setting heat wave is headed for the Pacific Northwest and western Canada, a sign of the shift to hotter—and earlier—summers
The EPA has announced new draft rules that would require power plants that burn fossil fuels to capture 90 percent of their climate-warming emissions
A combination of climate change and unsustainable agricultural practices could lead to Dust Bowl–like conditions
High temperature records have been set from Portugal to Thailand as heat waves fueled by climate change have arrived early this spring
A new program looks to replant warm weather trees in northern Minnesota to help them adjust to a rapidly warming world
A future with fewer people offers increased opportunity and a healthier environment
Many bird species are producing fewer offspring as global temperatures rise, and larger migratory species are particularly affected
Melting sea ice is opening new pathways through the Arctic such as the famed Northwest Passage. But it is also reducing visibility and potentially causing delays
Communities in certain spots around the world, such as Afghanistan, Papua New Guinea and Central America, are likely to experience record-breaking heat events but may not be prepared
A severe drought that has led to near-famine conditions in the Horn of Africa would not have happened without the influence of climate change, a new analysis finds
Afghanistan’s rare and majestic woodlands can’t shake the echoes of war, desperation and poverty
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