400 PPM: What's Next for a Warming Planet

Global warming is headed back to the future as the CO2 level reaches a new high

Even as the world continues to spew more carbon pollution, change has begun—and is accelerating

A turning point has been reached in the world's bid to curb global warming

As world leaders gathered at the U.N. to talk about global warming, mayors set about actually doing something about climate change

400 PPM: What’s Next for a Warming Planet Concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere have reached this level for the first time in millions of years.

Carbon storage has to expand rapidly, or coal burning has to cease, if the world is to avoid dangerous climate change

Poor people will suffer the most, unless the world exploits vanishing opportunities to adapt

A consideration of the role of sootlike particulates and ozone implies that the climate should will not be insensitive to increasing levels of greenhouse gases. David Biello reports

 

Climate change is real, it’s here and it will be affecting the planet for a long, long time. That’s the lesson of the latest iteration of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change‘s state of climate science report, released in its entirety on January 30.

A new analysis calculates each of the world's countries total amount of CO2 pollution, along with responsibility for the ensuing global warming

 

Two new reports lay out the case for fast action and increased awareness

Carbon taxes and nuclear power will be necessary to cut CO2 emissions quickly enough to avert disastrous climate change, they say

The Montreal Protocol aimed to fix the ozone hole but it also delayed global warming. David Biello reports

After much anticipation, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change on Friday revealed it’s new assessment of climate change, after two years of deliberation.

Sea-surface temperatures may explain why climate change is not warming the planet as fast

The flow of CO2 into and out of the vast northern forests has been increasing in recent years, thanks to climate change

400 PPM: What’s Next for a Warming Planet Concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere have reached this level for the first time in millions of years.

Demand for A-C is only going to grow, so we'll need better technologies. David Biello reports

Why don't U.S. farmers believe in human-caused climate change?

The world is not on track to reduce, or even restrain global warming. David Biello reports

U.S. taxpayers have so far borne the brunt of climate change costs. David Biello reports

Although capture technologies show promise, pulling CO2 out of the air is unlikely to reduce greenhouse gas concentrations soon