While ocean warming and pollution continue to degrade the world’s coral reefs unprecedented ratescientists are investigating the feasibility of preserving it – in the outermost room. The idea is to store a biobank — a biobank that stores samples of biological material that have been cooled to temperatures low enough to essentially freeze in time … Read more
The death of a toddler from extreme heat highlighted the risk of climate-related diseases across Malaysia. That same week, Vietnam declared a state of emergency after abnormally high temperatures in the south dried up entire rice fields. And in the Philippines, hundreds of schools suspended classes after daily temperatures rose above 42 degrees Celsius. The … Read more
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — For the eighth month in a row, the Earth was record warm in January, according to the European Climate Agency. That was evident in the northern United States, where about a thousand people were golfing in a snow-starved Minneapolis last month during what the state is calling “the lost winter … Read more
A handful of ancient sponges from deep in the Caribbean are leading some scientists to think that human-induced climate change may have started earlier and warmed the world more than they thought. They calculate that the world has already surpassed the internationally agreed goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) … Read more
A handful of ancient sponges from deep in the Caribbean are leading some scientists to think that human-induced climate change may have started earlier and warmed the world more than they thought. They calculate that the world has already surpassed the internationally agreed goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) … Read more
Much of the United States is shivering in brutal cold, while most of the world is experiencing unusually warm weather. As strange as it may sound, that contradiction fits neatly into the explanations of what climate change is doing to the Earth, scientists say. On a map of global temperatures over the past few days, … Read more
Much of the United States is shivering in brutal cold, while most of the world is experiencing unusually warm weather. As strange as it may sound, that contradiction fits neatly into the explanations of what climate change is doing to the Earth, scientists say. On a map of global temperatures over the past few days, … Read more
The first days of the new year brought confirmation of disturbing news: 2023 was the warmest year on record. Researchers expected this to be the case amid brutal daily and monthly record temperatures – but just how significant were these numbers, and what does this mean for the future of our planet? warming planet? These … Read more
Earth broke global annual heat records last year, flirting with the agreed-upon warming threshold and showing more signs of a febrile planet, the European Climate Agency said on Tuesday. In one of the first of several teams of scientific agencies to calculate how exceptionally warm 2023 was, the European climate agency Copernicus said the year … Read more
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — From June 25 to July 2, 2021, the Pacific Northwest experienced a record-breaking heat wave that sent the normally temperate region into Death Valley-like extremes, taking a heavy toll on trees and people alike. Seattle and Portland, Oregon, recorded their highest temperatures ever, at 108 degrees Fahrenheit (42.2 degrees Celsius) and … Read more