Earth’s Tipping Point: Arctic Meltdown Signals a Climate Catastrophe
A new paper reveals what lies ahead for the fastest-warming region on Earth. In 2024, the global average air temperature ...
MIT Technology Review5d
What a return to supersonic flight could mean for climate change
And yet, knowing what I know about the climate, the promise of a return to supersonic flight is a little tarnished. We’re in ...
USA Today3d
The puzzling and powerful polar vortex faces 'big uncertainty' as Earth warms
Polar vortex is not a synonym for “cold snap,” according to the Polar Vortex Blog at ... the Arctic. But when there’s a wobble in the rotation, winds in the vortex can slow or change by ...
Carbon Brief5d
Mapped: How ‘natural’ world heritage sites are threatened by climate extremes
“ Tropical regions are home to rich biodiversity and diverse ecosystems, including vital natural land types such as forests. There is a more consistent consensus that temperature increases in tropical ...
The Star3d
Floods affect wildlife too
KOTA KINABALU: During disasters such as floods, there is a tendency to forget about what is happening with wildlife species ... she explained. With climate change influencing weather patterns ...
Climate Rules Threaten the Money Growing in Nordic Trees
The EU wants to keep old trees standing to help hit decarbonization targets. But foresters resent what they regard as ...
US is freezing and La Nina usually eases warming. Earth just set another heat record anyway
The world warmed to yet another monthly heat record in January, despite an abnormally chilly United States, a cooling La Nina ...
Alaska Public Media5d
Microplastics are in the fetal tissues of Alaska spotted seals, new research finds
UAF scientists have found microplastics in all marine mammals species they’ve studied so far, and new results show passage ...