A tanker carrying liquefied natural gas has made the passage from Europe to Asia via the Arctic unaided, a maritime course that has become possible due to global warming, energy firm Total said Thursday. It is "the first commercial vessel to travel alone the Northern ...
As world leaders grapple with the environmental effects of climate change, they also need to confront the direct threat that it poses to global security.
Venturing outdoors may become deadly across wide swaths of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh by the end of the century as climate change drives heat and humidity to new extremes, according to a new study. These conditions could affect up to a third of the people ...
Projected increases in rain from global warming could further choke U.S. waterways with fertilizer runoff that trigger dead zones and massive algae blooms, a new study said. If greenhouse gas emissions keep rising, more and heavier rain will increase nitrogen flowing into lakes, rivers and ...
Asian banks and governments have every reason to join the crusade against climate chainge.
A strong link exists between maritime shipping and the disappearance of polar ice.
A chunk of ice bigger than the U.S. state of Delaware is hanging by a thread from the West Antarctic ice shelf, satellite images revealed Wednesday. When it finally calves from the Larsen C ice shelf, one of the biggest icebergs in recorded history will ...
Strange sea creatures that resemble large pink thimbles are showing up on the coast of southeast Alaska for the first time after making their way north along the West Coast over the last few years. Scientists say the creatures are pyrosomes, which are tropical, filter-feeding ...
Ocean levels rose 50 percent faster in 2014 than in 1993, with meltwater from the Greenland ice sheet now supplying 25 percent of total sea level increase compared with just 5 percent 20 years earlier, researchers reported Monday. The findings add to growing concern among ...
Japan, China and South Korea agreed Thursday to conduct a joint study to assess pollution and climate impacts in the Arctic, wrapping up their latest talks on how to develop the region, Japanese officials said. The agreement on joint scientific research and exploration comes amid ...
Once again, U.S. President Donald Trump has shown his readiness to defy both international opinion and common sense to make a political point.
Washington’s exit from the Paris climate accord might counter Tokyo’s efforts to fight global warming by prompting big businesses to put up more resistance to carbon pricing
