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'Situation is dire': Antarctica ice sheet melting at accelerated rate, alarming scientists
The melting of Antarctica is accelerating at an alarming rate, with about 3 trillion tons of ice disappearing since 1992, an international team of ice experts said in a new study. In the last quarter century, the southern-most continent's ice sheet — a key indicator ...
Heat-trapping carbon dioxide levels in air hit another high this year: NOAA
The amount of heat-trapping carbon dioxide in the air peaked again this year at record levels, scientists reported Thursday. The National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration said Thursday that carbon dioxide levels averaged 411.25 parts per million in May at the federal Mauna Loa observatory in ...
U.S. high-tide 'nuisance' flooding twice what it was 30 years ago: NOAA report
A new report finds that high-tide flooding is happening across the United States at twice the rate it was just 30 years ago and predicts records for such flooding will continue to be broken for decades as sea levels rise. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...
U.S. scraps Obama-era rule requiring states to gauge tailpipe gases in global warming fight
The U.S. Transportation Department is repealing a rule, finalized in the closing days of the Obama administration as part of the fight against global warming, requiring states to track greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles on the nation's highways. In a notice posted Wednesday in the ...
Great Barrier Reef on sixth life in 30,000 years but survival under current stresses iffy: study
Australia's Great Barrier Reef, under severe stress in a warmer, more acidic ocean, has returned from near-extinction five times in the past 30,000 years, researchers said Monday. And while this suggests the reef may be more resilient than once thought, it has likely never faced ...
The coming wave of climate displacement
Two agreements under discussion at the United Nations offer a rare opportunity to protect global migrants from the biggest source of displacement today.
Inspiring terms are simple but 'climate change' isn't
The doubters and believers aren't even talking about the same thing.
'Nowhere is immune' as microplastics turn up in Arctic sea ice, posing unknown food chain risks
Researchers warned Tuesday of a "troubling" accumulation of microplastics in sea ice floating in the Arctic ocean, a major potential source of water pollution as global warming melts the sheets of frozen water. A team from the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research ...
While free markets may have steered much of the world toward a wealthier, healthier future, placing our faith in Smith's "invisible hand" to win the fight against climate change would be a tragic mistake.
How central banks should and shouldn't tackle global warming
Monitoring the impact of climate change is sensible, but tipping the scales is dangerous.
Visitors to Okinawa invited to be citizen scientists as tourism takes its toll on coral
Divers equipped with a simple color chart and an app can help keep an eye on the island prefecture's delicate coral ecosystem.
Global warming edging toward dangerous 'tipping point' as it weakens key ocean circulation: study
Global warming is likely slowing the main Atlantic Ocean circulation, which has plunged to its weakest level on record, according to a new study. The slowdown in the circulation — a crucial part of Earth's climate — had been predicted by computer models, but researchers ...
