The green energy revolution is well and truly underway. Renewables have proven to be highly resilient, emerging as the only energy sector to record any kind of growth at a time when fossil fuels are…
Volcanic eruptions drove global heating, causing mass extinctions and ushering in dinosaur era.
A mass extinction event sparked by a sudden shift in climate more than 200m years ago reshaped life on…
More than half of the world's population lives in cities, and most future population growth is predicted to happen in urban areas. But the concentration of large numbers of people and the ecosystems…
For decades, climate scientist David Keith of Harvard University has been trying to get people to take his research seriously. He's a pioneer in the field of geoengineering, which aims to combat…
From rock art in southern Africa to pyramids along the River Nile, humans have been leaving their mark across the continent for millennia.
But extreme weather events, the rise in sea levels and…
Potentially millions of people in the U.S. will be displaced as the climate crisis makes certain regions increasingly uninhabitable, prompting new migrations that will reshape the country, a new …
In 1973, a handful of oil-rich countries, led by Saudi Arabia, Iran and Iraq, brought the mighty U.S. economy to its knees by slapping an oil embargo on Washington and its allies. The suspension of…
In climate change, the Four Horsemen have a perfect force of destruction. Maybe these fires and floods will be a wake-up call to stop stalling.
As the west coast burns into an orange hellscape you…
Now is a time for courage. It will take sacrifices from everyone for us all to survive, the president of the Marshall Islands writes.
My country joined the United Nations nearly 30 years ago, in…
*This story was originally published on CBS News on September 9, 2020. All data and statistics are based on publicly available data at the time of publication.
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Why has Earth’s climate remained so stable over geological time? The answer just might rock you.
Rocks, particularly the types created by volcanic activity, play a critical role in keeping Earth’s…
Scientists have been warning of the growing threat of climate change, and now those projections are a reality.
Like millions of people in the western United States this week, I woke up to deep red,…
The climate crisis is a factor, but so are efforts to fight fires - which have had the opposite effect.
We call them wildfires, but that might not be the right word any more.
In recent days, at…
COVID-19 may only be the beginning of global pandemics – a future scenario in which climate change may also play a role.
"We have entered a pandemic era," said a recent study in the journal Cell.…
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