Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas, 80 times more potent at warming the atmosphere than carbon dioxide. In 2014, a...
Conservationists and the fishing and tourism industries must take pre-emptive measures to protect wildlife and livelihoods as the El Niño...
As the Earth’s human population grows, greenhouse gas emissions from the world’s food system are on track to expand. A...
Ambient fine particulate matter (PM2.5) is the world’s leading environmental health risk factor. At only 2.5 micrometers or smaller, these...
by Ryan M. Strickland One in five glaciers on Earth are covered with a layer of rocky debris. The presence...
Most of us know what a heat wave feels like on land—sweltering heat for days. But oceans get heat waves...
Cotton is the most widely used natural fiber for clothes. But how polluting are our jeans and shirts actually? Environmental...
Urban stormwater particles from tire wear were the most prevalent microplastic a new Griffith-led study has found. Published in Environmental...
When it comes to global warming trends, the Arctic is a troubling outlier. The Arctic warms nearly four times faster...
The emission reductions in the 11 high-income countries that have “decoupled” CO2 emissions from Gross Domestic Product (GDP) fall far...
Tropical forests in South America lose their ability to absorb carbon from the atmosphere when conditions become exceptionally hot and...
The Adamello glacier, the largest in the Italian Alps, is slowly being destroyed by global warming, with experts giving it...
