The ice shelves—the marine-terminating glaciers of the Antarctic Ice Sheet—are melting, and it’s not just because of rising atmospheric temperatures....
The risk of fatal heat waves has risen sharply over the past 20 years. In the future, such extreme weather...
The Mexican state of Guerrero, located on the country’s Pacific coast, is known for its rich cultural history and for...
The majority of carbon offset schemes are significantly overestimating the levels of deforestation they are preventing, according to a study...
“Eco-friendly” paper drinking straws contain long-lasting and potentially toxic chemicals, a new study has concluded. In the first analysis of...
The world’s corporations produce so much climate change pollution, it could eat up about 44% of their profits if they...
Every ton of carbon is four times more damaging to the world now than it was 10 years ago, according...
Like every industry, modern farming relies heavily on plastics. Think plastic mulch lining vegetable beds, PVC pipes draining water from...
Gold and mineral mining in and near rivers across the tropics is degrading waterways in 49 countries, according to a...
The Amazon rainforest’s carbon emissions doubled in 2019 and 2020, as a decline in environmental policing under Brazilian ex-president Jair...
To prepare for extreme heat waves around the world—particularly in places known for cool summers—climate-simulation models that include a new...
With the impacts of climate change increasing around the world, efforts to adapt human infrastructure and practices might seem to...
