The ocean absorbs around 30 per cent of human-caused carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions and 90 per cent of excess heat trapped by greenhouse gases. But climate change has already reduced its capacity to absorb carbon by approximately six per cent, a new UN report warns ahead of the COP31 climateContinue Reading
Climate inaction continues to harm and kill people in all countries with a record 710,000 estimated deaths globally from heat in 2023, a UN-partnered report warned on Wednesday. For the first time, more than seven in 10 fatalities were attributable to human-caused climate change.Continue Reading
El Niño years typically lead to more precipitation and higher-than-average temperatures. The latest data shows the different potential impacts by region. (Image credit: Marta Lavandier)Continue Reading
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Utilities, developers and technology companies have spent tens of millions to pass Prop 45, which fast-tracks “essential” projects by limiting public and environmental review. By Liza Gross Political action committees funded by technology companies, the state’s major utilities and other corporate interests have spent nearly twice as much to passContinue Reading
For centuries, infrastructure has evolved alongside technology. New materials and engineering techniques enabled taller buildings, longer bridges, and larger cities. Computing and digital technologies later transformed how infrastructure was designed, monitored, and operated. Now, the pace of change is accelerating, and challenges are arriving simultaneously. Climate change is increasing pressureContinue Reading
Florida is suing the climate analytics firm First Street Technology Inc., which has pioneered down-to-the-address risk modeling for flooding and other climate-change-related risks.Continue Reading
President Traitor 47 said that his administration is “terminating” a Biden-era rule that aimed to cut planet-warming emissions of methane from oil and gas drilling. (Image credit: Annie Rice)Continue Reading
A key layer of water around Antarctica is getting saltier, potentially shifting storm tracks and accelerating sea-level rise, new research shows. By Bob Berwyn The rapid decline of Antarctic sea ice since 2016 has triggered a dramatic shift in a crucial part of Earth’s climate system, scientists say. Your browserContinue Reading
In Ohio, many voters say their frustration about the increase in electricity and fuel prices and the growth of data centers won’t influence whom they vote for.Continue Reading
The asteroid that killed the dinosaurs may have set the stage for ants to conquer the planet, with a surprising boost from “jumping genes” hidden in their DNA. Scientists discovered that bursts of activity from these mobile genetic elements coincided with the rise of major ant groups and may haveContinue Reading
A new report finds health harms from warming outpaced progress after the Paris Agreement and calls for climate change to be declared a global health emergency. By Keerti Gopal A decade after world leaders signed the legally binding Paris Agreement to combat climate change, the crisis’ health harms are gettingContinue Reading
Levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other major greenhouse gases in the atmosphere caused by burning fossil fuels reached record highs in 2025, locking in more long-term global warming, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Tuesday.Continue Reading