Rainforests are prized for storing carbon, but Mexico’s cactuses are also vital to climate cooling, and provide leather too.
Climate Heating May Speed up To Unexpected Levels
When the ice thaws, ocean levels rise. And four new studies show climate heating can happen fast.
When the ice thaws, ocean levels rise. And four new studies show climate heating can happen fast.
Monsoon Changes Threaten Asia and Warn the World
For generations India’s farmers have relied on its arrival, but monsoon changes suggest a hotter and less predictable world.
For generations India’s farmers have relied on its arrival, but monsoon changes suggest a hotter and less predictable world.
Tidal Power Fuels Scottish Electric Vehicles
Electric vehicles are catching on in many countries, notably the Nordic states – and Scottish tides are powering cars there.
Electric vehicles are catching on in many countries, notably the Nordic states – and Scottish tides are powering cars there.
Building Back Better Needs Radical Change − by Us
We’ve got the money, we’ve got the knowhow, but averting the worst of the climate crisis needs radical change − by us.
We’ve got the money, we’ve got the knowhow, but averting the worst of the climate crisis needs radical change − by us.
Biden’s Climate Summit Faces Challenge by Brazil
President Biden’s climate summit, starting tomorrow, will see him aiming to bring Brazil’s leader Jair Bolsonaro into line.
President Biden’s climate summit, starting tomorrow, will see him aiming to bring Brazil’s leader Jair Bolsonaro into line.
Many Creatures of the Deep Face a Stifling Future
The oceans will go on warming and rising for five centuries. Some creatures of the deep will have less room to breathe.
The oceans will go on warming and rising for five centuries. Some creatures of the deep will have less room to breathe.
UN Declares 2021 Is ‘Year for Action’ on Climate
The year of plague and fire, record heat, melting ice and rising seas: who’s surprised 2021 is UN’s “year for action”?
The year of plague and fire, record heat, melting ice and rising seas: who’s surprised 2021 is UN’s “year for action”?
A Warmer, Drier World’s Deeper Wells Spell Trouble
A warmer world could for billions be drier. The resultant deeper wells spell trouble for those reliant on groundwater.
A warmer world could for billions be drier. The resultant deeper wells spell trouble for those reliant on groundwater.
Cool Homes and Hot Water Are There on the Cheap
Would you like cool homes and hot water without paying to power them? They’re already working in the laboratory.
Would you like cool homes and hot water without paying to power them? They’re already working in the laboratory.
Nuclear Industry’s Unfounded Claims Let It Survive
The nuclear industry’s unfounded claims let it rely on “dark arts”, ignoring much better ways to cut carbon emissions.
The nuclear industry’s unfounded claims let it rely on “dark arts”, ignoring much better ways to cut carbon emissions.
Human Activity Alters Earth’s Spin On Its Axis
The planet may not catch fire, but climate change really has altered the Earth’s spin on its axis as it rounds the sun.
The planet may not catch fire, but climate change really has altered the Earth’s spin on its axis as it rounds the sun.
Now Ticks Flee the Heat by Taking to the Mountains
Higher temperatures are driving more creatures to climb higher for comfort. Now ticks flee the heat to stay cool.
Higher temperatures are driving more creatures to climb higher for comfort. Now ticks flee the heat to stay cool.
Half a Billion People May Face Heat of 56°C by 2100
Take today’s heat, apply mathematical logic and consider a murderously hot future, 56°C by 2100, for hundreds of millions.
Take today’s heat, apply mathematical logic and consider a murderously hot future, 56°C by 2100, for hundreds of millions.
Plants Will Be Hit As a Warming World Turns Drier
If a warming world becomes a drier one, how will the green things respond? Not well, according to a new prediction.
If a warming world becomes a drier one, how will the green things respond? Not well, according to a new prediction.
Protect Fish To Increase Catches − and Cut Carbon
There is a clear way to get more value from the seas: protect fish. New research confirms an old argument.
There is a clear way to get more value from the seas: protect fish. New research confirms an old argument.