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Global warming does not affect our planet evenly. Some areas such as the Arctic region or high mountain peaks warm faster ...
As the climate becomes warmer on average, it makes intuitive sense that we will see more hot days and we've had predictions of this for some time. However, the duration of heatwaves — how many days in ...
Strange things are happening in the sky above the Arctic — and they’re freezing the U.S. in unexpected ways. A new study ...
One new study identifies a 17% increase in the destructive potential of the strongest nor’easters, while another bolsters ...
Bad climate news is everywhere. Africa is being hit particularly hard by climate change and extreme weather, impacting lives ...
Twenty-five years ago this month, Dan Sarewitz and I published a widely read and discussed article in The Atlantic Monthly titled, Breaking the Global Warming Gridlock (unpaywalled version here).
High-res model reveals uneven climate impacts at 1°C global warming Arctic and highland areas could see 2–5°C rise under 1°C global increase The model resolves extreme weather with sharp accuracy and ...
A report published on June 27 by NOAA said multiple factors have contributed to global warming since the start of the industrial period (post 1900), however, the Sun’s overall brightness ...
Greenland is the largest island on our planet. What do we know about it To begin with, this is one of the Vikings' two ...
No nation is healthy when floods are sweeping children away, fires are burning families alive in their homes, and tornadoes ...
A joint research team led by Kyoungsoo Park at DGIST, Sungkeun Kim at Seoul National University, and Graham Hutchings at Cardiff University, the UK, has developed a selective catalyst technology to ...
Despite these well-documented facts, there are still some self-deluded ideologues who argue anthropogenic warming isn't a matter of serious concern.