Tag: Climate Change

Record heat waves scorched the United States last summer. Along the Pacific Northwest coast, mussels cooked en masse in their shells, while people cooked in their houses. Few people in ...

Amid steadily increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide levels, governments worldwide face a multidecade challenge: how to decarbonize without jeopardizing their hold on power. Energy is modern civilization’s blood oxygen—an afterthought unless ...

With European energy prices skyrocketing and pressure growing on the European Union to cut carbon emissions more quickly, it was only a matter of time before the debate over zero-carbon ...

A map showing the incredible level of travel to Antarctica has been released by scientists. The researchers say the continent’s pristine ecosystems are under threat from invasive species that are ...

It has been two months since the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, or COP26, ended in a plume of promises, pledges, and finger-pointing. Few left satisfied, and if a ...

The wildfire that tore through Colorado last week caused over $513 million in damage, and destroyed about 1,100 homes and other buildings, according to an updated estimate from state officials ...

Colonialism is so entangled in earth sciences that its ugly legacy still influences research today. Scientists are struggling to undo the damage that colonization has had on their fields, which ...

If you still needed proof that nuclear energy has returned to the conversation after decades of disfavor, it came with an unexpected celebrity boost last month. Tesla CEO Elon Musk ...

The proposal, seen by AFP on Saturday, aims to support the 27-nation bloc‘s shift towards a carbon-neutral future and gild its credentials as a global standard-setter for fighting climate change. ...

Devastating fires in Colorado cap off a year of awful drought across the US. Dry conditions helped set the stage for blazes that scorched hundreds of homes and forced tens ...