Climate Change
It's real. It's happening. It's accelerating. And it's our fault. Human activity — particularly the production of greenhouse gasses from fossil fuel emissions — is reshaping our planet, effecting rapid environmental change at a rate never seen before. Global temperature averages are creeping upward, seas are warming, rising and becoming more acidic, and extreme weather events such as droughts, wildfires, floods and powerful storms are more commonplace. Here's where you'll find the latest on the effects of climate change, and the measures that scientists, world leaders and innovators are taking to reduce our harmful impact on the planet and mitigate the damage already done.
Latest about Climate Change
Global temperatures have been the hottest on record for 3 days in a row
By Kiley Price published
The world's average temperature was the hottest on record from July 3 to July 5, 2023. Climate change and El Niño are to blame, scientists say.
Catastrophic climate 'doom loops' could start in just 15 years, new study warns
By Ben Turner published
Climate "tipping points," such as the loss of the Amazon rainforest or the collapse of the Greenland ice sheet, could come within a human lifetime, scientists have said.
Climate change causes a mountain peak frozen for thousands of years to collapse
By Aimee Gabay published
Fluchthorn in the Silvretta Alps is now around 60 feet (19 m) shorter than it was before — and more mountains are expected to follow suit as temperatures thaw the permafrost holding them together.
Watch the world choke on CO2 in eerie NASA videos of manmade emissions
By Sascha Pare published
The animations highlight emissions from different human and natural sources, with the main contribution coming from the burning of fossil fuels.
Over half of the world's largest lakes and reservoirs are losing water
By Kelly Oakes published
The amount lost in the last 30 years is equivalent to 17 Lake Meads — the largest reservoir in the U.S.
New York City may be sinking under its own weight because the buildings are too heavy, scientists warn
By Charles Q. Choi published
Scientists estimate the mass of the 1,084,954 buildings within the five boroughs of New York City is 1.68 trillion pounds.
Global warming will likely cross dangerous 1.5 C threshold within 5 years, UN report warns
By Ben Turner published
The U.N. weather agency has warned that El Niño and human-caused climate change will likely push temperatures into "uncharted territory."
Energy of '25 billion atomic bombs' trapped on Earth in just 50 years, all because of global warming
By Harry Baker published
A new study has revealed that 380 zettajoules of energy was trapped by global warming between 1971 and 2020.
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