Climate

El Niño happens when surface waters in the equatorial Pacific stay about 1 degree Fahrenheit warmer than average for at least three months. Its opposite, La Niña, occurs when those…

In the last few years, scientists have tracked a noticeable uptick in Earth’s average temperature. As experts investigate why warming is accelerating, a new study suggests that changes in ship…

Dealing with emissions could help alleviate effects of Iran crisis on global energy supply, says report. Published On 4 May 20264 May 2026 Tackling methane emissions in the fossil fuel…

Microplastics have become a ubiquitous part of our lives, infiltrating the soil, water, and even our bodies. They’re in the air too, and a new study suggests they’re contributing to…

An EU framework for calculating the life-cycle global warming potential (GWP) of new buildings has been published today, aimed at ensuring EU countries use comparable methodologies for this calculation. However,…

By the year 2085, more than a third of land-animal habitats could face multiple climate-driven disasters if warming keeps rising. This causes high alert, signaling that heatwaves, fires, floods, and…

Shutterstock Sure, the  climate of the Earth has always been changing. We know, for example, that in the past there were times when much of the Earth was covered with…

The global expansion of data centers used to power artificial intelligence (AI) across the globe is creating ‘heat islands’, according to a recent study. There’s no doubt that AI is…

Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech Climate change’s effects often aren’t obvious. In a particularly lateral example of how…

Rivers worldwide have grown warmer, poorer in oxygen, and more loaded with heat-trapping gases since 2002, according to new research. The study recasts river damage as a climate problem, because…

• The global average temperature in 2023 reached 1.48 C higher than the pre-industrial average, according to the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service. In 2024, it breached the 1.5 C…

Scientists have determined that “marine cloud reflectivity,” caused by cleaner air, has dropped by roughly 2.8 percent per decade across the North Atlantic and Northeast Pacific. Together, those regions span…

LISTEN | Can baby coral nurseries rescue reefs from climate change?: What On Earth23:40Can baby coral nurseries rescue reefs from climate change? For Nadeem Nazurally, snorkelling off the coast of…

Climate change amplifies the burden of air pollution on cardiovascular health and helps explain why extreme heat and extreme cold are already linked to an increase in complications and deaths….

A team of environmental and public health scientists is raising concerns about a largely overlooked group of microscopic organisms that may pose a growing danger worldwide: free living amoebae. In…

A drone flies over a field of crops, capturing green and brown swaths of land. When you examine the pictures more closely, you notice that portions of the soil are…

Europe has been warming twice as fast as the global average since 1980, a new report shows, with 2025 marked by extended heatwaves across the continent, from the Arctic to…

Warming soils may be unlocking carbon once considered permanent, releasing additional CO2 into the atmosphere. This subtle but significant shift could amplify climate change in ways scientists are only beginning…

Researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur have found highly erratic and localised temperature shifts across South Asia, revealing that the region is heavily deviating from typical global…

Credit: Beatriz Camaleão on Unsplash+ “This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here.” Scientists are pretty sure that Earth is hotter than at any…

Our warming world is set to enter an El Niño period as early as May, with a high likelihood of southern North America experiencing supercharged temperatures. One of the three…

“I remember that day. The temperature was about 115 degrees Fahrenheit. They fired me for giving my crew a break.” These are the words of 56-year-old Arizona farmworker Elizabeth Talamante….

May 1, 2026, 5:05 a.m. CT More than 700 people from all 50 states are expected in Nashville May 1-2 to see Al Gore present an updated, live version of…

Shown is Canyon Lake in the San Antonio area. The lake was closed due to low water levels. Readers are worried about Texas running out of water. Sam Owens/San Antonio…

Researchers at the University of Melbourne have, for the first time, explained how Australia’s famous Twelve Apostles were created. Their findings show that movements of tectonic plates over millions of…

Support CleanTechnica’s work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Stabilizing rising global surface temperatures is essential for the long-term health of the planet. Climate change is an existential crisis…

A major new study drawing on decades of ocean data has found clear evidence that heat from the deep ocean is shifting toward Antarctica. This change poses a growing threat…

Nonprofit and partners announce plan to develop additional capacity to help pinpoint the majority of global methane emissions from oil and gas, coal, waste, and agriculture. PASADENA, Calif., April 30,…

It’s almost a common consensus that things on planet Earth have gotten worse over the past few decades and that can be applied to a lot of different things. While…