Climate

When forecasting climate change, scientists usually opt to determine what the climate will look like at a specific point in time, for example in 2050, or in 2100. In a…

For decades, scientists have struggled to understand the potential link between global warming and El Niño — and whether human activity is making the already powerful climate phenomenon even more…

The world is bracing for the strongest El Niño in history. The United Nations has made the grim prediction that our planet now sits in the “danger zone” of extreme…

The report the UN released in Nairobi this week is the first of its kind, and it opens by conceding defeat on the number the world spent a decade defending….

For over a decade, the world has been trying to limit global warming to 1.5°C. That’s no longer possible, according to a new United Nations report. We will likely pass…

A federal judge has blocked New York’s attempt to make major fossil fuel companies pay $75 billion toward the cost of climate change. Enacted in 2024, the Climate Change Superfund…

In a strategic retreat in the fight against climate change, the United Nations has acknowledged that Earth has lost its chance to prevent some of the worst of global warming’s…

A United Nations report is urging the world to zero out carbon emissions to prevent cataclysmic warming of the planet, even as others have said a more measured approach to…

KOROR, Palau (AP) — When stormy seas batter Melekeok state on Palau’s biggest island, the Pacific Ocean floods right into people’s homes. “We keep telling the legislature we need to…

In a strategic retreat in the fight against climate change, the United Nations has acknowledged that Earth has lost its chance to prevent some of the worst of global warming’s…

It’s been over a decade since countries signed the Paris Agreement, an international treaty aimed at limiting global warming to 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit (1.5 degrees Celsius). At the time, staying…

The prime minister has defended the number of leaders attending a high-profile climate meeting in the Pacific Islands, as a United Nations report warns the world will breach the 1.5C…

Global warming is set to cross the 1.5C limit within the next few years, exposing people and ecosystems to more severe climate damage, the UN’s environmental agency said on Wednesday….

Global heating will reach at least 1.8C under even the most optimistic future, well beyond the Paris agreement goal of 1.5C, according to a UN report that warns every fraction…

Governments must slash emissions further and faster, and keep every climate promise they have made for the planet to be able to return to 1.5C of warming by the end…

Sea-level rise around the world is accelerating due to humanity’s greenhouse gas emissions, and the rise to-date is ‘essentially irreversible’ on human timescales. But a swift and timely switch away from fossil…

Climate campaigners are urging New York’s attorney general to appeal, while experts are split over what the ruling means for other states — including Vermont, which has a similar law…

Newswise — As you prepare stories regarding El Niño, landslides, extreme weather events, climate change and natural disasters, the following experts are available: Oceans and Atmospheric Rivers Joseph Carlin, professor…

Once the initial flood had passed, debris left behind by the avalanche blocked river channels and allowed water to pool (Photo: Reuters). The catastrophic Nepal tragedy has now claimed more…

The Climate Change Authority has raised concerns over the increasing use by heavy polluters of carbon credits that only reduce emissions for 25 years, saying it could pose a threat…

A federal judge ruled on Monday that New York cannot enforce a 2024 state law that sought to force fossil fuel companies to contribute $75 billion over 25 years into…

Every six to seven years, climate modelling groups around the world run a coordinated set of simulations that explore how the climate could change in the future.  These simulations form…

Why are we so angry? The easy, lazy, and entirely wrong explanation is that our technologies are to blame: the internet, smartphones, social media, artificial intelligence, and so on.  That’s…

As the peak of El Niño approaches, there is little doubt that this will be the strongest one on record. Sea surface temperatures in the tropical Pacific are rising faster…

As the planet gets hotter, the human body can only do so much to keep itself cool. For older adults — defined in the study as people 60 and older…

People wade through a flooded street after heavy rains brought by the southwest monsoon in Pampanga on August 31, 2026. Jam STA ROSA/AFP via Getty Images The most powerful El…

Image by Richard Young. Global warming is becoming a self-advertised nuisance with the recent Nepal disaster bringing renewed attention: Is global warming fueled by fossil fuel CO2 emissions behind the…

The El Niño weather system building in the Pacific Ocean — already being labeled a “Godzilla” event — may have consequences that extend well beyond hotter temperatures and sharper swings…

A backyard pool is left hanging on a cliffside after torrential rain brought havoc on the beachfront town of San Clemente, California,… more Source www.sacbee.com