Climate

In brief Post-storm power outages and heat waves are a dangerous combination. Climate change is increasing the chance of extremely hot weather coinciding with a hurricane. Experts believe heat kills…

A draft United Nations (UN) resolution on climate change is seeking to turn the International Court of Justice’s (ICJ) Advisory Opinion on states’ obligations concerning the “urgent and existential threat”…

Several climate centres said last month that El Niño, a natural climate pattern characterized by the warming of ocean surface temperatures that drives temporary spikes in global surface temperature,…

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NORTHFIELD — With temperatures in New England rising faster than other parts of the world, MassWildlife scientist Rebecca Quiñones said organizations working to mitigate the impacts of climate change need to…

WASHINGTON — March’s persistent unseasonable heat was so intense that the continental United States registered its most abnormally hot month in 132 years of records, according to federal weather data….

The emperor penguin has been declared an endangered species as climate change pushes the icon of Antarctica a step closer to extinction, the global authority on threatened wildlife announced Thursday….

Get ready to hear a lot more about El Niño during the next several months — and maybe even longer — as the infamous climate cycle returns again, developing and…

DURHAM, N.H. — (April 8, 2026) — New research out of the University of New Hampshire reveals that the majority of New Hampshire ski industry professionals are concerned about the…

MUSCAT: The Environment Authority (EA) launched on Wednesday in Muscat the national digital platform ‘Manakh’ for managing and reporting climate change data. The platform serves as an integrated national system…

Got story updates? Submit your updates here. › As the Pacific Ocean warms, a developing El Niño pattern could amplify the effects of climate change, creating the potential for a…

Muscat: The Environment Authority launched today in Muscat the national digital platform “Manakh” for managing and reporting climate change data. The platform serves as an integrated national system dedicated to…

Global efforts to limit climate change require deep cuts to carbon emissions. However, global emissions are still growing. Currently, we emit roughly 42 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide from fossil…

A new Earthset image has been captured by the crew of Artemis II, 58 years since the iconic Earthrise photograph taken by the crew of Apollo 8. Over these past…

Whether it’s snow, sleet or rain, you really can’t anticipate the weather at UB. As the year starts to inch toward spring-like temperatures, the constant influxes between hot and cold…

Rising temperatures and humidity are increasingly compromising cargo integrity during transit, making prevention essential for operational resilience. Climate change is no longer a distant concern for shipping. Across Southeast Asia,…

Climate change has been overtaken by human health as the number one priority for institutional investors that badge themselves as “sustainable” or “ESG”, amid a backlash against the terminology of…

From the rainforests of Washington state and Panama to the groves on Lehigh’s campus, Michelle Spicer ’12 M’14, assistant professor of Earth and environmental sciences, conducts research in these scenic…

The world’s forests are simultaneously climate powerhouses and victims, sucking carbon from the air while facing myriad global warming impacts—from wildfires to pest outbreaks.  Recent research found that climate change…

Warming oceans intensify extreme weather events, disrupt marine ecosystems, and alter large-scale ocean circulation. Unlike historical fluctuations driven by natural forces, the present rise in sea surface temperatures (SSTs)…

The study published in Nature finds that wildfire activities are expected to increase substantially across most regions by the end of this century, particularly in terms of burned areas and…

Researchers have found a bacterium that may be adapting to warmer, nutrient-poor ocean conditions. Deep ocean warming driven by heat waves and climate change threatens the chemical and biological balance…

In spring and summer, the canopies of oak and beech forest gather into layers of green. Leaves flicker, shaping the flow of light and air. The effect is almost effortless,…

Frontline communities worry about climate change as much as non-frontline communities but their fears look different. While both frontline and non-frontline respondents express similar overall concern about global warming, a…

Every year, the World Meteorological Organization, or WMO, tracks a set of key climate indicators—including the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and the Earth’s temperature—to assess how global…

image:  The ongoing climate change will lead to more wildfires. And this is increasing the vulnerability of thousands of plants, animals and fungi. view more  Credit: Photo: Tongxin Hu Wildfires…

The Trump Administration’s fiscal year 2027 budget proposal released this week lays out significant changes to federal funding for ocean and climate programs, including cuts to the National Oceanic and…

A warming climate could expose a Pennsylvania-sized chunk of ice-free land in Antarctica by 2300, which could drastically reshape Antarctic geopolitics as well as the continent’s geography. A study published…

In Greenland, rapidly melting sea ice isn’t just affecting local fish and animals. It’s also creating major changes in fishing, the region’s dominant industry, and presenting an uncertain future. What’s…