environment

Antarctic sea ice hits lowest minimum on record

Mar 23, 2022 09:13

Antarctic sea ice shrank to below 2 million square kilometres this year, the lowest minimum extent since satellite records began 43 years ago.
Western US’s worst drought in 1,200 years brings year-long fire season

Mar 20, 2022 00:11

Winter wildfires by the names of Emerald and Airport have scorched thousands of acres in California; led to the destruction of over 100 structures in Kansas; and amid this writing, prompted the evacuation of 1,100 houses in the Florida Panhandle — at a time of year when those with intimate knowledge of the cycles of burning and regeneration once relied on wetter and cooler conditions to keep blazes at bay.
Is super-polluting Pentagon’s climate plan just ‘military-grade greenwash’?

Mar 12, 2022 17:53

US officials claim the military aims for net zero by 2050 but with a carbon footprint greater than some 140 countries critics say it needs radical change.
Study finds six key lifestyle changes can help avert the climate crisis

Mar 11, 2022 19:39

Research shows that governments and individuals making small changes can have a huge impact in reducing emissions.
Irreversible impacts on the climate are getting locked in, IPCC warns

Mar 04, 2022 22:51

Irreversible impacts of the climate crisis are getting locked in and the window to prevent even more dire changes is getting smaller, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warned in a new report.
California debates naming heatwaves to underscore deadly risk of extreme heat

Mar 03, 2022 18:22

Though the impact is already being felt, heatwaves are largely silent killers. Often, the toll is tallied far into the aftermath of an event and is vastly undercounted. Unlike fires and floods that produce immediate and visible destruction, heat’s harmful effects can seem more subtle – even if they are in fact more deadly.
Scientists fear soaring methane levels show climate feedback loop has arrived

Feb 18, 2022 18:24

Rapidly rising levels of atmospheric methane are "very bad news for humanity and the planet," warned one observer.
New study says US west ‘megadrought’ is worst in at least 1,200 years

Feb 17, 2022 18:27

Researchers say human-caused climate change significant driver of destructive conditions as even drier decades lie ahead.
How ‘forever chemicals’ are using marine life to travel the world by sea

Feb 17, 2022 18:21

Scientists say more must be done to eliminate the chemicals, which have a devastating impact on marine life and can end up in the food chain.
Extreme heat in oceans ‘passed point of no return’ in 2014

Feb 04, 2022 17:55

Study shows formerly rare high temperatures now covering half of seas and devastating wildlife.