The richest 1% of humanity is responsible for more carbon emissions than the poorest 66%, with dire consequences for vulnerable communities and global efforts to tackle the climate emergency, a report
Climate change has claimed lives and upended livelihoods in every region of the United States, but its severe toll has prompted parts of the country to respond faster and more creatively than ever, ac
Advertisement Watch 13 November 2023 BBC News, Delhi Getty Images Pollution is a recurring problem in Delhi Could the answer to Delhi's pollution problem lie in the clouds? Last week, as the Indian ca
The US is getting its first commercial facility to soak up carbon dioxide from the ambient air for permanent storage, a nascent technology that’s been both lauded as crucial in fighting climate change
You’d be forgiven for thinking that the fight against climate change is finally going well. The clean-energy revolution is well under way and exceeding expectations. Solar is set to become the cheapes
Researcher Michael Wehner at the Computational Research Division at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory spoke to the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee at a panel about “extreme event
Let's start with a couple of chilling facts. The war in Gaza has nothing to do with democracy or human rights. It also has nothing to do with Israel's right to defend itself. Until yesterday, that's w
How VOCs behave in your home What we found in CASA was intriguing. While smoke particles quickly settled on indoor surfaces, VOCs were more insidious. At first, the house took up these smoke VOCs—on f
Enlarge / A sign against a proposed carbon dioxide pipeline outside a home in New Liberty, Iowa, on June 4, 2023. Bloomberg via Getty Images A company backed by BlackRock has abandoned plans to build
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September 11 2023 9:27 PM 4 min read Share Email If you've ever seen the movie Soylent Green, you know it's not about cannibalism. It's about the banality of social collapse. It's not quick. It's a sl
Hurricane Lee formed a well-defined eye wall on Thursday. The storm is seen here in a satellite image from around noon ET Thursday, showing the Leeward Islands and Puerto Rico to the west. NOAA/NESDIS
As heat waves continue to bake parts of the world, scientists are reporting that this blistering, deadly summer was the hottest on record – and by a significant margin. June to August was the planet’s
The image below, adapted from Climate Reanalyzer, shows that the World Sea Surface Temperature (60°South - 60°North) was at a record high of 21.1°C or 69.98°F for the third day in a row on August 23,
Projected system-wide price for the Texas electricity grid on 20 August 2023. By 8:00 PM, the price was expected to rise to nearly $1000 per megawatt-hour. Graphic: ERCOT By Jason Ma 18 August 2023 (I
The world has just gotten its first real taste of a planet that is 1.5 degrees Celsius — or 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit — hotter than preindustrial times. According to data from the Copernicus Climate Chan
Advertisement Watch 4 August 2023 BBC climate reporter & data team Getty Images The oceans have hit their hottest ever recorded temperature as they soak up warmth from climate change, with dire implic
Linda J You might’ve seen recent headlines about saguaro cacti keeling over in Arizona after spending nearly a month above 110 degrees Fahrenheit. Not even a week later, The Washington Post ran this a
Grandfailure In Chinese mythology, the dragon king commands oceans, lakes, rivers, and rain. He controls dragons and sea creatures. He makes the weather. He would be a good god to pray to right now. H
Ever since some of the earliest projections of climate change were made back in the 1970s, they have been remarkably accurate at predicting the rate at which global temperatures would rise. For decade
Dzmitry You might’ve seen that India recently banned exports for non-basmati rice this week in an effort to control inflation. It’s a big deal because they produce 40 percent of the world’s rice. This
Almost half of the tap water in the United States is contaminated with chemicals known as "forever chemicals," according to a new study from the U.S. Geological Survey. Video above: What are harmful '
Oil and gas companies in West Texas released hundreds of tons of toxic gases into the air last week as a record-breaking heatwave drove pressure inside pipelines and compressors to dangerously high le
The ocean waters surrounding the United Kingdom and much of Europe are baking in an unprecedented marine heat wave that scientists say is being intensified by human-caused climate change. Scientists a
Advertisement Watch 18 June 2023 BBC News, Johannesburg BBC The peace of a normally tranquil suburban road near South Africa's capital, Pretoria, is being shattered by the sound of drilling. These are
Watch 19 June 2023 Getty Images Large parts of India have been experiencing intense heat waves Officials in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh are investigating dozens of deaths that some have
Richard J. Lazarus is the Howard and Katherine Aibel professor of law at Harvard Law School. Justice Antonin Scalia died more than seven years ago, but the Supreme Court’s decision in Sackett v. Envir
Firefighters hose down a burning house during the Tick Fire in Agua Dulce near Santa Clarita, Calif., in October 2019. Mark Ralston/AFP via Getty Images State Farm has stopped accepting homeowner insu
Published 17 May comments Share page About sharing Related Topics COP27 Image source, Science Photo Library Image caption, This is how El Niño brought heat to the surface of the Pacific in 2015 By Mat
Water levels at Lake Powell, the nation's second-largest reservoir, remain critically low because of a climate-change driven megadrought and overuse of the Colorado River's water. Claire Harbage/NPR H
Published 19 May Share page About sharing Related Topics Climate change Media caption, Watch: Orange skies loom over Canada after wildfire By Brandon Drenon BBC News The province of Alberta, Canada, h
Published 25 April comments Share page About sharing Related Topics COP28 Image source, Getty Images By Matt McGrath and Mark Poynting BBC Climate and Science team A recent, rapid heating of the world
Published 18 April Share page About sharing Related Topics Climate change Image source, Getty Images Image caption, India is one of the countries most exposed and vulnerable to heat By Soutik Biswas I
When Sean Youra was 26 years old and working as an engineer, he started watching documentaries about climate change. Youra, who was struggling with depression and the loss of a family member, was horr
Our children will never experience a childhood as cool as ours. And our childhood wasn’t that cool. That’s one of the stark realities underlined by the latest report from the United Nations Intergover
Snow, high winds and intense rain hit parts of the state Friday. Los Angeles was under a flash flood warning early Saturday, and blizzards were expected in nearby mountains. Heavy snowfall near Pine M
Published 17 February Share page About sharing Related Topics East Palestine train derailment Media caption, Washing fruit with bottled water: How one family is dealing with the aftermath By Bernd Deb
EAST PALESTINE, Ohio — Eleven days after a train derailed, spilling toxic chemicals and causing a massive fire here, officials told residents Tuesday to use bottled water until testing could confirm w
Fossil fuel industry groups say the technology isn’t ideal for the state’s climate. Mainers aren’t buying it. By February 7, 2023 at 6:00 a.m. EST VAN BUREN, Maine — The video starts with a Maine radi
Published 7 February Share page About sharing Media caption, A powerful arctic blast grips North America By Sam Cabral & Nadine Yousif BBC News, Washington and Toronto Forecasters say the coldest wind