When a lion decides to chase down a zebra it seems as though nothing can stop it. But now researchers have discovered these enormous predators are being thwarted by a tiny foe: ants. Scientists have f

The planet-warming emissions generated during the first two months of the war in Gaza were greater than the annual carbon footprint of more than 20 of the world’s most climate-vulnerable nations, new

Former Florida state representative Joe Gibbons sat in the library of the Faith Community church in Greensboro, North Carolina, trying to convince its pastor to quit promoting rooftop solar. With a lo

Cop29, the next round of UN talks to tackle the climate crisis, will be led by another veteran of the oil and gas industry. Mukhtar Babayev, Azerbaijan’s ecology and natural resources minister, has be

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More than a month’s worth of rain fell Friday across parts of New York City and Long Island, much of it within a few hours, flooding utility infrastructure, stranding vehicles and subway commuters, an

The richest 10 percent of U.S. households are responsible for 40 percent of the country’s greenhouse gas emissions, according to a study released Thursday in PLOS Climate. The study, which looked at h

Record-breaking heat is becoming the new normal in Texas, an analysis of temperature data by The Texas Tribune shows, as climate change steadily warms the planet and shifts the range of typical temper

A firefighter walks toward flames as the Highland Fire burns in Aguana, California, on October 31, 2023. David Swanson/AFP/Getty Images CNN — Month after month since June, the world has been abnormall

Advertisement Watch 15 November 2023 BBC News BBC forecaster Ben Rich takes a look at the extreme heat affecting Brazil Red alerts have been issued for almost 3,000 towns and cities across Brazil, whi

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Advertisement Watch 21 November 2023 BBC News TERCIO TEIXEIRA Brazil has recorded its hottest ever temperature - 44.8C (112.6F) - as parts of the country endure a stifling heatwave. The record was hit

Flowers are “giving up on” pollinators and evolving to be less attractive to them as insect numbers decline, researchers have said. A study has found the flowers of field pansies growing near Paris ar

Electricity generated from US solar and wind systems will surpass power produced by burning coal for the first time next year, driven by surging panel installations. Coal will produce about 599 billio

The president of Cop28, Sultan Al Jaber, has claimed there is “no science” indicating that a phase-out of fossil fuels is needed to restrict global heating to 1.5C, the Guardian and the Centre for Cli

Advertisement Watch 27 November 2023 Climate editor, BBC News Getty Images Dr Sultan al-Jaber is president of the climate summit and the head of the United Arab Emirates' state oil company The United

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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,

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