The Independent speaks to Prof Hayhoe as she is appointed chief scientist of the Nature Conservancy, one of the world’s largest environmental organisations.
More effort must be made to represent…
Twice before, humanity has mitigated severe global environmental threats. In both cases we did this not with ‘cap and trade’ systems, taxes, or offsets, but with bans.
The current could slow down to a point of no return, altering the climate on both sides of the Atlantic.
The Gulf Stream — one of Earth's major climate-regulating ocean currents — is moving slower…
The Catholic leader used the Bible story of Noah to address the potential devastating impacts of increased global heating.
Pope Francis has warned that humanity is facing a “great flood” if the…
Sir James Bevan says extreme flooding in UK indicates urgent need for change if humanity is to survive.
The climate emergency is already hitting “worst case scenario” levels that if left unchecked…
The Lone Star State is aptly named. If you’re not part of the Republican oil elite with Cruz and Abbott, you’re on your own.
Texas has long represented a wild west individualism that elevates…
Texas oil refineries released hundreds of thousands of pounds of pollutants including benzene, carbon monoxide, hydrogen sulfide, and sulfur dioxide into the air as they scrambled to shut down during…
Why did it take sauropods 15 million years to cross the supercontinent of pangea?
Why did it take sauropods - the family of dinosaurs which includes the very biggest creatures ever to have walked…
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Mr. President, Excellencies,
I thank the British Presidency for convening this debate, and for your invitation to brief on a subject of grave concern.
The…
A new paper argues that returning to estimates for the cost of carbon dioxide used in the Obama era would leave the U.S. far behind its Paris Agreement goals.
Let's not waste time. You will need: warm clothes, plenty of firewood and enough supplies (flour, yeast, toilet paper — the usual) to not have to leave the house for the next week or two.
Experts have described the coronavirus pandemic as the kind of crisis that will become even more likely as the planet warms. But now, researchers think that climate change may have actually played a…
Having a home flooded may cause post-traumatic stress disorder and extreme heat inflates risk of heart disease, researchers say.
More than 12 million people in the UK face serious health problems –…
Warming of oceans due to greenhouse gas absorption may accelerate rise to beyond 1 metre by 2100.
Rising sea levels seem one of the more distant threats of the climate emergency, unless you live in…
Pollution from power plants, vehicles and other sources accounted for one in five of all deaths that year, more detailed analysis reveals.
Air pollution caused by the burning of fossil fuels such as…
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