Methane is four times more sensitive to global warming than previously thought, a new study shows. The result helps to explain the rapid growth in methane in recent years and suggests that, if left…
A spacecraft measuring Earth's warming 'greenhouse' effect in its greatest ever detail will be built in the UK.
The Forum satellite will be assembled by aerospace giant Airbus at its factory in…
Australia has said a La Niña event has developed for a second consecutive year, meaning there is a greater risk locally of floods and cyclones.
Last time the weather phenomenon contributed to "once…
A major report on climate says both greenhouse gas concentrations and global sea levels hit record highs in 2020.
Bolstering the case for meaningful climate action, a major report released Wednesday…
City Hall analysis shows 3.1 million school children are being exposed to air pollution levels exceeding World Health Organisation limits on PM2.5.
School areas in London have shown to have much…
Sprites and jets are fleeting atmospheric phenomena, hard enough to witness, let alone photograph.
But a new image from an observatory in Hawaii captures both a red sprite and a blue jet in the…
Europe's most active volcano is having an epic couple of weeks.
Mount Etna, Europe's most active volcano, has been belching ash, smoke and lava over the Sicilian countryside for more than two weeks…
Bermuda shutters schools and ports for Hurricane Paulette
Hurricane Sally moves towards US Gulf coast
For only the second time in recorded history, five tropical cyclones are churning in…
Methane is a shorter-lived greenhouse gas - why do we average it out over 100 years? By doing so, do we risk emitting so much in the upcoming decades that we reach climate tipping points?
The…
Every summer, the wind carries large amounts of desert dust particles from the hot and dry Sahara Desert in northern Africa across the Atlantic Ocean. Data from the Copernicus Sentinel satellites and…
Study on impact of Covid-19 lockdowns on temperature suggests next generation may benefit.
It seems logical that if we dramatically cut greenhouse gas emissions the global temperature will go down,…
What was the climate and sea level like at times in Earth’s history when carbon dioxide in the atmosphere was at 400ppm?
The last time global carbon dioxide levels were consistently at or above 400…
New simulations visualized the field's shifting flows over 100,000 years.
Our planet's dynamic magnetic field can change direction far more quickly than scientists suspected.
Ozone levels above the Arctic reached a record low for March, NASA researchers report. An analysis of satellite observations show that ozone levels reached their lowest point on March 12 at 205…
The Future We Choose, a new book by the architects of the Paris climate accords, offers two contrasting visions for how the world might look in thirty years (read the best case scenario here)
Outdoor heaters: Paris campaigners want them banned
A campaign is underway in Paris to ban heaters due to concerns about their electricity use.
Since the smoking ban, there has been a mass move to…
Atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations are on track for one of their largest annual increases since record-keeping began in 1958, driven in part by the bushfire calamity sweeping Australia, the UK…
They’re the Koch Brothers. Their subsidiaries focus on all things fossil fuels and chemicals, from manufacturing, refining, and distribution of petroleum, to polymers, minerals, and fertilizers, to…
A study by the British Lung Foundation & UK100 reported that 248 hospitals (17 per cent of the total) in the UK are located in areas with particle pollution above WHO guidelines.
The new data…
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