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06 03 2019 | 11:30

It is time to fix the broken nitrogen cycle, says UN Environment.

On the 4th of March 2019, UN Environment launched its latest Frontiers report, which explores five of the most significant emerging issues on the environment. The topics identified in the report…

25 02 2019 | 15:11

The debate is over: The oceans are in hot, hot water.

The Earth’s surface is 70 percent water, but even that underestimates how vital ocean health is to our planet’s ability to maintain life. Recent results from scientists around the world only further…

22 02 2019 | 13:14

Climate Change: Enough of the ‘Why?’ Time for the ‘Now’

Solutions Won’t Be Easy to Find, But Collaboration and Innovation Offer New Opportunities—and B Corps Can Help It’s been a busy month for the environment.

22 02 2019 | 12:45

Global Warming Needs Re-branding, Again.

‘Climate Change’ just didn’t cut it The sudden usage of the term climate change over global warming is no coincidence. While a distinction between the terms does exist, most politicians use them…

21 02 2019 | 09:16

IRENA chief: Renewable energy is ‘defence policy of the future’

Renewable energy will rewrite the geopolitical map, according to the man tasked with taking clean energy global. Adnan Z. Amin also told EURACTIV that any politicians not worried by the “truly…

19 02 2019 | 15:41

The Katowice Climate Package: Making The Paris Agreement Work For All

When delegates adopted the 2015 Paris Agreement to widespread cheers and excitement, it was clear that further details needed to be negotiated on how the agreement would be implemented transparently…

19 02 2019 | 12:59

'Grandfather Of Climate Science' Wallace Broecker Dies At 87

Wallace Broecker, a climate scientist who brought the term "global warming" into the public and scientific lexicon, died on Monday. He was 87. Broecker, a professor in the department of earth and…

12 02 2019 | 15:28

Pioneers of climate science win “Nobel” prize for environment

  Warren M. Washington, the father of climate modeling, and Michael E. Mann, who was vilified by fossil fuel companies and  politicians for his work on climate change, have been awarded 2019 Tyler…

08 02 2019 | 16:12

The hottest 5 years on record: 2016, 2015, 2017, 2018, and 2014

Officially, 2018 has been the 4th hottest year on record, fulfilling a dreadful pattern: the past five years have been the hottest since mankind started recording global temperatures in 1880. This is…

07 02 2019 | 15:06

2018 was the fourth-hottest year on record, and it’s getting even hotter

As warmer temperatures mess with global rainfall patterns, the U.S. East saw record rains Overall, 2018 was the fourth-warmest year on record, and climate change trends suggest that temperatures…

07 02 2019 | 14:52

UN warns world on track to breach 3C rise by 2100; last year was fourth warmest on record

Last year was the fourth warmest year on record and the outlook is for more sizzling heat approaching levels that most view as dangerous for humankind on the Earth, a United Nations report has shown…

07 02 2019 | 11:44

Met Office: World has 10% chance of ‘overshooting’ 1.5C within five years

There is a one-in-10 chance that global average temperatures could “temporarily exceed” 1.5C above pre-industrial levels in at least one year over the next five years, according to new Met Office…

04 02 2019 | 13:39

Extreme weather shatters records around the world

US cities as cold as the Arctic. An Australian inferno. The UK covered in snow. It's only one month into 2019 and meteorologists are already talking in superlatives as extreme weather patterns have…

01 02 2019 | 11:50

Q&A: How is Arctic warming linked to the ‘polar vortex’ and other extreme weather?

The past week has seen some brutal weather hitting the US and Canada. With cold Arctic air plunging south down to the US midwest, six states have seen temperatures lower than the south pole and at…

01 02 2019 | 10:00

January was Australia's hottest month since records began

January was Australia’s hottest month on record, with the country’s mean temperature exceeding 30C for the first time since records began in 1910. The Bureau of Meteorology released its climate…

25 01 2019 | 10:49

2018 was the fourth warmest year on record -- and more evidence of a ‘new normal,’ scientist group reports

The year was one in a string that have been a full degree Celsius, or 1.8 degrees Fahrenheit, warmer than temperatures in the late 19th century, the report found. The year 2018 is likely to have…

24 01 2019 | 10:43

As Climate Warms, Plants Will Absorb Less CO₂, Study Finds

The last time the atmosphere contained as much carbon dioxide as it does now, dinosaurs roamed what was then a verdant landscape. The earth’s lushness was at least partly caused by the abundance of…

23 01 2019 | 12:47

Global Warming Concerns Rise Among Americans in New Poll

A record number of Americans understand that climate change is real,according to a new survey, and they are increasingly worried about its effects in their lives today. Some 73 percent of Americans…

16 01 2019 | 13:16

With climate change, life in the Gulf could become impossible

In the second half of the century, most of the territory bordering the Gulf, Red Sea and Arabian Sea could experience “wet bulb temperatures” making outdoor activities practically impossible, writes…

14 01 2019 | 10:33

Weather records to fall as heatwave smashes the country

Every state and territory will bake through a heatwave this week with a “big burst of heat” likely to smash weather records across the country. The Bureau of Meteorology said western Sydney could…