A giant, catastrophic tsunami in Alaska triggered by a landslide of rock left unstable after glacier melting is likely to occur in the next two decades, scientists fear - and it could happen within…
Warming ocean contributes to sea level rise and to more extreme weather such as hurricanes.
Even the pitch black, nearly freezing waters at the bottom of the ocean – far from where humans live and…
Air temperatures hit all-time highs for month and Arctic sea ice level was ‘particularly low’.
The world this year experienced its hottest September on record, scientists have reported.
Surface air…
In her first State of the Union Address, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, announced a stronger climate ambition by increasing emissions reduction from the previously…
In the face of dangerous heat waves this summer, Americans have taken shelter in air conditioned cooling centers. Normally, that would be a wise choice, but during a pandemic, indoor shelters present…
The Paris climate agreement seeks to limit global warming to 1.5℃ this century. A new report by the World Meteorological Organization warns this limit may be exceeded by 2024 – and the risk is…
Water seeping into fissures in Thwaites glacier in Antarctica, accelerating rise of sea levels.
British scientists have mapped cavities half the size of the Grand Canyon that are allowing warm ocean…
Antarctica and Greenland's ice sheets are currently melting at a pace consistent with worst-case-scenario predictions for sea level rise, with serious consequences for coastal communities and the…
Italian scientists warn Marmolada has shrunk 80% in 70 years due to global heating.
The largest and most symbolic glacier in the Dolomites could vanish within 15 years because of global heating,…
New York/Geneva - Climate change has not stopped for COVID19. Greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere are at record levels and continue to increase. Emissions are heading in the direction of…
A recent report confirms that ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica, whose mass-loss rates have been rapidly increasing, are matching the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's worst-case sea-…
In the summer of 2015, Laurie Weitkamp was walking on the beach near her coastal Oregon home when she saw something strange: The water was purple. A colony of tunicates, squishy cylindrical critters…
Scientists monitor frequency of Danube freezing over to track rising temperatures.
As a landlocked country in the heart of Europe, Hungary has a typically continental climate, with little or no…
Anyone who's tending a garden right now knows what extreme heat can do to plants. Heat is also a concern for an important form of underwater gardening: growing corals and "outplanting," or…
Expert warns of health implications of climate emergency as Britons flock to beaches.
As people flock to beaches and parks this weekend after the hottest August day in 17 years, a leading health…
An MIT study explains why the Mediterranean Basin will be arider with the rising temperatures, which is expected to cause increased rainfalls in other parts of the world.
The Mediterranean Basin is…
LONDON (Reuters) - Last year was one of the three warmest on record, with glaciers melting, sea levels rising and a spate of wildfires, heatwaves and droughts, research published in the Bulletin of…
A major report on the state of the global climate for 2019 published today reveals further evidence of climate change.
The 30th edition of the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society is a…