Climate Change

In the 1800s, pioneering scientists foresaw how carbon in the air could warm Earth. By 1938, English engineer Guy Callendar had linked rising atmospheric carbon dioxide to global warming. Now in 2024 — with atmospheric CO2 at its highest levels in at least 800,000 years — NASA found July 22 …

The climate crisis is making days longer, and it’s bad news for tech. According to a study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,climate change is slowing down the Earth’s rotation.As ice sheet and glacier melting accelerates, rising sea levels redistribute mass from the poles to the equator, …

Since the emergence of social media, the spread of climate mis- and disinformation has been evolving dramatically. From TikTok greenwashing strategies by oil giants, to wellness influencers spreading disinformation, the internet seems to be the mecca of fake news. But what’s behind climate disinformation’s shifting tactics? And how can you …

Days of heavy rain in Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul have caused the worst floods the country’s southernmost state has seen in at least 80 years — and the sheer impact of it can be seen in new drone footage. Since 2 May, 417 of the state’s 497 cities have …

A coral farm in the Bahamas is proving that the most efficient way to restore coral reefs may be growing them on land.Coral Vita is a reef restoration project which grows corals using microfragmentation — the process of cutting corals into small pieces and positioning them near each other to …

The nation is abuzz with questions about the Super Bowl and, it seems, foremost among them is: Will Taylor Swift be able to get to Las Vegas for the Super Bowl on Feb. 11 after performing in Tokyo on Feb. 10? The answer is pretty simple: Swift has a private …

We’ve known for a while that Greenland’s ice sheet is melting worryingly fast. But a new study from Northwestern University and the University of Copenhagen has found that Greenland’s thousands of peripheral glaciers have entered a new and widespread state of rapid retreat. In their research, published in Nature on …

The way we build our cities turns them into unbearable heat-trapping greenhouses — a phenomenon known as the urban heat island effect. As global temperatures rise, some cities could become unliveable unless we learn how to cool them sustainably. Mashable’s How to Change a City series dedicates three of its …

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