‘Bad News’ for Humanity: A Critical Climate System Could Collapse Sooner Than We Thought
The collapse of the AMOC climate system would have devastating and widespread effects, and it could happen much sooner than anyone anticipated.
People Who Didn't Want Kids And Ended Up Having Them Explain Why
"I often used to judge people who decided to have kids. But sometimes, all it takes is one person to change things."
2023, the World's Hottest Year, Was 1.48C Above Average Pre-Industrial Levels
2023 was 0.17C hotter than 2016, the previous hottest year on record.
Celebrity Private Jets Are Everything That's Wrong with Society
The gas-guzzling jetset class reveals the rot at the heart of the climate conversation in 2023.
For Pacific Nations, a COP28 Agreement Could Be a 'Death Certificate'
“We will not sign our death certificate,” Samoa’s Toeolesulusulu Cedric Schuster told other delegates. “We cannot sign on to a text that does not have strong commitments on phasing out fossil fuels”.
Scientists Discover Lost Ancient Landscape Hidden Under Antarctic Ice
The preserved terrains of Antarctica’s balmier past date back tens of millions of years, and contain clues about our future in a warming world.
15,000 Scientists Warn Society Could 'Collapse' This Century In Dire Climate Report
"We are afraid of the uncharted territory that we have now entered.”
It's Getting Too Hot for Tropical Trees to Photosynthesize, Scientists Warn
A small fraction of tropical tree leaves already pass the threshold, scientists estimate, and that number could grow under worst-case climate models.
At Least 36 Dead as Historic Hawaiian Town Destroyed by Wildfires
A huge search and rescue operation in Maui is still ongoing as fires remain out of control.
A Major Climate System Will Collapse Decades Ahead of Schedule and Unleash Devastation, Scientists Predict
The collapse would result in natural disasters and turn Western Europe into Alaska, scientists warn in new research.
Your Phone Isn't Capturing the Reality of Wildfires. Here's How.
Smartphone cameras use algorithms trained on normal landscapes, and aren't prepared to capture the colors of a climate crisis.
New York's Air Is the Worst in the World But Some New Yorkers Still DGAF
While there are serious environmental and health inequality concerns due to wildfire smoke, life at street level Manhattan remains its usual chaotic self.