Global Warming

As an unprecedented heatwave takes hold in Europe, driving the mercury to record levels and causing devastating wildfires across the continent, authorities are scrambling to prevent disruptions to transport services.

According to a new study, two of the glaciers that make up the Antarctic ice sheet are now melting faster than they have over the past 5,500 years. Ironically, the conclusion is based on how sea levels have seemingly dropped in the region over time.

Measuring ocean acidification is possible to an extent with sensors fitted to stationary buoys and vessels, but a newly fitted out deep-diving underwater drone promises to fill in the blanks in a big way.

Scientists are beginning to explore the relationship between climate change and sleep quality, based on the premise that rising ambient temperatures are impacting our rest. And a new study indicates it may already be costing us many hours per year.

The US Department of Energy's efforts to combat climate change are set to receive a massive cash injection, with the Biden administration announcing US$3.5 billion in funding for regional direct air carbon capture hubs to help reach net-zero by 2050.

The latest climate change report from the World Meteorological Organization shines the spotlight on some of the important markers of climate change, detailing a string of alarming new records set across 2021.

An XPrize competition designed to develop solutions to the mounting levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has progressed to its next phase, with 15 teams from around the world each awarded US$1 million to continue developing their technologies.

The last chapter in a trio of reports from the UN's top climate scientists has landed, with the authors noting some reasons for optimism, mounting an argument that the window is still open for meaningful action to limit warming to around 1.5 °C.

Scientists have long warned that with the climate continuing to change we can expect extreme weather events to increase in frequency, and freak heatwaves to hit either end of the planet this week serve as a pertinent example.

Last year the UN's top climate scientists released the first in a trio of reports detailing the dangers of unabated global warming. The second report is now in, and the outlook is only becoming darker.

Meltwater is falling to the base of the Greenland Ice Sheet with such force, the power produced is comparable to that generated by the world's largest hydroelectric power station, creating a melting effect at the bottom that is "completely unprecedented."

An indestructible "black box" for the Earth is set to be built in Australia, and will be tasked with documenting our civilization's descent into climate chaos. Or better yet, inspire urgent action to turn the slow-motion train wreck around.