Global Warming

The belches of cattle around the world are a huge source of methane emissions, but a sprinkling of seaweed in their diets could change that.

A Special Report of Climate Change and Land by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has just been released. It shows that land is under increasing pressure from humans and climate change, and calls for better land management around the world, and a change in diet.​

Researchers at the Salk Institute are approaching gene-editing technology with some very big-picture thinking, looking to tweak the genes of humankind’s most commonly sown crops so they store more carbon dioxide underground as a way of fighting climate change

An electric plane capable of traveling 1,000 km on each charge would be capable of hopping between some pretty exotic destinations. This might sound like a pipe dream, but these distances are firmly in the sights of electric aircraft builders gearing up for test flights within the next few years.

According to the authors of a new paper, the energy infrastructure we’ve already constructed is more than enough to warm the planet beyond levels considered safe, and that’s before we start to consider future power plants currently in the pipeline. ​

​​The UN has published a new report detailing the dangers of climate change and how it will shape the issue of poverty in the coming decades. It paints a grim picture for not just those suffering in the current day, but the millions upon millions that will be pushed into poverty as a result.

We live in increasingly polarized times with increasingly entrenched views. Climate scientist Ed Hawkins hopes to persuade people of the threat of global warming with a new and striking way to visualize climate data: a series of vertical stripes that convey rising temperatures year on year.

​Climate change already appears to be responsible for an overabundance of jellyfish in the world's oceans, but new research indicates that it may also lead to something else – lots and lots of squid. The findings run contrary to what was expected to be the case.

The latest readings of atmospheric C02 concentration reveal that it is now at levels never reached before in the entirety of human existence. As one meteorologist puts it, "We don't know a planet like this."

​​In the face of climate change, reindeer are resorting to eating kelp seaweed, according to new research. The creatures in question are Svalbard reindeer, a sub-species of wild reindeer.

​Do meal kits have a larger carbon footprint than regular grocery store shopping? A team of environmental researchers set out to crunch the numbers ​discovering that despite the extra plastic waste meal kits may produce less environmental emissions than conventional grocery shopping.

Continuing a long-term upward trend, several climate reports released today have concluded that 2018 was among the hottest years on record. In independent analyses, NASA, NOAA and WMO have all found the past year to be dotted with broken records.