Rates of climate change in the world’s ocean depths could be seven times higher than current levels by the second half of this century even if emissions of greenhouse gases Continue Reading
Indian authorities are helping farmers mount a pesticide spraying campaign to fight the swarms of desert locusts which have already devastated crops across Pakistan and East Africa. As many as 700 tractors, 75 fire Continue Reading
California cities and counties cleared an important hurdle in their legal fight to get major oil companies including BP Plc, Exxon Mobil Corp., and Chevron Corp. to pay tens of Continue Reading
Elizabeth Warren has gained support among Democrats as a running mate for Joe Biden. WSJ’s Gerald F. Seib explores the strengths and weaknesses she could bring as Biden’s pick for Continue Reading
After the hottest winter on record in Russia, spring has brought with it a heatwave to Siberia. The region has witnessed unusually warm weather this month, with temperatures in some parts Continue Reading
View full article at www.bloomberg.com
Oh, it could get very bad. In 2015, a study in the Journal of Mathematical Biology pointed out that if the world’s oceans kept warming, by 2100 they might become Continue Reading
Just this month, several of my colleagues on The Washington Post’s climate team were awarded a Pulitzer Prize for their reporting on this exact question. Their analysis of global climate Continue Reading
Millions of people across Bangladesh and eastern India are taking stock of the devastation left by Cyclone Amphan. A massive clean-up operation has begun after the storm left 84 dead and Continue Reading
Mounting disasters in the U.S. are spurring concern about the federal government’s ability to handle a storm season that’s projected to produce the most dangerous storm period since Hurricane Katrina in Continue Reading
Climate scientists are predicting that as many as 20 named hurricanes will develop in the Atlantic basin during the six-month season that officially begins on Monday. The prediction of a Continue Reading
It’s becoming unanimous. Federal researchers are now weighing in on the hurricane season ahead, forecasting as many as 19 named storms for the year, at least six of which are Continue Reading
The European Union is set to launch a down payment on a Green New Deal. As the world slips into a deep economic recession – and some indicators are as Continue Reading
Democrats on Wednesday blasted the Trump administration’s moves to roll back environmental regulations during the coronavirus crisis , with one senator saying a “pandemic of pollution″ has been released. The Continue Reading
An executive order signed by President Trump Tuesday directs agencies to consider what sort of deregulatory action they might take that could spur economic growth. The order directs agency heads Continue Reading
Images AsiaPac Grounded flights, emptied highways and shuttered factories caused global carbon-dioxide emissions to fall to levels not seen since 2006 as stay-at-home orders peaked last month. On April 7, Continue Reading
A new study provides evidence for the influence of warming oceans on increased hurricane intensity. Credit: NOAA New warnings of a global warming-driven increase in the most deadly and destructive Continue Reading
The biggest cyclonic storm over the Bay of Bengal in about two decades has slightly weakened before hitting the coasts of India and Bangladesh on Wednesday, with authorities making preparations Continue Reading
Americans’ positions on climate change have remained largely unshaken by the coronavirus pandemic and economic crisis, according to a new national survey that showed acceptance of the reality of global warming Continue Reading
Airlines could save an estimated $15 billion in carbon offsetting costs if the International Civil Aviation Organisation uses 2019 to calculate aviation’s CO2 emissions baseline, an official with the International Continue Reading
First the virus lockdown shuttered the two dairies where farmer Gavrila Tuchilus sells the milk from his 1,500 cows. Then his fields dried up, forcing him to abandon his barley Continue Reading
The biggest cyclonic storm over the Bay of Bengal in about two decades may likely weaken as it hits coasts of India and Bangladesh late on Wednesday, with authorities making Continue Reading
In the midst of a pandemic that’s shaken energy markets to the core and threatens to send the global economy into a depression, renewable energy is holding steady. In the Continue Reading
Two weeks before the Atlantic hurricane season officially begins, Tropical Storm Arthur has formed off the southeast U.S. coast and is heading toward North Carolina. The National Hurricane Center has Continue Reading
A notable feature of London’s virus lockdown has been day after day of clear blue skies. Now that Prime Minister Boris Johnson has asked some Britons to return to work, the Continue Reading
Climate scientists have previously warned that a lethal combination of heat and humidity will make currently inhabited parts of the planet uninhabitable for months at a time in the decades Continue Reading
Shareholder activists prodding Exxon Mobil Corp on climate-change proposals are backing calls for an independent board chairman as the oil major steps up efforts to keep climate proposals off its Continue Reading
There are now four major oil companies pledging to cut emissions to “net zero,” after Total followed Repsol, BP, and Shell in laying out its plans. And, yet, each one of them Continue Reading
Levels of two major air pollutants have been reduced significantly since lockdowns began in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, but a secondary pollutant—ground-level ozone—has increased in China, according to new Continue Reading
In some ways, the dire lockdowns undertaken to stop Covid-19 have fast-forwarded us into an unlikely future—one with almost impossibly bold climate action taken all at once, no matter the Continue Reading
Extreme heat and humidity are increasing across the globe, threatening millions of lives and economies in places where it could become fatal to work outdoors, scientists said on Friday. Parts Continue Reading
Two men ride bicycles on the riverbed of the Little Missouri River in western North Dakota in June 2017. (Carey J. Williams/AP) published last month in the journal Science found Continue Reading
We are less than 6 months from Election Day, but it’s already clear that this election will be like no other in history. It will take place amid a global Continue Reading
A contorted jet stream — with a massive bulge of high pressure in the West and a downstream dip, or trough, in the East that resembles tall ocean waves — Continue Reading
Springtime is a difficult moment to puzzle out what the ongoing economic shutdown means for global warming. Carbon-dioxide levels always drop throughout the spring and summer in the Northern Hemisphere, Continue Reading
Temperatures in April were on par with the previous warmest April on record four years ago, with extremely high temperatures in some parts of Europe, Greenland and Antarctica. Above-average global temperatures Continue Reading
After three years in office, the Trump administration has dismantled most of the major climate and environmental policies the president promised to undo. Calling the rules unnecessary and burdensome to Continue Reading
In the current climate, mean annual temperatures of greater than 84.2 degrees Fahrenheit (29 degrees Celsius) are restricted to the small dark areas in the Sahara region. In 2070, such Continue Reading
The orange flames that dot the Permian Basin have sparked criticism from investment bankers and shale pioneers who say the energy industry is wasting a valuable resource by burning off Continue Reading
Springtime is a difficult moment to puzzle out what the ongoing economic shutdown means for global warming. Carbon-dioxide levels always drop throughout the spring and summer in the Northern Hemisphere, Continue Reading
Global greenhouse gas emissions are on track to plunge nearly 8 percent this year, the largest drop ever recorded, as worldwide lockdowns to fight the coronavirus have triggered an “unprecedented” Continue Reading
A dozen years ago, New Energy Finance founder and CEO Michael Liebreich asked a room full of California electricity sector executives and regulators what their strategy would be when a grid Continue Reading
Across the low-lying coastal plains of North Carolina, it’s not uncommon to see abandoned homes ruined by the floodwaters of Hurricane Florence two years ago in September. Their doors and Continue Reading
The title of this column—“stranded assets”—describes the financial implications of a climate truism: maintaining an environment that’s somewhat hospitable to humans means that a lot of identified fossil-fuel reserves will Continue Reading
The world’s seas are simmering, with record high temperatures spurring worry among forecasters that the global warming effect may generate a chaotic year of extreme weather ahead. Parts of the Atlantic, Continue Reading
Florida is caught between a climate change-induced sauna of extreme spring temperatures and a steam bath caused by warming oceans. The result has been record-setting heat that has turned April Continue Reading
Last month I discussed the announcement by Jeff Bezos, founder, president and CEO of Amazon — that he would commit $10 billion toward fighting climate change . The money would Continue Reading
A drought, equal to the worst to have hit the western US in recorded history, is already under way, say scientists. Researchers say the megadrought is a naturally occurring event Continue Reading
Water levels at the Ward Creek Reservoir in Grand Mesa, Colo., have gone down in recent years because of persistent drought conditions. (Carolyn Van Houten/The Washington Post) The study, on Continue Reading
Clear skies and more sunlight over Greenland last summer resulted in the biggest drop in the ice sheet’s mass ever recorded, new research shows. The phenomenon was linked to an exceptional Continue Reading
