Splits over climate policy threaten to derail UN summit in Madrid
The UN climate talks in Madrid are at risk of stalling over the question of how to create a global carbon trading market, a highly divisive issue that has splintered Continue Reading
Climate change: Methane pulse detected from South Sudan wetlands
The Sudd: Microbes in saturated soils will produce methane Scientists think they can now explain at least part of the recent growth in methane (CH4) levels in the atmosphere. Researchers, Continue Reading
Analysis: Global Fossil-Fuel Emissions up 0.6% in 2019 due to China
After increasing at the fastest rate for seven years in 2018, global CO2 emissions are set to rise much more slowly this year – but will, nevertheless, reach another record Continue Reading
In an aerial survey, Times reporters found six methane “super emitters.” The gray line indicates their flight path.
Do you see the methane leak billowing from this tank? Vast amounts of methane are escaping from oil and gas sites nationwide, worsening global warming, even as the Trump administration Continue Reading
The Energy 202: ExxonMobil just won a big climate court case in New York. But it’s not in the clear yet.
ExxonMobil just beat the state of New York in a closely-watched climate fraud case. But other state and local governments suing the oil and natural gas company say they remain Continue Reading
EU Unveils ‘Green Deal’ Plan to Get Europe Carbon Neutral by 2050
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen unveils Europe’s “Green Deal” plan to fight climate change on Dec. 11, 2019, at the European Commission headquarters in Brussels. Credit: Aris Oikonomou/AFP/Getty Continue Reading
Climate Change Is Ravaging the Arctic, Report Finds
Temperatures in the Arctic region remained near record highs this year, according to a report issued on Tuesday, leading to low summer sea ice, cascading impacts on the regional food Continue Reading
Report finds sweeping changes underway across the Arctic.
Permafrost, seen at the top of the cliff, melts into the Kolyma River outside Zyryanka, Russia, on July 4. Melting permafrost is altering Siberia’s landscape and economy. (Michael Robinson Chavez/The Continue Reading
Climate change: Greenland ice melt ‘is accelerating’
Greenland is losing ice seven times faster than it was in the 1990s. The assessment comes from an international team of polar scientists who’ve reviewed all the satellite observations over Continue Reading
Extreme weather patterns are raising the risk of a global food crisis, and climate change will make this worse
Eadi Gul, 5, at the Khorastan Camp outside the capital of Badghis province in Afghanistan, populated by a mix of ethnic Tajiks from the nearby village of Tutak and Pashtuns Continue Reading