Ninety-nine percent of the planet’s freshwater ice is locked up in the Antarctic and Greenland ice caps. Now, a growing number of studies are raising the possibility that as those Continue Reading
The worst drought in decades is leaving an oil refinery in southern India parched. Mangalore Refinery & Petrochemicals Ltd. shut a crude-processing unit at its facility on Thursday because of Continue Reading
Much of India is reeling from a heat wave and severe drought conditions that have decimated crops, killed livestock and left at least 330 million Indians without enough water for Continue Reading
Norway’s $870 billion sovereign wealth fund (SWF) is the largest in the world, and it’s now planning to use its prowess to force supergiants Exxon Mobil and Chevron to report Continue Reading
Each morning at 3:30, when Joann Bourg leaves the mildewed and rusted house that her parents built on her grandfather’s property, she worries that the bridge connecting this spit of Continue Reading
Investigating the factors affecting ice melt in Greenland — one of the most rapidly changing places on Earth — is a major priority for climate scientists. And new research is Continue Reading
Think sea level rise will be moderate and something we can all plan for? Think again. Sea levels could rise by much more than originally anticipated, and much faster, according Continue Reading
A U.N. expert says commitments so far under the Paris Climate Agreement are short of what’s needed to keep climate change in check. Photo by Debbie Hill/ UPI GENEVA, Switzerland, Continue Reading
The great ice sheets on the continent are starting to melt. An airport hangar outside Paris shook with cheers, toasts and foot-stomping in December as diplomats ushered a landmark climate Continue Reading
From crippling droughts to rising seas, scientists warn of global warming impacts. Representatives from more than 150 countries will gather at the United Nations on Friday to officially sign a Continue Reading
