A European Union strategy to boost forest protection has turned a simmering scientific debate into a full-blown firestorm, pitting one of the bloc’s oldest industries against a perceived power grab Continue Reading
A key mining region in Australia, the world’s top exporter of metallurgical coal used in steelmaking, is producing vastly more methane emissions than global competitors, according to new analysis. For Continue Reading
Melting permafrost across Arctic regions has already caused highways to buckle and homes to sink. A new study conducted in the north of Alaska helps explain why rising temperatures are Continue Reading
A rebound in global gas demand to 2024 following a record fall last year is poised to knock the world off track for a climate goal of achieving net-zero emissions Continue Reading
A massive plume of methane, the potent greenhouse gas that’s a key contributor to global warming, has been identified in China’s biggest coal production region. The release in northeast Shanxi Continue Reading
The spotlight on the insurance industry’s support of fossil fuel projects is proving so searing that the names of some of those involved have been scrubbed from the record. Canada’s Continue Reading
It is hardly news any more that heat records are being broken every summer. We knew this would happen in a warming world — and so it has. What is Continue Reading
Opinion by the Editorial Board Americans should get used to terms such as “heat dome” and “megadrought.” The sorts of extreme weather events that experts warned would become increasingly frequent Continue Reading
On Feb. 6, 2020, the mercury stood at 64.9 degrees on a thermometer at Esperanza Base on the Trinity Peninsula at Antarctica. After more than a year of investigation, scientists Continue Reading
Extreme temperatures in China coupled with a lack of hydro-power forced blackouts in some of its largest industrial cities last month. A rare and short-lived subtropical storm popped up in Continue Reading
