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As Los Angeles combusts, 2024 is declared Earth’s hottest on record
Andrew King, The University of Melbourne and David Karoly, The University of Melbourne The year 2024 was the…
What Is The Most Powerful Hurricane Possible On Earth?
Hurricanes and typhoons are some of the most powerful forces in nature. These massive storms, fueled by warm…
Why The COP28 Climate Summit Mattered, And What To Watch For In 2024
U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry and his Chinese counterpart, Xie Zhenhua, had front-row seats at…
COP28: The Scientific Basis For A Rapid Fossil Fuel Phase Out
COP28 President Sultan al-Jaber, centre, attends a plenary session at the COP28 UN Climate Summit, Dec. 8, 2023,…
Don’t Applaud The Climate Summit’s Loss And Damage Fund Deal Just Yet – It Might Not Warrant That Standing Ovation
Some countries like the Philippines have been hit by repeated climate change-fueled disasters. Ezra Acayan/Getty Images Shannon Gibson,…
As disasters and heat intensify, can the world meet the urgency of the moment at the COP28 climate talks?
Shutterstock Brendan Mackey, Griffith University Eight years ago, the world agreed to an ambitious target in the Paris…
Maui’s deadly wildfires burn through Lahaina – it’s a reminder of the growing risk to communities that once seemed safe
Wildfires, pushed by powerful winds, raced through Lahaina, Hawaii, on Aug. 8 and 9, 2023, leaving a charred…
Climate Change – Always Following The Sun
Limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees requires the energy system to be restructured as quickly as possible. But…
Record-Breaking Heat in Europe
A three-day heatwave is rolling across Europe, breaking temperature records in its path. The heat has been topping…
How To Survive A Heatwave
On colour-coded temperature charts, the Indian subcontinent is currently a sickly mauve. With summer still months away, an…
COP26: A Four-Minute Guide By A Climate Scientist
COP26, which is taking place in Glasgow, is the latest in a series of meetings through which the…
Which Countries Are Meeting Their Paris Agreement Goals?
When it comes to emission reductions, some countries aim high but miss the mark by a long shot…
IPCC report: How to make global emissions peak and fall – and what’s stopping us
Every few years, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) – the United Nation’s climate science body –…
Turkey, Greece and Italy Battle Historic Fires
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published its latest assessment of human-made climate change on Monday, warning that the…
This is the most sobering report card yet on climate change and Earth’s future. Here’s what you need to know
Earth has warmed 1.09℃ since pre-industrial times and many changes such as sea-level rise and glacier melt are…
Facts About Climate Change You Need To Be Aware Of
The climate is changing, and how knowledgeable are you about it? We see the global temperature rise, warming…
How Cities Can Combat The Dangerous Combination Of Extreme Heat And COVID
Labor Day Weekend usually signals the end of summer, but this year, it seems like the record heat…
The Paralyzing Link Between Climate Change And Land Use
A recently released International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) special report reveals that an estimate of 23% of…
The Global Disparity in Carbon Footprints
Global carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) rose in 2o18, after four years of successive stability. This is what was…
State Of The Earth 2019: Red Alert
The State of the Earth is not an annual message that we look forward to. The report published…
The Biggest Threat To Our Oceans Is That We’ve Taken Them For Granted
‘Most of the people on the planet … think the ocean is a problem for them. They fear…
Not convinced on the need for urgent climate action? Here’s what happens to our planet between 1.5°C and 2°C of global warming
Many numbers are bandied around in climate emergency discussions. Of them, 1.5°C is perhaps the most important. At…
Combatting Climate Change Doesn’t Mean Abandoning Growth – But It Does Require Tough Choices
With the right combination of policies, we can increase living standards and mitigate global warming at the same…
40 Years Ago, Scientists Predicted Climate Change. And Hey, They Were Right
Forty years ago, a group of climate scientists sat down at Woods Hole in Massachusetts for the first…
Damage Estimates For Hurricanes Like Dorian Don’t Capture The Full Cost Of Climate Change-Fueled Disasters
Scientists say climate change is causing powerful hurricanes like Dorian to increasingly stall over coastal areas, which leads…
‘It Eats Everything’ – The New Breed Of Wildfire That’s Impossible To Predict
Climate change and negligent forest management are causing higher-intensity, faster-moving fires that can generate enough energy to evolve into erratic firestorms, known as…
Which Climate Innovations Will Really Limit Global Warming?
To help filter the most effective innovations to invest in, a global initiative has developed a new way…
Increasing Wildfires Threaten To Turn Much Of Northern Hemisphere’s Forests From Vital Carbon Stores Into Climate Heaters
In 2014, we travelled to the northern boreal forests of Canada to set experimental fires that would help…
A Not So Cool Thing About Air Conditioners
The past five years (2014-2018) are the hottest years on record. Every year, the world is getting warmer.…
Global Inequality Is 25% Higher Than It Would Have Been In A Climate-Stable World
Those least responsible for global warming will suffer the most. Poorer countries – those that have contributed far…
The UN’s 1.5°C Special Climate Report At A Glance
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released a special report on October 08 on the impacts of global…
Why What’s Happening In Antarctica Won’t Stay In Antarctica
The loss of polar ice may seem like an abstract concern, but it’s one that will affect all…
Why Cities Rule The World
Cities are the 21st century’s dominant form of civilization — and they’re where humanity’s struggle for survival will take place.…
Why The Actions Of Cities — Not Nations — Will Be The Key To Our Survival On Earth
While some world leaders resist global cooperation, city leaders are working across borders to tackle big issues like…
How To Prepare Cities & Citizens For More Killer Heat Waves
As climate change takes hold, researchers are exploring what it will take for communities to adapt. Heat waves…
What People Get Wrong About Climate Change
When discussing climate change, it’s not about saving the planet. 195 countries just made a historic agreement to…
The Best Countries To Escape The Worst Effects Of Climate Change
Using research from the University of Notre Dame, Eco Experts created a map ranking the countries that would…
Why Cities Temperature Are Warmer Than The Countryside?
In cities, the air, surface and soil temperatures are almost always warmer than in rural areas. This effect…
Smart Cities Is Not Enough, It Needs To Be Smarter Or Else
As a planet, we have some serious climate targets to meet in the coming years. The Paris Agreement,…
Stop Detaching A City’s Life & Fate With The Planet’s
Back in the 1960s, the influential urban planner and journalist Jane Jacobs put American cities under the microscope.…
The Top 20 Cities Embracing Solar Energy
While giant new solar farms located in rural areas and deserts have been grabbing the headlines lately, America’s…
How Earth Will Evolve 10,000 Years From Now
Climate change means the end of our world, but the beginning of another—one with a new set of…
How The World Would Be Without Ice
Portland, Oregon, may not be a coastal city, but if all of the world’s ice sheets melted, it…
More Trees Means Better Streets Means Amazing Cities
CITIES CAN IMPACT GLOBAL WARMING BY COOLING THEMSELVES WITH TREES Cities get hotter than surrounding areas due to…
How Your City Is Solving Global Warming
Cities may only occupy about 2% of the world’s habitable land, but they are big drivers of global…
Cooler Cities With Electric Vehicles
EVs are not only greener, they also could alleviate sweltering city summers. Conventional cars produce a lot of…
7 Ways Architecture Can Tackle Global Warming
Architecture is one of the key drivers of climate change. Between construction and the energy required to keep…
The Deadly Rise Of Sea Levels
Climate change is making the oceans rise, creating more and more dangerous situations for our coastal cities. See…