Global Warming News
January 26, 2025
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Jan. 23, 2025 — While climate change is likely to present significant challenges to agriculture in coming decades, it could also mean that crops such as chickpeas, soyabeans and oranges are widely grown across the ...
Jan. 24, 2025 — Researchers have identified an unknown family of microbes uniquely adapted to the waterlogged, low-oxygen conditions of tropical peatlands in Peru's northwestern Amazonian rainforest. The new ...
Jan. 22, 2025 — Unraveling the chemical processes in soot particle filters reveals new ways to produce synthetic ...
Jan. 21, 2025 — The Great Salt Lake, the largest saltwater lake in the Western Hemisphere, reached historic low levels in 2022, raising economic, ecological and public health concerns for Utah. New research is believed to be the first peer-reviewed study that ...
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Jan. 24, 2025 — A research team has made significant discoveries regarding the complex reaction mechanisms of carbon dioxide (CO2) in supercritical water. These ...
Jan. 23, 2025 — Shallow coastal waters are hotspots for methane emissions, releasing significant amounts of this potent greenhouse gas into the atmosphere and contributing to global warming. This new research ...
Jan. 21, 2025 — Following two months of record heat and precipitation in fall 2022, an estimated 7,500 lakes in West Greenland turned brown, began emitting carbon ...
Jan. 21, 2025 — Marine scientists highlights the complex interplay between heat stress, disease onset and coral mortality. They found that 66 percent of the colonies ...
Jan. 17, 2025 — Atmospheric scientists show proposed 'geoengineering' effort to remove methane, a potent greenhouse gas, from the atmosphere could worse air quality while providing minimal climate ...
Jan. 17, 2025 — Scientists find a 'measure and remeasure' approach is a feasible method of verifying soil carbon storage in croplands for climate ...
Jan. 16, 2025 — A new study analyzing a lake formed by a glacier surge in the Karakoram Mountains has revealed how satellite images can be used to monitor the ...
Jan. 16, 2025 — New research reveals that drought and increased temperatures in a CO2-rich climate can dramatically alter how grasslands use and move water. The study provides the first experimental demonstration of ...
Jan. 16, 2025 — In an interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary study, an international team examined the social risks for Arctic regions associated with thawing permafrost. They identified five key risks related to ...
Jan. 15, 2025 — Researchers have discovered that changes in clouds are slightly mitigating global warming. While greenhouse gases continue to cause temperatures to rise, a reduction in low-cloud cover over land has ...
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Jan. 16, 2025 — Increasingly common since 1980, persistent multi-year droughts will continue to advance with the warming climate, warns a new study. This publicly available forty-year global quantitative inventory ...
Jan. 16, 2025 — 4,900 years ago, a Neolithic people on the Danish island Bornholm sacrificed hundreds of stones engraved with sun and field motifs. Archaeologists and climate scientists can now show that these ...
Jan. 16, 2025 — The synchronization of data from two natural climate archives -- a speleothem from the Herbstlabyrinth Cave in Hesse (Germany) and ice cores from Greenland -- offers new insights into the chronology ...
Jan. 16, 2025 — A new study has revealed the alarming extent glaciers have shrunk over the past 40 years in a global warming hotspot -- and the biggest retreat has occurred in recent ...
Jan. 15, 2025 — Longer, more diverse rotations of crops fertilized with livestock manure have many environmental benefits, but carbon sequestration isn't one of them, according to a new ...
Jan. 15, 2025 — Methane from the destroyed Nord Stream pipelines spread over a large part of the southern Baltic Sea and remained for several ...
Jan. 15, 2025 — The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) has not slowed down since the mid-20th century based on the North Atlantic air-sea heat fluxes over that time. This finding contrasts with ...
Jan. 14, 2025 — In recent years, more than 60 countries have developed strategies to stimulate the market ramp-up of hydrogen, particularly in the industrial sector. However, in 2023, less than ten percent of the ...
Jan. 10, 2025 — Researchers have created a dataset of the whole atmosphere, enabling new research to be conducted on previously difficult-to-study regions. Using a new data-assimilation system called JAGUAR-DAS, ...
Jan. 9, 2025 — A new study provides the first comprehensive global estimates of the amount of water stored in Earth's plants and the amount of time it takes for that water to flow through them. The information ...
Jan. 9, 2025 — Construction materials such as concrete and plastic have the potential to lock away billions of tons of carbon dioxide, according to a new study by civil engineers and earth systems scientists. The ...
Jan. 9, 2025 — Laboratory experiments designed to deform ice at its pressure-melting temperature were like grabbing a bagel at the top and the bottom, then twisting the two halves to smear the cream cheese in the ...
Jan. 9, 2025 — Hydroclimate whiplash -- rapid swings between intensely wet and dangerously dry weather -- has already increased globally due to climate change, with further large increases expected as warming ...
Jan. 7, 2025 — Researchers have devised a way to improve the accuracy of climate change models for the Global South by integrating historical records kept by missionaries and other ...
Jan. 7, 2025 — A researcher has used advanced models that indicate that the formation of Pluto and Charon may parallel that of the Earth-Moon system. Both systems include a moon that is a large fraction of the size ...
Jan. 6, 2025 — Scientists say the frozen remnants of an ancient forest discovered 600 feet above the modern tree line on the Beartooth Plateau may portend possible changes for the alpine ecosystem if the climate ...
Jan. 6, 2025 — Lead exposure is responsible for a range of human health impacts, with even relatively low levels impacting the cognitive development of children. Scientists have previously used atmospheric ...
Jan. 6, 2025 — 2024 was another year of record-breaking temperatures, driving the global water cycle to new climate extremes and contributing to ferocious floods and crippling droughts, a new report shows. The ...
Jan. 6, 2025 — Over the last 20 years, large floods were associated with up to 24.9 percent higher death rates from major mortality causes in the U.S. compared to normal conditions. A new study demonstrates the ...
Jan. 6, 2025 — In the Arctic, the old, multiyear ice is increasingly melting, dramatically reducing the frequency and size of pressure ridges. These ridges are created when ice floes press against each other and ...
Thursday, January 16, 2025
- The Megadroughts Are Upon Us
- Volcanic Eruption Caused Neolithic People to Sacrifice Unique 'sun Stones'
- Speleothem and Ice Cores: Natural Climate Archives Offer New Insights Into the Climate History of Central Europe
- Pioneering Research Exposes Huge Loss of Glaciers in One of the Fastest-Warming Places on Earth
Wednesday, January 15, 2025
- Diversified Cropping Systems Boost Nitrogen Supply but Not Soil Carbon
- Nord Stream Methane Spread Across the Southern Baltic Sea
- Critical Ocean Current Has Not Declined in the Last 60 Years
Tuesday, January 14, 2025
Friday, January 10, 2025
Thursday, January 9, 2025
- Rapid Return of Water from Ground to Atmosphere Through Plants
- Storing Carbon in Buildings Could Help Address Climate Change
- Researchers Use Lab Data to Rewrite Equation for Deformation, Flow of Watery Glacier Ice
- Floods, Droughts, Then Fires: Hydroclimate Whiplash Is Speeding Up Globally
Tuesday, January 7, 2025
- Integrating Historic Data Stands to Improve Climate Models in the Global South
- Pluto-Charon Formation Scenario Mimics Earth-Moon System
Monday, January 6, 2025
- Ice Patches on Beartooth Plateau Reveal How Ancient Landscape Differed from Today's
- Lead Pollution Likely Caused Widespread IQ Declines in Ancient Rome, New Study Finds
- Climate Extremes in 2024 'wreaking Havoc' On the Global Water Cycle
- Floods Linked to Rise in US Deaths from Several Major Causes
- Marked Decrease in Arctic Pressure Ridges
Thursday, January 2, 2025
Monday, December 23, 2024
Friday, December 20, 2024
- Dripstones Offer Insights Into Climate Dynamics in Europe
- ESA and NASA Satellites Deliver First Joint Picture of Greenland Ice Sheet Melting
- Construction Materials and Household Items Are a Part of a Long-Term Carbon Sink Called the 'technosphere'
Thursday, December 19, 2024
- Changes in Store for Atmospheric Rivers
- Researchers Identify a Mysterious Fossil Seed to Reveal New Chapters in Climate History of Los Angeles
- Scientists Solving Meteorological Mysteries on Mars
- New Study Highlights the Correlation Between Live Corals and Fishing Yields
- Chart of Life Extended by Nearly 1.5 Billion Years
Tuesday, December 17, 2024
- The Social Cost of Carbon, a Crucial Tool for Setting Climate Policy, Omits Key Effects
- Prehistoric Rock in Japan Reveals Clues to Major Ocean Anoxic Event
- Researchers Explore Carbon Capture in Fish Farms to Address Climate Change
Monday, December 16, 2024
- Scientists Develop 3D Concrete Printing Method That Captures Carbon Dioxide
- Scientists Can Now Predict How Climate Change Will Alter Plant Growth Cycles
Friday, December 13, 2024
- Buried Landforms Reveal North Sea's Ancient Glacial Past
- The Great Ripple: How a Tsunami Can Disrupt Global Trade
Thursday, December 12, 2024
- Surveys Show Full Scale of Massive Die-Off of Common Murres Following the 'warm Blob' In the Pacific Ocean
- Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vent Bacteria Hold Key to Understanding Nitrous Oxide Reduction
- Water and Forests in Southern US
Wednesday, December 11, 2024
Tuesday, December 10, 2024
- Seals Strategically Scoot Around the Seas on Icebergs
- Wrong Trees in the Wrong Place Can Make Cities Hotter at Night, Study Reveals
- AI Predicts That Most of the World Will See Temperatures Rise to 3°C Much Faster Than Previously Expected
- AI Predicts Earth's Peak Warming
- Antarctica's Irregular Heartbeat Shows Signs of Rapid Melting
- Tourism Leads the Pack in Growing Carbon Emissions
Monday, December 9, 2024
Friday, December 6, 2024
- Record-Low Antarctic Sea Ice Can Be Explained and Forecast Months out by Patterns in Winds
- High Heat Is Preferentially Killing the Young, Not the Old, New Research Finds
- How Do Marine Food Webs Respond to Increasing Alkalinity?
- Autonomous Imaging Robot Plays a Crucial Role in Assessing Embryos' Response to Environmental Change
- Impact Studies Should Include High-Sensitivity Climate Models
Thursday, December 5, 2024
- Rapid Surge in Global Warming Mainly Due to Reduced Planetary Albedo
- Climate Change Threatens Global Food Supply: Scientists Call for Urgent Action
Wednesday, December 4, 2024
- Swelling Streams -- Climate Change Causes More Sediment in High-Mountain Rivers
- Massive Asteroid Impacts Did Not Change Earth's Climate in the Long Term
- A Catalyst Can Turn Methane Into Something Useful
- Climate-Ready Crop
- Rainforest Emissions Linked With New Particle Formation at High Altitudes
Tuesday, December 3, 2024
- Ocean Density Identified as a Key Driver of Carbon Capture by Marine Plankton
- Alaska's Changing Environment
- Countdown to an Ice-Free Arctic: New Research Warns of Accelerated Timelines
- New Approach to Measure Ocean Memory: North Atlantic Ocean Has Nearly Two Decades Memory, Study Finds
Monday, December 2, 2024
- Climate Change Could Bring More Severe Bacterial Infections, Including in Corals
- Feeding Grazing Cattle Seaweed Cuts Methane Emissions by Almost 40%
- Warming Temperatures May Shrink Wetland Carbon Sinks
Friday, November 29, 2024
Thursday, November 28, 2024
Wednesday, November 27, 2024
- Global Food Yields Have Grown Steadily During Last Six Decades, Study Finds
- Oceans Emit Sulfur and Cool the Climate More Than Previously Thought
- Unexplained Heat-Wave 'hotspots' Are Popping Up Across the Globe
Tuesday, November 26, 2024
- Enhancing Seaglider Technology to Measure Carbon Dioxide
- Predicting the Weather: New Meteorology Estimation Method Aids Building Efficiency
- Researchers Show Complex Relationship Between Arctic Warming and Arctic Dust
- Delay and Pay: Climate Tipping Point Costs Quadruple After Waiting
- Under-Ice Species at Risk as Arctic Warms
- Quantum Mechanism Identified as a Key to Accelerating Ocean Temperatures
Friday, November 22, 2024
Thursday, November 21, 2024
- Less Cold: Ocean Cold Period in the Early 20th Century Less Pronounced Than Previously Thought
- Fewer Than 7% of Global Hotspots for Whale-Ship Collisions Have Protection Measures in Place
- Climate-Driven Hazards Increases Risk for Millions of Coastal Residents, Study Finds
- Environmental Impacts of Plastics: Moving Beyond the Perspective on Waste
Wednesday, November 20, 2024
- Turning Carbon Emissions Into Methane Fuel
- Manatees Might Be Relatively Recent Arrivals to Florida
- Superior Photosynthesis Abilities of Some Plants Could Hold Key to Climate-Resilient Crops
Tuesday, November 19, 2024
Monday, November 18, 2024
- Some Trees Can Acclimate to Changing Temperatures
- Political Shadows Cast by the Antarctic Curtain
- Ytterbium Thin-Disk Lasers Pave the Way for Sensitive Detection of Atmospheric Pollutants
- How 70% of the Mediterranean Sea Was Lost 5.5 Million Years Ago
- Redefining Net Zero Will Not Stop Global Warming
Saturday, November 16, 2024
Thursday, November 14, 2024
- Four Global Policies Could Eliminate More Than 90% of Plastic Waste and 30% of Linked Carbon Emissions by 2050
- Breakthrough in Capturing 'hot' CO2 from Industrial Exhaust
- Land-Use Policy Rethink Vital to Hit Net Zero
- Faster Flowing Glaciers Could Help Predict Nearby Volcanic Activity