Global Warming News
June 16, 2025
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June 15, 2025 Atmospheric rivers, while vital for replenishing water on the U.S. West Coast, are also the leading cause of floods though storm size alone doesn t dictate their danger. A groundbreaking study analyzing over 43,000 storms across four decades found ...
June 13, 2025 Despite falling global mercury emissions, mercury levels in Arctic wildlife continue to rise. A new study reveals that ocean currents are delivering legacy mercury pollution from distant regions like China to the Arctic, where it accumulates in ...
June 12, 2025 Ancient carbon thought to be safely stored underground for millennia is unexpectedly resurfacing literally. A sweeping international study has found that over half of the carbon gases released by rivers come from long-term, old carbon sources like ...
June 6, 2025 Frogs, salamanders, and other amphibians are not just battling habitat loss and pollution they're now also contending with increasingly brutal heat waves and droughts. A sweeping 40-year study shows a direct link between the rise in extreme weather ...
June 3, 2025 Collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet could be triggered with very little ocean warming above present-day, leading to a devastating four meters of global sea level rise to play out over hundreds ...
June 3, 2025 A new study has finally confirmed the theory that the cause of extraordinary global tremors in September -- October 2023 was indeed two mega tsunamis in Greenland that became trapped standing waves. Using a brand-new type of satellite altimetry, the ...
June 2, 2025 New research adds to our understanding of how rapidly rising sea levels due to climate change foreshadow the end of the Great Barrier Reef as we know it. The findings suggest the reef can withstand rising sea levels in isolation but is vulnerable to ...
June 2, 2025 Flooding in coastal communities is happening far more often than previously thought, according to a new study. The study also found major flaws with the widely used approach of using marine water level data to capture instances of ...
June 2, 2025 Researchers have developed a deep learning model called LSTM-SAM that predicts extreme water levels from tropical cyclones more efficiently and accurately, especially in data-scarce coastal regions, to offer a faster, low-cost tool for flood ...
June 2, 2025 California Central Valley, which is known for the agriculture that produces much of the nation's fruits, vegetables and nuts, is a major contributor to a growing dust problem that has profound implications for people's health, safety and ...
May 30, 2025 While scientists have long studied currents of large eddies, the smaller ones -- called submesoscale eddies -- are notoriously difficult to detect. These currents, which range from several kilometers ...
May 30, 2025 Hurricane Ida wreaked an estimated $75 billion in total damages and was responsible for 112 fatalities -- including 32 in New Jersey and 16 in New York state. Yet the hurricane could have been even worse in the Big Apple, find ...
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May 30, 2025 Forest-based agroforestry can restore forests, promote livelihoods, and combat climate change, but emerging agroforestry initiatives focusing only on tree planting is leading to missed opportunities ...
May 29, 2025 Researchers created a detailed physical model that suggests a major Atlantic Ocean current will weaken far less under climate change than indicated by more extreme climate model ...
May 29, 2025 Reducing travel speeds and using an intelligent queuing system at busy ports can reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from oceangoing container ...
May 29, 2025 Anthropologists have examined the societal consequences of global glacier loss. This article appears alongside new research that estimates that more than three-quarters of the world's glacier mass ...
May 29, 2025 Spring in the Arctic brings forth a plethora of peeps and downy hatchlings as millions of birds gather to raise their young. The same was true 73 million years ago, according to a new article. The ...
May 29, 2025 A new study finds that if global warming exceeds the Paris Climate Agreement targets, the non-polar glacier mass will diminish significantly. However, if warming is limited to 1.5 degrees Celsius, at ...
May 29, 2025 As rising global temperatures alter ecosystems worldwide, animal species usually have two choices: adapt to changing local conditions or flee to a cooler clime. Ecologists have long assumed that the ...
May 28, 2025 Scientists show that wolves that are eating sea otters in Alaska have much higher concentrations of mercury than those eating other prey such as deer ...
May 28, 2025 With wildfires increasing in frequency, severity, and size in the Western U.S., researchers are determined to better understand how smoke impacts air quality, public health, and even the weather. As ...
May 28, 2025 This study measured the growth rate of coral reefs in Honaunau Bay, Hawaii, using on-site data gathering and aerial imagery. Researchers found that the reefs are being eroded by sea urchin ...
Earlier Headlines
May 27, 2025 Scientists, who have spent more than a decade examining the impact of artificial light at night on the world's coasts and oceans, have shown that more than one-fifth of the global ocean -- an ...
May 23, 2025 New international research demonstrates global-scale patterns in how El Ni o-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) influences mangrove growth and degradation. Previously, impacts had only been documented at ...
May 23, 2025 As sea levels climb and weather grows more extreme, coastal regions everywhere are facing a creeping threat: salt. Salinization of freshwater and soils adversely affects 500 million people around the ...
May 22, 2025 New research shows how rapidly proliferating turf algae are waging 'chemical warfare' to inhibit the recovery of kelp forests along Maine's warming ...
May 22, 2025 From deadly floods in Europe to intensifying tropical cyclones around the world, the climate crisis has made timely and precise forecasting more essential than ever. Yet traditional forecasting ...
May 22, 2025 A modeling study shows that global warming will make it harder to reduce ground-level ozone, a respiratory irritant that is a key component of smog, by cutting greenhouse gas ...
May 22, 2025 Scientists found that neural networks cannot yet forecast 'gray swan' weather events, which might not appear in existing training data but could still happen -- like 200-year floods or ...
May 22, 2025 New research examining 11,700 years of bowhead whale persistence throughout the Arctic projects that sea ice loss due to climate change will cause their habitat to severely contract by up to 75 per ...
May 21, 2025 SeaSplat is an image-analysis tool that cuts through the ocean's optical effects to generate images of underwater environments reveal an ocean scene's true colors. Researchers paired the ...
May 21, 2025 In nature, ecosystems are tightly linked through the flow of organisms, detritus, and nutrients across boundaries arbitrarily imagined by humans. These systems are deeply in tune with seasonal ...
May 21, 2025 Hurricane winds are a major contributor to storm-related losses for people living in the southeastern coastal states. As the global temperature continues to rise, scientists predict that hurricanes ...
May 21, 2025 Researchers look to extremes in the past to study how the system reacts to imbalances. They detail an overlooked mechanism for how the ocean can help stabilize massive releases of carbon into the ...
May 20, 2025 New research could improve the efficiency of electrochemical carbon-dioxide capture and release by six times and cut costs by at least 20 percent. Researchers added nanoscale filtering membranes to a ...
May 20, 2025 A novel analysis suggests more than 3,500 animal species are threatened by climate change and also sheds light on huge gaps in fully understanding the risk to the animal ...
May 20, 2025 The Arctic is one of the coldest places on Earth, but in recent decades, the region has been rapidly warming, at a rate three to four times faster than the global average. However, current climate ...
May 19, 2025 A new report identifies the top 12 emerging threats that could accelerate pollinator losses within the next 5-15 years, according to ten of the world's leading ...
May 19, 2025 The average energy project costs 40% more than expected for construction and takes almost two years longer than planned, finds a new global study. One key insight: The investment risk is highest for ...
May 19, 2025 People have assumed climate change solutions that sequester carbon from the air into soils will also benefit crop yields. But a new study finds that most regenerative farming practices to build soil ...
May 19, 2025 New research reveals mountain glaciers across the globe will not recover for centuries -- even if human intervention cools the planet back to the 1.5 C limit, having exceeded ...
May 16, 2025 A new study reveals that heat-tolerant symbiotic algae may be essential to saving elkhorn coral (Acropora palmata) -- a foundational species in Caribbean reef ecosystems -- from the devastating ...
Tuesday, May 27, 2025
Friday, May 23, 2025
- El Niño and La Niña Climate Swings Threaten Mangroves Worldwide
- When the Sea Moves Inland: A Global Climate Wake-Up Call from Bangladesh's Delta
Thursday, May 22, 2025
- New Study Reveals How Competition Between Algae Is Transforming the Gulf of Maine
- Breakthrough AI Model Could Transform How We Prepare for Natural Disasters
- Climate Change May Make It Harder to Reduce Smog in Some Regions
- AI Is Good at Weather Forecasting. Can It Predict Freak Weather Events?
- Climate Change Poses Severe Threat to Bowhead Whale Habitat
Wednesday, May 21, 2025
- Imaging Technique Removes the Effect of Water in Underwater Scenes
- Something's Fishy Here
- Wind-Related Hurricane Losses for Homeowners in the Southeastern U.S. Could Be Nearly 76 Percent Higher by 2060
- Fool's Gold: A Hidden Climate Stabilizer
Tuesday, May 20, 2025
- How to Solve a Bottleneck for CO2 Capture and Conversion
- Thousands of Animal Species Threatened by Climate Change
- Clouding the Forecast: Study Reveals Why So Many Climate Models Are Wrong About the Rate of Arctic Warming
Monday, May 19, 2025
- Bees Facing New Threats, Putting Our Survival and Theirs at Risk
- Investment Risk for Energy Infrastructure Construction Is Highest for Nuclear Power Plants, Lowest for Solar
- Cover Crops May Not Be Solution for Both Crop Yield, Carbon Sequestration
- Glaciers Will Take Centuries to Recover Even If Global Warming Is Reversed, Scientists Warn
Friday, May 16, 2025
- Heat-Tolerant Symbionts a Critical Key to Protecting Florida's Elkhorn Coral from Bleaching During Marine Heatwaves
- Study Reveals Healing the Ozone Hole Helps the Southern Ocean Take Up Carbon
- Ancient Ocean Sediments Link Changes in Currents to Cooling of Northern Hemisphere 3.6 Million Years Ago
Thursday, May 15, 2025
- A Vicious Cycle: How Methane Emissions from Warming Wetlands Could Exacerbate Climate Change
- Scientists Use Fossils to Assess the Health of Florida's Largest Remaining Seagrass Bed: Surprisingly, It's Doing Well!
Wednesday, May 14, 2025
- Tech Meets Tornado Recovery
- Sharp Depletion in Soil Moisture Drives Land Water to Flow Into Oceans, Contributing to Sea Level Rise
- New Global Model Shows How to Bring Environmental Pressures Back to 2015 Levels by 2050
- Climate Change Is Turning Coastal Lagoons Into 'salty Soup'
Monday, May 12, 2025
- Summer in the City: Urban Heat Release and Local Rainfall
- Submarine Robot Catches an Underwater Wave
- It's Not Just El Niño: New Climate Phenomenon Impacts Hawai'i Rainfall
Friday, May 9, 2025
- Satellite Measures CO2 and NO2 Simultaneously from Power Plant Emissions for the First Time
- Internal Clocks Determine the Ups and Downs of Antarctic Krill
Thursday, May 8, 2025
- Researchers Develop Practical Solution to Reduce Emissions and Improve Air Quality from Brick Manufacturing in Bangladesh
- Waxing and Waning Prairie: New Study Unravels Causes of Ancient Climate Changes
- Satellites Observe Glacier Committing 'ice Piracy'
Wednesday, May 7, 2025
- Warming Climate Making Fine Particulate Matter from Wildfires More Deadly and Expensive
- Climate Change: Future of Today's Young People
Tuesday, May 6, 2025
- 2024 Sea Level 'report Cards' Map Futures of US Coastal Communities
- Cutting Greenhouse Gases Will Reduce Number of Deaths from Poor Air Quality
Monday, May 5, 2025
- Western US Spring Runoff Is Older Than You Think
- Halo Patterns Around Coral Reefs May Signal Resilience
- Biological Particles May Be Crucial for Inducing Heavy Rain
- Artificial Oxygen Supply in Coastal Waters: A Hope With Risks
Friday, May 2, 2025
- Scientists Discover Key to Taming Unrest at Italy's Campi Flegrei
- Loss of Sea Ice Alters the Colors of Light in the Ocean
Thursday, May 1, 2025
- Study Shows How Millions of Bird Sightings Unlock Precision Conservation
- Exposure to Extreme Heat and Cold Temperature Is Leading to Additional Preventable Deaths, New 19-Year Study Suggests
- Oceans Are Heating Faster in Two Bands Stretching Around Globe
Wednesday, April 30, 2025
- 'Scratching' More Than the Ocean's Surface to Map Global Microplastic Movement
- When Sea Stars Fall, Sea Otters Rise: Sea Otters Benefit from Prey Boom Triggered by Loss of Ochre Sea Stars
Tuesday, April 29, 2025
- Missed School Is an Overlooked Consequence of Tropical Cyclones, Warming Planet
- Rainfall Triggers Extreme Humid Heat in Tropics and Subtropics
Monday, April 28, 2025
- Extreme Monsoon Changes Threaten the Bay of Bengal's Role as a Critical Food Source
- Geoengineering Technique Could Cool Planet Using Existing Aircraft
- Climate Change Increases the Risk of Simultaneous Wildfires
- Flood Risk Increasing in Pacific Northwest
- Chip-Shop Fish Among Key Seabed Engineers
Friday, April 25, 2025
Thursday, April 24, 2025
- How to Break Through Climate Apathy
- Controlling Starch Levels in Algae Could Have Biotechnology and Sustainability Benefits
- New Approach Makes AI Adaptable for Computer Vision in Crop Breeding
Wednesday, April 23, 2025
- Hotter Temps Trigger Wetlands to Emit More Methane as Microbes Struggle to Keep Up
- Nature Accounting in Colombia Makes Sound Economic Case for Protecting Native Ecosystems
- Why Are Patagonian Glaciers Rapidly Losing Mass?
- Toxic Blooms in Motion: Researchers Map Algae Patterns in Lake Okeechobee, Florida
- Scientific Path to Recouping the Costs of Climate Change
- Melting Glaciers at the End of the Ice Age May Have Sped Up Continental Drift, Fueled Volcanic Eruptions
Tuesday, April 22, 2025
- Better Feed, Fewer Burps: Scientists Target Dairy Gas Emissions
- Trash Talk: As Plastic Use Soars, Researchers Examine Biodegradable Solutions
- Major Dust-Up for Water in the Colorado River
Monday, April 21, 2025
- Coastal Management Model Plays the Long Game Against the Rising Tides
- Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Emissions
- Microplastics: What's Trapping the Emerging Threat in Our Streams?
- Introduced Trees Are Becoming More Common in the Eastern United States, While Native Diversity Declines
Thursday, April 17, 2025
Wednesday, April 16, 2025
- Sunscreen, Clothes and Caves May Have Helped Homo Sapiens Survive 41,000 Years Ago
- Forward Genetics Approach Reveals the Factor Responsible for Carbon Trade-Off in Leaves
- Inside Yellowstone's Fiery Heart: Researchers Map Volatile-Rich Cap, Offering Clues to Future Volcanic Activity
- First Confirmed Footage of a Colossal Squid -- And It's a Baby!
Tuesday, April 15, 2025
- Colombia's Peatlands Could Be a Crucial Tool to Fight Climate Change: But First We Have to Find Them
Monday, April 14, 2025
- Pioneering Research Reveals Arctic Matter Pathways Poised for Major Shifts Amidst Climate Change
- Deep-Sea Mining Risks Leads Study to Urge Shift to Circular Solutions
- New Model to Evaluate Impact of Extreme Events and Natural Hazards
Friday, April 11, 2025
Thursday, April 10, 2025
Wednesday, April 9, 2025
- European Bird Declines Linked to Range of Climatic Conditions Experienced
- Coral Reefs Exude Myriad Chemicals, Fueling Dynamic Microbial Recycling of Nutrients
- Europe's Population Is Adapting Better to Cold Than to Heat
- Mapping Mercury Contamination in Penguins of the Southern Ocean
- With New Database Researchers May Be Able to Predict Rare Milky Seas Bioluminescent, Glowing Event
Tuesday, April 8, 2025
Friday, April 4, 2025
Thursday, April 3, 2025
- Climate Change and Prehistoric Human Populations: Eastward Shift of Settlement Areas at the End of the Last Ice Age
- Carbon Capture Could Become Practical With Scalable, Affordable Materials
Wednesday, April 2, 2025
- Southern Ocean Warming Will Mean a Wetter West Coast, US
- Researchers Explore Using Soil for Heat Storage