Recent studies predict that the Arctic could experience its first ice-free day within the next three years, a milestone that underscores the urgency of climate action. Researchers from multiple institutions warn that the accelerating loss of sea ice will have catastrophic consequences for global climate stability. Why Arctic is Losing Ice Faster than Expected Historically, ...
Scientists have been trying to figure out what a strange patch of cold water in the North Atlantic is for years. Climate change has caused the rest of the world’s oceans to steadily warm, but the North Atlantic Warming Hole has cooled by up to 0.5°F (0.3°C) over the past century, which was not what ...
With her hull straying against the pressure, the Norwegian icebreaker Kronprins Haakon floats through a frozen labyrinth of ice floes eight hundred kilometers north of the Arctic Circle. A brief glimpse of dawn in the endless darkness of the polar night, the sky glows a terrible purple. A group of scientists bracing against -30°C winds ...
Imagine leaving and struggling to breathe not from pollution but from the air itself disappearing. Though headlines mostly feature climate change, a far more existential crisis looms: the oxygen of Earth is vanishing. Not in decades, not in centuries, but over billions of years our planet will choke. Scientists warn that Earth will become uninhabitable ...
Earth’s silent regulator in heat absorption, oxygen generation, and life sustaining action has always been the ocean. But under the waves something concerning is occurring: sunlight is disappearing. According to a new study, over the past two decades, 21% of the surface waters of the ocean have darkened; some areas have lost light penetration over ...
The ground is actually blowing up in the far-off, frozen Yamal Peninsula of Siberia. Massive craters some as wide as 70 meters (230 feet) and deep enough to swallow a high-rise have started to show up without warning in 2014, leaving gaping wounds in the permifrost. These are violent, explosive events, hurling bits of earth ...
New research has revealed that achieving net zero emissions will not eliminate change uniformly across the globe. While reducing greenhouse gas emissions is essential for stabilizing global temperatures, different regions will experience varying climate effects even after net zero is reached. Scientists have used climate models to predict how temperature extremes will evolve, highlighting the ...
The biggest iceberg in the world, a frozen behemoth the size of Cornwall, is breaking into thousands of icy fragments close to South Georgia’s wildlife-rich coastlines. After almost four decades of drifting from Antarctica in 1986, this “megaberg” is finally giving way to warmer temperatures; its soaring cliffs are collapsing in a show both amazing ...
Decades have passed since the start of the fight against climate change and the one vital objective remains the same: reducing global warming to 1.5°C higher than it was before the establishment of industries. A very disappointing recent study shows that even if goals this bold are achieved, coastal cities around the globe will still ...
Hurricanes have always been a force of nature, but in a warming world, their behavior is becoming less predictable and potentially more destructive. Over the past four decades, hurricanes have inflicted $1.5 trillion in economic losses in the U.S. alone, accounting for more than half of all weather-related damages. While coastal development and economic growth ...
