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Oceans Are Warming at the Same Rate As if Five Hiroshima Bombs Were Dropped in Every Second

Oceans Are Warming at the Same Rate As if Five Hiroshima Bombs Were Dropped in Every Second

The world's oceans are now heating at the same rate as if five Hiroshima atomic bombs were dropped into the water every second, scientists have said.

In 2030, We Ended the Climate Emergency. Here's How

In 2030, We Ended the Climate Emergency. Here's How

If words make worlds, then we urgently need to tell a new story about the climate crisis. Here is one vision of what it could look and feel like to radically, collectively take action.

EPA Science Advisers Slammed the Agency for Ignoring Science. Here is What They Said

EPA Science Advisers Slammed the Agency for Ignoring Science. Here is What They Said

In a stinging rebuke of the Trump administration’s handling of science, an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) advisory panel has found major shortcomings in the agency’s pursuit of key regulatory rollbacks.

Three Ways Advocacy Has Enabled Market Forces to Clean Up the Power Grid

Three Ways Advocacy Has Enabled Market Forces to Clean Up the Power Grid

Market forces are powerful-but advocacy by independent groups has played a critical role in making sure economics and market forces can do their job.

Reflections from COP25 in Madrid

Reflections from COP25 in Madrid

You've seen the news: COP25, the recent UN climate talks in Madrid, ended in disappointment and also set a record for the longest-ever COP. UCS's press release headline says it all: World's Nations Take Immoral Stance at COP25, Side with Trump, Bolsonaro Rather Than Youth Across the Globe. Here are

We Are Seeing the Very Worst of Our Scientific Predictions Come to Pass in These Bushfires | Joëlle Gergis

We Are Seeing the Very Worst of Our Scientific Predictions Come to Pass in These Bushfires | Joëlle Gergis

As a climate scientist I am wondering if the Earth system has now breached a tipping point

A Methane Leak, Seen From Space, Proves to Be Far Larger Than Thought

A Methane Leak, Seen From Space, Proves to Be Far Larger Than Thought

The findings mark a step forward in using space technology to detect leaks of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, from oil and gas sites worldwide.

'Opportunity Lost' As Longest Climate Talks End

'Opportunity Lost' As Longest Climate Talks End

Exhausted delegates postponed tricky issues. The weak rules on a market based mechanism, promoted by Brazil and Australia, that would have undermined efforts to reduce emissions have been shelved and the fight can continue next year at COP26 in Glasgow.

Anger As Protesters Barred from UN Climate Talks

Anger As Protesters Barred from UN Climate Talks

Around 200 environmental campaigners are barred from climate talks after Greta Thunberg speaks.

Even 50-year-old Climate Models Correctly Predicted Global Warming

Even 50-year-old Climate Models Correctly Predicted Global Warming

Study debunks idea that older models were inaccurate

Why Science Failed to Stop Climate Change

Why Science Failed to Stop Climate Change

It's a tale for all time. What might be the greatest scam in history or, at least, the one that threatens to take history down with it. Think of it as the climate-change scam that beat science, big time. Scientists have been seriously investigating the subject of human-made climate change since the late 1950s and political leaders have been discussing it for nearly as long. In 1961, Alvin Weinberg, the director of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, called carbon dioxide one of the "big problems"

Europe's New Space Budget to Enable CO2 Mapping

Europe's New Space Budget to Enable CO2 Mapping

Europe will press ahead with a network of satellites to track carbon dioxide emissions across the globe. The enhanced capability is expected to be a potent tool in helping all nations - not just European ones - better understand their carbon footprint.

In Unpublished Paper, Former White House Climate Adviser Calls Methane 'irrelevant' to Climate

In Unpublished Paper, Former White House Climate Adviser Calls Methane 'irrelevant' to Climate

Research in the US aims to support rollback of methane rules.

Why Science Failed to Stop Climate Change

Why Science Failed to Stop Climate Change

Scientists working on the issue have often said that, once upon a time, they assumed, if they did their jobs, politicians would act upon the information. That, of course, hasn’t happened.

Exclusive: Italy to Make Climate Change Study Compulsory in Schools

Exclusive: Italy to Make Climate Change Study Compulsory in Schools

Italy will next year become the world's first country to make it compulsory for schoolchildren to study climate change and sustainable development, Education Minister Lorenzo Fioramonti said.

Climate Crisis: 11,000 Scientists Warn of 'Untold Suffering'

Climate Crisis: 11,000 Scientists Warn of 'Untold Suffering'

The world’s people face “untold suffering due to the climate crisis” unless there are major transformations to global society, according to a stark warning from more than 11,000 scientists.

Facing Unbearable Heat, Qatar Has Begun to Air-Condition the Outdoors

Facing Unbearable Heat, Qatar Has Begun to Air-Condition the Outdoors

Facing unbearable heat, Qatar has begun to air-condition the outdoors"><meta name="description" content="For Qatar, global warming is an engineering problem. But while it may be able to cool outdoor malls and stadiums, it cannot cool the entire country.

Climate Change Activists Are Focused on All the Wrong Solutions

Climate Change Activists Are Focused on All the Wrong Solutions

Individual actions, such as ditching meat and not flying, won't make a substantial difference to our planet - and such demands divert attention away from the solutions that are needed.

Scientists Endorse Mass Civil Disobedience to Force Climate Action

Scientists Endorse Mass Civil Disobedience to Force Climate Action

Hundreds of scientists have endorsed a civil disobedience campaign aimed at forcing governments to take rapid action to tackle climate change, warning that failure could inflict “incalculable human suffering.”

Members of Disbanded EPA Air Quality Panel Form Independent Group

Members of Disbanded EPA Air Quality Panel Form Independent Group

Former members of an air quality scientific advisory committee that was disbanded by the Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency said on Thursday they were forming an independent panel to continue their work.

Choices Made Now Are Critical for the Future of Our Ocean and Cryosphere - IPCC

Choices Made Now Are Critical for the Future of Our Ocean and Cryosphere - IPCC

The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report highlights the urgency of prioritizing timely, ambitious and coordinated action to address unprecedented and enduring changes in the ocean and cryosphere.

If World Leaders Choose to Fail Us, My Generation Will Never Forgive Them | Greta Thunberg

If World Leaders Choose to Fail Us, My Generation Will Never Forgive Them | Greta Thunberg

We are in the middle of a climate breakdown, and all they can talk about is money and fairytales of eternal economic growth, says climate activist Greta Thunberg.