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Landmark 'United in Science' Report Informs Climate Action Summit

Landmark 'United in Science' Report Informs Climate Action Summit

The world's leading climate science organizations have joined forces to produce a landmark new report for the United Nations Climate Action Summit, underlining the glaring - and growing gaps - between agreed targets to tackle global warming and the actual reality.

Scientists Worldwide Join Strikes for Climate Change

Scientists Worldwide Join Strikes for Climate Change

From Bangkok to Brisbane, researchers were among those who protested to urge action on global warming.

The Silenced: Meet the Climate Whistleblowers Muzzled by Trump

The Silenced: Meet the Climate Whistleblowers Muzzled by Trump

Six whistleblowers and ex-government scientists describe how the Trump administration made them bury climate science - and why they won't stay quiet.

Seven Steps to Make Travel to Scientific Conferences More Sustainable

Seven Steps to Make Travel to Scientific Conferences More Sustainable

Researchers should learn to travel better to mitigate their climate impacts. Institutions can help by facilitating and rewarding sustainable travel behaviour, rather than fuelling the pressure to attend conferences, say Olivier Hamant, Timothy Saunders and Virgile Viasnoff.

Scientists Join the Global Climate Strike - March For Science

Scientists Join the Global Climate Strike - March For Science

Over the last year, millions of school climate strikers have been leaving their classrooms every Friday. Young people have woken up much of the world, and now they are asking for everyone else to join them in action.

Discrepancy in Scientific Authority and Media Visibility of Climate Change Scientists and Contrarians

Discrepancy in Scientific Authority and Media Visibility of Climate Change Scientists and Contrarians

The role of climate change (CC) contrarians is neglected in climate change communication studies. Here the authors used a data-driven approach to identify CC contrarians and CC scientists and found that CC scientists have much higher citation impact than those for contrarians but lower media visibility.

Study Examines How Media Around the World Frame Climate Change News

Study Examines How Media Around the World Frame Climate Change News

While richer countries tend to frame climate change coverage as a political issue, poorer countries more often frame it as an international issue that the world at large needs to address.

2°C: Beyond the Limit

2°C: Beyond the Limit

New Jersey may seem an unlikely place to measure climate change, but it is one of the fastest-warming states in the nation. Its average temperature has climbed by close to 2 degrees Celsius since 1895 — double the average for the Lower 48 states.

Eat Less Meat: UN Climate Change Report Calls for Change to Human Diet

Eat Less Meat: UN Climate Change Report Calls for Change to Human Diet

The report on global land use and agriculture from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change comes amid accelerating deforestation in the Amazon.

The White House Blocked My Report on Climate Change and National Security

The White House Blocked My Report on Climate Change and National Security

Politics intruded on science and intelligence. That's why I quit my job as an analyst for the State Department.

40 Years Ago, Scientists Predicted Climate Change. And Hey, They Were Right

40 Years Ago, Scientists Predicted Climate Change. And Hey, They Were Right

Scientists introduced credible climate change to the world in 1979, but it's taken decades for their message to sink in.

Thousands of Universities Join Wave of Climate Emergency Declarations

Thousands of Universities Join Wave of Climate Emergency Declarations

The climate emergency movement is heading to school. Global higher education networks tying together more than 7000 universities and colleges from across the globe declared a climate emergency and published a three-point plan to confront the escalating environmental crisis.

What Happens when You Can See Disaster Unfolding, and Nobody Listens?

What Happens when You Can See Disaster Unfolding, and Nobody Listens?

The distinct burden of being a climate scientist.

Tree Planting 'has Mind-blowing Potential' to Tackle Climate Crisis

Tree Planting 'has Mind-blowing Potential' to Tackle Climate Crisis

Research shows a trillion trees could be planted to capture huge amount of carbon dioxide.

New Climate 'stripes' Reveal How Much Hotter Your Hometown Has Gotten in the Past Century

New Climate 'stripes' Reveal How Much Hotter Your Hometown Has Gotten in the Past Century

#ShowYourStripes visuals adorn ties, cufflinks, and the stage of a German music festival.

Scientists Shocked by Arctic Permafrost Thawing 70 Years Sooner Than Predicted

Scientists Shocked by Arctic Permafrost Thawing 70 Years Sooner Than Predicted

Weakened permafrost in Canadian Arctic a further sign that global climate crisis accelerating faster than scientists had feared.

White House Tried to Stop Climate Science Testimony

White House Tried to Stop Climate Science Testimony

Administration officials said proposed testimony by a State Department scientist amounted to "climate alarm propaganda."

An (Even More) Inconvenient Truth: Why Carbon Credits For Forest Preservation May Be Worse Than Nothing

An (Even More) Inconvenient Truth: Why Carbon Credits For Forest Preservation May Be Worse Than Nothing

The hunger for these offsets is blinding us to the mounting pile of evidence that they haven't - and won't - deliver the climate benefit they promise.