Six world leaders on navigating climate change, without the U.S.

Debates around climate change often focus on the world’s largest economies and biggest emitters. But much of the hard work of figuring out how to adapt — both to a hotter planet and to a new ... Read More

Antarctica’s coldest regions are warming faster than predicted

East Antarctica’s interior is warming faster than coasts, driven by Indian Ocean changes, raising global sea level risks. Read More

How clean-air efforts may have exacerbated global warming

But “one factor that has not been well quantified” are the “monumental efforts” by east Asian countries, particularly China, to combat air pollution. A recent study by Wilcox and Samset claims that ... Read More

Researchers make concerning discovery about this summer's heatwaves: 'Nearly all regions of the world'

Researchers say at least one out of every five people on the planet was noticeably affected by our warming world. Earth had its third-warmest August and summer on record this year. Europe was ... Read More

5 forecasts early climate models got right – the evidence is all around you

The earliest climate models made specific forecasts about global warming decades before those forecasts could be proved or disproved. And when the observations came in, the models were right. The ... Read More

It Isn’t Just the U.S. The Whole World Has Soured on Climate Politics.

How do we think about the climate future, now that the era marked by the Paris Agreement has so utterly disappeared? Read More

Ozone recovery could trigger 40% more global warming than predicted

As the ozone layer recovers, it’s also intensifying global warming. Researchers predict that by 2050, ozone will rank just behind carbon dioxide as a driver of heating, offsetting many of the benefits ... Read More

Climate Change Weekly # 555 — My Comments on the DOE Climate Report

The DOE's climate report is forcing the researchers and the media to engage in a scientific debate once again. Read More

What to look for in China and Europe's climate plans

Dozens of countries are expected to announce new climate targets before the UN COP30 summit in November, but none will be as closely scrutinised as the pledges made by China ... Read More

Global Landslide Risk Rises as the Planet Warms

The landslide behind my neighbor’s backyard doesn’t exist—not according to the New York State landslide map or Greene County’s hazard-mitigation plan or the federal inventory managed by the U.S. Read More