Climate Change

Melting ice could release thousands of gallons of mercury into the ecosystem and scientists are not sure what would happen if it does.

Immanuel Jotham Feb 06, 2018

Scientists melted a tiny bore hole through 300 metres of ice in a slowly yet constantly moving Antarctic ice shelf.

India Ashok Jan 31, 2018

"This amount of stupidity is very dangerous," one person tweeted.

Hyacinth Mascarenhas Jan 29, 2018

China has announced plans to develop a "Polar Silk Road" to take advantage of new shipping routes created as climate change and rising temperatures cause Arctic ice to melt.

David Brennan Jan 26, 2018

Reefs are crucial to the health of the marine ecosystem which humans rely on, but they are dying around the globe.

Aristos Georgiou Jan 25, 2018

Researchers found that the sandwiches with the highest carbon footprint were those containing pork meat, cheese or prawns.

Aristos Georgiou Jan 25, 2018

British children more anxious about Trump than global warming and threat of nuclear war, study by Mental Health Foundation reveals.

Isabelle Gerretsen Jan 24, 2018

Rising temperatures have been directly attributed to human-caused emissions and carbon dioxide dumping.

Immanuel Jotham Jan 24, 2018

It is unlikely that we will achieve a best case scenario, but it also unlikely that the Earth will become too hot to live in.

Immanuel Jotham Jan 18, 2018

Greenhouse gasses can wreak havoc in an atmosphere and Venus is an extreme example.

Immanuel Jotham Jan 14, 2018

The world is getting warmer each year and humans are to blame.

Immanuel Jotham Jan 10, 2018

Nasa's images shared on Instagram offer a bird's eye view of what is happening in some parts of the country.

Immanuel Jotham Jan 10, 2018

Warm ocean waters and rising CO2 levels are likely to disturb the food chain.

Shubham Sharma Jan 10, 2018

Dutch start-up Lightyear has designed a solar-powered car prototype which can be driven for months without charging.

Aristos Georgiou Jan 09, 2018

Global warming and changing climate have expanded regions in the ocean that have zero oxygen by four times. In coastal waters it has gone up ten-fold since 1950.

Immanuel Jotham Jan 08, 2018

Scientists found that while in the Arctic region the sinking was over 1mm a year, in the south Pacific it was 0.4mm a year.

Immanuel Jotham Jan 08, 2018

"Lots of people would crumble well before you reach wet-bulb temperatures of 32 C, or anything close," says climate scientist.

Immanuel Jotham Jan 01, 2018

The US President called for some "good old global warming" because of a cold snap.

Kashmira Gander Dec 29, 2017

Donald Trump drew anger online on 29 December after he claimed the US east coast, which is going through a severe cold spell, could use some "of that good old global warming".

Charlotte Tobitt Dec 29, 2017

Ice is melting, animals are starving and humans are sicker. However, solar power is cheaper now and electric cars are getting better. Here's a brief review of climate change in 2017.

Immanuel Jotham Dec 24, 2017

Trump's coastal golf course in Ireland had its application to build a seawall approved by the council. Originally the course had cited climate change as a reason it was necessary.

James Tennent Dec 22, 2017

By the middle of this century, experts estimate that climate change is likely to displace between 150 and 300 million people.

Gulrez Shah Azhar Dec 19, 2017

Donald Trump is set to mark a key reversal in policy from the previous Obama administration by denouncing climate change as a possible threat to the US.

Jordan Bhatt Dec 18, 2017

Climate researchers compiling a report noticed something odd about the data coming from an Arctic weather station in America's northernmost city.

Dec 14, 2017

Researchers believe that the ancient ice core may contain ice that was formed over 600,000 years ago – long before the appearance of modern humans.

India Ashok Dec 14, 2017

Industry will remain a focus of increasingly stringent decarbonisation policies as nations address their climate goals.

Gaurav Sharma Dec 14, 2017

The hottest year in modern times experienced "multiple extreme events that weren't even possible without human influence".

Immanuel Jotham Dec 14, 2017

Warming is causing wind farms to get less efficient in the amount of power they can generate and it is bound to get worse.

Immanuel Jotham Dec 13, 2017

Wildfires, rising sea levels and droughts creating new challenges for city governments, report says.

Gaurav Sharma Dec 13, 2017

The Thomas Fire grew by 56,000 acres on Sunday and is now just 10 percent contained, down from 15 percent the day before.

David Sim Dec 11, 2017