By Patricia Sullivan April 17,2018 The klaxon sound of a government alert went off on cellphones all over Northern Virginia at 3:35 a.m. Monday; the National Weather Service had issued a flash-flood warning for the […]
If we can cut back on methane, black carbon and other short-lived climate pollutants, it could buy time to solve the trickier problem of CO2. By Sabrina Shankman MAR 19, 2018 When people talk about […]
Multimillion dollar project will scan and make public methane leaks from oil and gas plants that are a major contributor to global warming Methane leaking from oil and gas facilities around the world – a […]
APR 12, 2018 In climate news, new research finds the Atlantic Ocean’s Gulf Stream current has weakened dramatically in recent years and could be headed for a collapse that would bring extreme winters to western […]
Author: Kathryn Hansen (NASA Earth Observatory) April 9, 2018 This post is excerpted from an article published by NASA’s Earth Observatory. This spring, the cherry trees around the Tidal Basin, southwest of the National Mall […]
By Jonathan Amos 9 April , 2018 video:http://www.bbc.com/news/av/embed/p063qt7b/43691671 Liz Thomas on Antarctica’s greater snowfall: “As things get warmer, they get wetter.” Scientists have compiled a record of snowfall in Antarctica going back 200 years. The […]
This article appears in the April 14, 2018 issue of Science News with the headline, “Overwhelmed: Heat waves are on the rise, putting city dwellers in danger.” BY AIMEE CUNNINGHAM APRIL 3, 2018 Some victims […]
APR 03, 2018 A new study in the journal Nature Geoscience found that warm ocean water is melting Antarctica’s ice sheets from below, contributing to sea level rise. Most of the observed melting is in […]
Valley of Desolation, Wharfedale, Yorkshire Dales: The snow revives innocence, but it’s from this winter’s dramatic destabilisation of the polar vortex and a reminder of climate change Spring is held in a sort of suspense. […]
In 30 years or so, 3.4 billion people in the region are expected to be living in water-scarce areas – with climate change exacerbating the problem. 27 Mar 2018 The Asia Pacific is the most vulnerable […]
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