Study finds limited sign of soil adaptation to climate warming
While scientists and policy experts debate the impacts of global warming, Earth's soil is releasing roughly nine times more carbon dioxide to the atmosphere...
Does climate change affect real estate prices? Only if you believe in it
A new study shows that at-risk homes sell for more in areas where people don't believe in climate change.
More than 99.9% of studies agree: Humans caused climate change
More than 99.9% of peer-reviewed scientific papers agree that climate change is mainly caused by humans, according to a new survey of 88,125 climate-related...
Yes, normal weather iS a crisis
We have become so used to abnormal weather that we can't cope anymore.
Fish more tolerant than expected to low oxygen events
Fish may be more tolerant than previously thought to periods of low oxygen in the oceans, new research shows.
Using archeology to better understand climate change
Anthropologists, geographers and earth scientists look to the past to assess how different cultures have - and will - adapt to global warming.
Whales not to be counted on as ‘climate savers’
Do whales increase the removal of carbon from the atmosphere? Despite some hope that this would be the case, a new study has found the...
Arctic sea ice can’t ‘bounce back’
Arctic sea ice cannot 'quickly bounce back' if climate change causes it to melt, new research suggests.
Some open ocean waters teeming with an abundance of life
Since Charles Darwin's day, the abundance of life on coral reefs has been puzzling, given that most oceanic surface waters in the tropics are...
Moral values influence level of climate change action
Two moral values highly rated by liberals — compassion and fairness — influence willingness to make personal choices to mitigate climate change’s impact in...
Latest news
Popular Articles
Under 10 percent of international climate fund cash reaching local projects, study shows
“Understanding how to get money where it matters is the challenge of the moment,” says one report authorBy Laurie Goering
LONDON, March 7 (Thomson Reuters...
Final notice.
From: The Earth
To: The people of Washington, DC, and particularly to the current occupant of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
This is a letter to inform you...
Species’ traits influenced their response to recent climate change
Using ISI Web of Knowledge we conducted a systematic literature search of all relevant articles—published between 1990 and 2015—that reported an observed change in...
China’s plan to cut shipping emissions
Every year, over 60% of the world’s seaborne cargoes and 30% of the world’s shipping containers pass through China’s ports, creating an air pollution problem Beijing...
Discovery in northern lakes may be key to understanding early life on Earth
Many Canadian lakes can provide new insights into ancient oceans, a team of researchers has discovered, and these findings could advance research about greenhouse...