Carbon Controversy: Corporate climate action watchdog’s new decision regarding use of offsetting causes backlash
Without sufficient guardrails and stringent oversight, there is a risk of writing off the …
World’s largest companies are failing on climate action, new report shows
A heavy reliance on carbon offsetting helps companies shirk accountability for a majority …
The limits of ice: What a 19th century expedition trapped in sea ice for a year tells us about Antarctica’s future
Antarctica’s sea ice has held out for longer. A ship like the Belgica could have been …
The Anthropocene is dead. Long live the Anthropocene!
As poor countries to face disproportionately high impacts of climate change, it would be …
Is natural gas actually cleaner than coal? Growing evidence says maybe not
Methane releases from natural gas are a key factor in creating parity between the overall …
Venomous snakes could start migrating in large numbers if we hit 5°C warming
Global measures to strengthen science, research and conservation policies are needed
People’s agenda for coastal, river erosion: Local climate efforts need not be stalled for want of global action
While rehabilitating coastal communities, special attention must be given to traditional …
How climate change could affect the microbes that ferment grapes and give wine its specific flavours
Samples taken from 2018 vintage contained certain organisms that seemed to be completely …
New Climate Finance Goal: Too many options, too little time?
The first round of deliberations for the post-2025 climate finance goal are to be held in …
Carbon capture plants are underperforming — why are we so optimistic about them?
IPCC noted that CCS has the highest cost and lowest possible contribution to net emission …
Scaling up private finance is crucial to bridge funding gap for climate change projects
India’s climate pledges need a staggering $10 trillion financial investment, …
The Anthropocene is not an epoch − but the age of humans is most definitely underway
The proposal to add an Anthropocene Epoch to the geological time scale was rejected for a …
We must catalyse innovation towards sustainable finance to enhance India’s climate resilience
Tapping the vibrant innovation ecosystem and enabling smooth green finance can drive the …
How climate change is messing up the ocean’s biological clock, with unknown long-term consequences
Phytoplankton blooms are, in some aspects, metronomes of the annual oceanic cycles around …
Antarctica provides at least $276 billion a year in economic benefits to the world, new research finds
Antarctic research may have prevented significant damage to livelihoods and infrastructure …
Satellites are burning up in upper atmosphere — and we still don’t know what impact this will have on Earth’s climate
Elon Musk’s SpaceX has announced it will dispose of 100 Starlink satellites over the …
How global warming is reshaping winter life in Canada
Outdoor skating in Canada is fast becoming the latest casualty of our failure to confront …
A single Antarctic heatwave or storm can noticeably raise the sea level
Individual extreme weather events can also have a much longer-term effect on the world&…
20°C seems the optimal temperature for life on Earth to thrive — what does this mean in a warming world?
Exactly why 20°C is pivotal & energy-efficient for cellular processes may be due to …
Atlantic is headed for a tipping point − once melting glaciers shut down Gulf Stream, we would see extreme climate change within decades, study shows
It might seem counterintuitive to worry about extreme cold as the planet warms, but if the …
El Nino is starting to lose strength after fueling a hot, stormy year, but it’s still powerful − an atmospheric scientist explains what’s ahead for 2024
The 2024 hurricane season likely won’t have El Nino around to help weaken storms. But …
Tripling nuclear energy by 2050 will take a miracle, and miracles don’t happen
It is time to abandon the idea that further expanding nuclear technology can help with …