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The pound-for-pound greenhouse effect of carbon dioxide is getting stronger as more of it is released into the atmosphere, a new study found.

Carbon Dioxide Is Becoming More Fearsome, Scientists Find

By Frank Landymore

A new study suggests that massive volcanic eruptions in India killed off the dinosaurs by causing drops in global temperature.

Relatable! Scientists Say Dinosaurs Mainly Died From Climate Change

By Sharon Adarlo

Saudi Arabia is publicly committed to cutting carbon emissions, but it has plans to push developing countries to use its oil and gas exports.

Saudi Arabia Apparently Scheming to Get Poor Countries Addicted to Oil

By Sharon Adarlo

Avocado bloody.

Millennials’ Avocado Habit Is Killing Mexico’s Forests

By Sharon Adarlo

A new study from Oxfam says the richest 1 percent of the world had the same carbon footprint in 2019 as the poorest 66 percent in the world.

Scientists Say These Villains Are Causing Way More Than Their Share of Climate Change

By Sharon Adarlo

Did you do climate change? If so, ExxonMobil's CEO is out to find you. And while he works on that, he thinks you should worry less about oil.

Exxon Is Trying to Find the Guy Who Did Climate Change

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Researchers in China discovered that microplastics could be affecting the formation of the clouds they're found in.

Microplastics Inside Clouds May Be Changing Global Weather, Scientists Say

By Frank Landymore

Soot kills thousands of people every year. But as the EPA prepares to tighten soot restrictions, corporations are more worried about the GDP.

Corporations Whimper That They Won’t Be Able to Make So Much Money If They Aren’t Allowed to Pollute

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Researchers have now measured atmospheric mercury levels in the past, and their findings makes our current levels all the more concerning.

Humans Are Spiking the Level of Poisonous Mercury in the Atmosphere

By Frank Landymore

Controversial new research led by renowned climate scientist James Hansen found that global warming is accelerating.

Global Warming Is Even Worse Than We Thought, Scientist Says

By Frank Landymore

More than 15,000 scientists have signed onto a paper warning that the climate may collapse by the end of this century if we don't fix it now.

15,000 Scientists Warn Society Could Collapse By 2100 Due to Climate Change

By Noor Al-Sibai

Genetically supercharged trees and other plants could be promising CO2 vacuums, but are yet to be proven outside the greenhouse.

Scientists Working on Gene-Hacked Plants to Suck Up Extra CO2

By Frank Landymore

Gianluca Grimulda, an Italian social and climate scientist, prefers "slow travel" to cut down on his carbon emissions. That means no flights.

Climate Researcher Fired for Refusing to Fly

By Frank Landymore

As Earth's temperatures continue to rise, some areas may soon become uninhabitable — and the consequences will be life or death.

Scientists Say Homes of Billions on Track to Become Uninhabitable

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

The results of a comprehensive survey of over 8,000 species of amphibians shows that 41 percent are globally threatened with extinction.

The Poor Little Froggos Are Going Extinct

By Frank Landymore

Shell has begun targeting the youth with a new "Road Trip" ad campaign baked into the popular video game Fortnite.

Shell Using Fortnite to Promote Gasoline to Youths

By Victor Tangermann

Even a cave that's been closed to the public for three decades can't escape the reach of microplastic particles.

Scientists Find Microplastics in Cave Sealed Off From All Humans

By Frank Landymore

Researchers have discovered microplastics inside rain clouds, indicating that the particles are contaminating nearly every part of nature.

Scientists Find Microplastics Inside Clouds

By Victor Tangermann

The world's land masses are, a new super-charged climate model suggests, going to form into one giant desert supercontinent.

Scientists Say Earth Will Become a Barren Wasteland

By Noor Al-Sibai

Scientists Have Coined a Devastating New Term for Not Being Able to See the Stars at Night

Scientists Have Coined a Devastating New Term for Not Being Able to See the Stars at Night

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Scientists found that solar geoengineering alone would have a limited impact on delaying the melting of ice in Antarctica.

It’s Too Late for Geoengineering Alone to Save Antarctica, Scientists Find

By Sharon Adarlo

Scientists Perform “Health Check” on Planet Earth, Alarmed by What They Find

Scientists Perform “Health Check” on Planet Earth, Alarmed by What They Find

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

This year's Burning Man in the Nevada desert was marked by an extremely rare torrential rain. There's still a lot of trash to be picked up.

The Environmental Warriors at Burning Man Left a Disgusting Mess Behind

By Victor Tangermann

Oil giant Exxon Mobil, one of the more prominent architects of our planet's doom, says that humanity is likely to miss 2050 climate goals.

Exxon Mobil Predicts Climate Efforts Will Fail

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Scientists have estimated that approximately 1 billion people will die this century from various disasters driven by global warming.

The Death Toll From Climate Change Will Be Catastrophic, Scientists Say

By Sharon Adarlo

According to a joint report from NASA and NOAA scientists, July may have just been the hottest month in recorded history.

July Was the Hottest Month in Recorded History

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

In an unprecedented ruling, a state judge has sided with a group of youth climate activists who sued the state of Montana over fossil fuels.

The Kids Who Sued Montana Over Climate Change Just Won

By Noor Al-Sibai

The US Department of Energy will invest $1.2 billion to build two direct air capture facilities that will remove carbon from the atmosphere.

White House Pledges $1.2 Billion to Suck Carbon Out of the Air

By Frank Landymore

This writer argues that, though flawed, the anti-plastic straw movement marks a rare, meaningful moment for the anti-plastic movement.

The Anti-Straw Movement Was Dumb, Annoying, and… Actually Worked?

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

At nearly 70 degrees, the ocean has hit its highest recorded temperature in history — and scientists say it's only likely to continue to rise.

Ocean Hits Highest Recorded Temperature, Still Rising

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

The record shattering high temperatures has proven to be too much for even seasoned desert-dwelling saguaro cactuses.

It’s So Hot That Decades-Old Cactuses Are Toppling Over in Defeat

By Frank Landymore

Researchers are concerned about a huge chunk of ice larger than Mexico failing to refreeze as temperatures drop in Antarctica.

Antarctica Is Losing a Flabbergasting Amount of Ice

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers are warning that crucial ocean currents called the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation could collapse as soon as 2025.

Scientists Say Atlantic Current Collapse Could Lead to Extreme Cold in Europe and North America

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers have successfully reanimated the bodies of 46,000-year-old microscopic roundworms they found frozen in the Siberian permafrost.

Scientists Resurrect 46,000 Year Old Worms, Which Instantly Started Reproducing

By Victor Tangermann

With this July on track to be the hottest month ever, the UN is warning that we've moved past global warming as the planet begins to boil.

UN Warns That We’ve Gone Beyond Global Warming and Into “Global Boiling”

By Noor Al-Sibai

The asphalt in one Arizona county is so hot, people are getting life-threatening burns simply for falling on the blistering ground.

It’s So Hot That People Are Getting Burned From Falling on the Ground

By Victor Tangermann

Climate change experts are watching, horrified that their predictions from many years ago are turning into an overwhelming reality.

Climate Scientists Horrified That Their Predictions Were Correct

By Victor Tangermann

Meet the "facekini," a ski mask of sorts made from UV-resistant fabrics and designed to cover a wearer's entire head and face.

There’s a Hot New Climate Change Accessory: “Facekinis” That Cover Your Entire Head

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A study that tracked the ocean surface over two decades found that it's slowly getting greener, likely due to climate change.

Climate Change Is Getting So Bad That the Ocean Is Changing Color

By Frank Landymore

Thousands of abandoned telephone cables across the US are leaching lead into soil and water, a report from The Wall Street Journal reveals.

Old Phone Cables Appear to Be Contaminating US Soil and Water With Lead

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A grim NOAA report reveals that Antarctic sea ice levels have reached a record wintertime low — and a drastic year-over-year decrease.

Antarctic Ice Reaches “Record-Smashing Low,” Alarming Scientists

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

During the first six months of President Lula's time in office, the area of deforested land in the Amazon has dropped by 33 percent.

Good News! Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon Has Significantly Dropped in Just 6 Months

By Frank Landymore

A new study suggests that melting Arctic glaciers are releasing ancient stores of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, into the atmosphere.

Oh Good, Melting Glaciers Are Releasing Ancient Methane Into the Atmosphere

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

This year's July 4 was the hottest day since records began, according to climate data. The previous record was July 3.

This July 4 Was the Earth’s Hottest Day on Record

By Sharon Adarlo

Devastating wildfires in Canada have continued to burn, and its smoke is already hitting the United States for a second wave this year.

Canada Is Hotboxing the United States Again

By Frank Landymore

A part of the summit of a mountain in the Alps has collapsed, the likely result of permafrost thawing, dramatic footage shows.

Climate Change Blamed for Collapse of Mountain

By Victor Tangermann

As much as 80 percent of the Himalayas' glaciers could vanish by the year 2100 if global temperatures rise by four degrees Celsius.

Climate Change Could Cause Himalayan Glaciers to Shrink By a Shocking Amount

By Sharon Adarlo

Rising global temperatures and pollution levels might have one particularly unexpected side effect: dog bites.

Harvard Researchers Find Dogs Bite People More on Hot Days

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Smoke from especially dire wildfires in Canada has swept across the East Coast, leaving an ugly and hazardous haze over cities like New York.

A Huge Cloud of Smoke Is Casting a Ghoulish Gloom Over New York City

By Frank Landymore

King Charles III is a committed environmentalist — so much so that he's reportedly sacrificing his servants' body temps for his cause. Brave!

King Charles Fights Climate Change by Freezing His Servants

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

People were shocked when the waters of Venice's Grand Canal became neon green. Investigation revealed it was due to a non-toxic chemical.

Chemical Turns Waters of Venice Canal a Fluorescent Green

By Sharon Adarlo

Rest in peace! A Dutch startup has created a $1,000 mushroom coffin that will biodegrade in less than two months.

Get Buried in a $1,000 Organic, Biodegradable Mushroom Coffin

By Sharon Adarlo

Researchers found that lab-grown meat's environmental impact may actually be "orders of magnitude" higher than retail beef.

New Study Is Extremely Embarrassing for Lab-Grown Meat

By Victor Tangermann

Climate change is increasing water temperatures off East Africa and this has led to increased pirate attacks in the region.

Climate Change Linked to Increased Pirate Attacks

By Sharon Adarlo

A water recycling firm teamed up with a Northern Californian brewery to create the Epic OneWater Brew, a beer made from recycled greywater.

Yum! Environmentally Friendly Beer Made From Used Shower Water

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Scientists are horrified as ocean surface temperatures have continuously set new record-breaking highs over the last month.

Scientists Horrified as Sea Surface Temperatures Spike Off the Charts

By Victor Tangermann

Per leaked messages, Axel Springer CEO Mathias Döpfner is "all for climate change." He also asked a former tabloid EIC to influence German elections. Cool.

In Leaked Messages, CEO Says He Supports Climate Change

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A team of researchers has proposed a radical and potentially affordable solution that could solve the entire climate crisis in one fell swoop.

We Could Solve 100% of Climate Change With a Modest Surcharge on Gasoline, Scientists Find

By Victor Tangermann

President Joe Biden wants to impose strict emissions regulations on automakers to ensure EVs make up the majority of new car sales by 2030.

Biden to Propose Extreme Car Pollution Limits to Drive Up EV Sales

By Frank Landymore

We knew crypto mining uses tons of energy — but new investigations have revealed that the situation is actually worse than we thought.

Mining Crypto Is Even Worse for the Environment Than We Thought

By Noor Al-Sibai

A project that touted so-called "liquid trees" from two years ago has recently been ruthlessly mocked online. Do they deserve the hate?

These Fake Liquid Trees Are Enraging the Internet

By Frank Landymore

A new report re-evaluating the long-feared "population bomb" has found that the number of people on Earth isn't going to explode, but rather decrease.

There Will Be Fewer People Alive in 2100 Than Now, Experts Predict

By Noor Al-Sibai

Oxygen levels are so dangerously low in a river n Australia that millions of fish have turned up on its shores — but don't worry, everything's fine.

Officials Say It’s Fine That Millions of Fish Suddenly Died in This River

By Noor Al-Sibai

It's not over just yet, but we're almost there, the United Nations' IPCC watchdog group has said in its latest anxiety-inspiring report.

Top Scientists Say We’re in Deep, Deep Trouble

By Noor Al-Sibai