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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

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

Four patients infected with anthrax after eating horse meat escape a Siberian hospital, panicking local officials who send out an alert.

Russia Says Patients Infected With Deadly Bacteria Have Escaped

By Sharon Adarlo

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

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

Scientists Finally Invented Robot That Can Sweat Heavily

Scientists Finally Invented Robot That Can Sweat Heavily

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

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

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

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

MIT professor Max Tegmark is stressed about the potential impact of artificial general intelligence (AGI) — and thinks you should be, too.

Artificial Intelligence

MIT Professor Compares Ignoring AGI to “Don’t Look Up”

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

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

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

The ConocoPhillips Willow oil project in Alaska will produce some 600 million barrels of oil in 30 years, potentially undoing Biden's climate pledges.

Biden Turns Blind Eye to Climate Change, Approves Massive Oil Drilling Project

By Frank Landymore

Even pollinators that live in remote areas are disappearing in massive numbers — another troubling sign that our bees and butterflies are in bad shape.

Bad News: Bees Are Dying At a Shocking Rate

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Scientists have decided to resurrect ancient "zombie" viruses found in permafrost in an effort to head off one of climate change's freakiest eventualities.

We’re Totally OK With This 48,500 Year Old “Zombie” Virus Being Resurrected

By Noor Al-Sibai

Solar geoengineering might be the quickest may to reduce warming, but these scientists call for more research before it can be championed or ruled out.

Group of 60 Scientists Urge Research Into Geoengineering the Earth to Fight Climate Change

By Frank Landymore

Using a torpedo-like robot to have a closer look at Antarctica's Doomsday Glacier, researchers have discovered cracks and worrying "staircase" formations.

Scientists Send Robot Under Doomsday Glacier, Alarmed by What It Found

By Victor Tangermann

Billionaire climate advocate Bill Gates will do whatever it takes to save the planet — as long as it doesn't mean giving up his private jet.

Bill Pledges to Keep Flying Private Jet While Speaking Out Against Climate Change

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Deaths caused by fungal infections have been on the rise since the 1970s, and fungi once limited to regions of the US are now spreading to most states.

Global Warming Is Priming Deadly Fungi to Invade Our Warm Bodies

By Frank Landymore

The global warming threshold of 1.5 degree Celsius may be a foregone conclusion, according to a new study that trained an AI on climate models.

Global Warming Is Worse Than We Thought, AI Tells Scientists

By Frank Landymore

Farmland and flatulence: the essential Bill Gates crossover. The founder's climate fund just invested $12 million into cattle fart and burp-reducing feed.

Bill Gates Gives $12 Million to Flatulent Australian Cows

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Make Sunsets had barely got two of its sulfur dioxide releasing balloons in the air before the Mexican government banned the experiments outright.

Mexico Bans Startup From Future Solar Geoengineering Experiments

By Frank Landymore

Unchecked development and climate change are coming to a head in Arizona, where an entire neighborhood has been cut off from Scottsdale's water supply.

Arizona City Cuts Off Water Supply for Entire Suburb

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

In a damning new paper, researchers have found that scientists employed by Exxon were shockingly accurate in their predictions of global warming.

Exxon Scientists Knew About Global Warming for Decades While Company Denied It

By Victor Tangermann

On New Years' Day, several Stanford scientists joined CBS' Scott Pelley on "60 Minutes" to discuss the mass extinction crisis. No one had any good news.

Stanford Scientists Warn That Civilization as We Know It Will End in “Next Few Decades”

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Experts argue in a number of letters published by The Guardian that the recent fusion power breakthrough is too little too late.

Gloomy Physicists Say Nuclear Fusion Breakthrough Is Too Late to Save Us

By Victor Tangermann

William Shatner is opening up more about his life-changing trip to space and why it freaked him out so badly that it turned him into an environmentalist.

William Shatner Explains Why His Trip to Space Was Horrible

By Noor Al-Sibai

The idea of "solar geoengineering," or shooting particles into the stratosphere to reduce the warming of the Sun, is no longer science fiction.

Scientists Increasingly Calling to Dim the Sun

By Victor Tangermann

Humans have known about climate change for decades. So why are we choosing to destroy our planet — and with it, ourselves?

Professors Warn of “Horrifying” Self-Destruction of Human Civilization

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Researchers strapped cameras to tiger sharks and discovered a massive underwater forest of seagrass stretching 35,000 square miles across the seabed.

Scientists Strap Cameras to Sharks and Discover Huge Underwater Forest

By Victor Tangermann

The UN's upcoming COP27 climate conference in Egypt is basically a "greenwashing" waste of time, according to Greta Thunberg, who says she won't be going.

Greta Thunberg Says UN Climate Conference Is a Scam and She’s Not Attending

By Frank Landymore

ISS astronauts are quite literally on a mission to save the Earth – or at least to show us which areas are home to the biggest polluters.

Astronauts Spot World’s Largest Polluters from Space Station

By Noor Al-Sibai

According to a new report, those who live in the developed world can still eat your delicious burgers and not destroy the Earth — just not too many.

Scientists Identify Exact Number of Burgers You Can Eat Without Destroying the Earth

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

The White House has launched a five year research plan to investigate the possibility of reflecting sunlight to reduce warming and fight climate change.

White House Researching Combating Climate Change By Spraying Particles Into the Atmosphere

By Frank Landymore

A shocking new video shows two climate activists throwing a can of soup at Vincent van Gogh's famous "Sunflowers" painting at London's National Gallery.

Climate Activists Throw Soup at Famous Van Gogh Painting

By Victor Tangermann

On London's Waterloo bridge, a climate activist was filmed giving an interview while quite literally being toted away by police officers during a protest.

Climate Activist Conducts Interview While Being Carried Away by Police

By Noor Al-Sibai

The Nord Stream pipeline leaks in the Baltic Sea are going to be bad, and climate experts say the methane released pipelines from Russia may be sabotage.

Experts Say Leaking Russian Pipeline Likely Huge Environmental Disaster

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Amid concerns about rising emissions, scientists have discovered something weird — that trees appear to be growing faster as carbon dioxide levels rise.

Carbon Dioxide Seems to Be Making Trees Grow Faster, Scientists Say

By Noor Al-Sibai

Experts are warning that if climate change continues to go unchecked, most of Florida's southern coast will be underwater, Miami included, by 2060.

Scientists Have Grim News for Southern Florida

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

The lululemon yoga company manufactures much of its expensive workout wear in coal-powered factories — and its stans are super ticked off about it.

Yoga Teachers Furious Over Lululemon’s Use of Environment-Destroying Factories

By Noor Al-Sibai

Bill Gates is frustrated with the state of the world. But most of all, he's frustrated with the role that distraction plays in our failure to meet goals.

Bill Gates Sounds Moderately Horrified by How Civilization Is Going

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Scientists are proposing to unleash huge amounts of microscopic aerosol particles over the Earth's North and South Poles to slow down the melting ice caps.

New Plan Suggests Re-Freezing Earth’s Poles by Spraying Chemicals With Huge Military Jets

By Victor Tangermann

The US Department of Energy said it's making geothermal energy a priority, hoping to cut its cost by 90 percent before 2035.

The Biden Administration Wants to Cut Geothermal Energy Costs by 90 Percent

By Lonnie Lee Hood

A new analysis has determined that by current emissions, roughly 4.4 million acres of land and 650,000 individual properties will be underwater by 2050.

Hundreds of Thousands of American Homes Will Be Swallowed by the Sea, Scientists Say

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Actor Jason Mamoa has taken to Instagram to ferociously protest single-use plastics by shaving his hair off. Is that effective activism?

Jason Momoa So Furious About Environment That He Shaved His Head

By Maggie Harrison Dupré