Category: #Climate

Study reveals the vast patch of warm water has produced a dry ridge of high pressure across the south Pacific, blocking storms from reaching Chile…

Wildfires and declining water levels at reservoirs have threatened California’s power supply at various points this summer. Desperate to avoid blackouts amid the compounding crisis,…

“Climate emergency is intensifying, we are on the front lines,” Mohamed Nasheed, the president of the Maldives, said. Source: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/climate-change-rising-seas-may-lead-extinction-small-island-nations-n1276394 Droolin’ Dog sniffed out this…

Enlarge / Cover art of the new report. (credit: IPCC) It has been eight years since the last major report from the Intergovernmental Panel on…

The West hasn’t totally cooled off, but the region has gotten a slight reprieve from the heat that has dried up reservoirs, curtailed hydropower, and…

Record-breaking heat is expected to hit much of Russia this week, with temperatures in Moscow set to rise to over 36 degrees Celsius (97 Fahrenheit)…

Water shortages and dry conditions are already affecting the state as the governor has declared an emergency in 41 of 58 counties Verdant hillsides losing…

A new study was published this week that found a critical current system in the Atlantic Ocean that helps to redistribute heat around the planet…

Bill Gates recently said that he believes rich nations would help the global fight against climate change by consuming only plant-based meat products instead of beef. Source:…

The Siberian tundra is still out here exploding. A new study from the Woodwell Climate Research Center has identified three new craters in the region’s…

Four years ago when Zach Jones went to do due diligence on C-Zero, a startup out of Santa Barbara, Calif. commercializing a new approach to…

As the largest greenhouse-gas emitting sector in the U.S., the transportation system must be overhauled in order to avoid the worst effects of climate change….

Scientists say decline in calves born in past 15 years due to diminishing herring stocks in warming north Atlantic Humpback whales could be struggling to…

We talk about ice a lot here on Earther—or more specifically, the growing absence of it. A new study puts what’s happening to the planet…

The years between 2011 and 2020 were the hottest on record, and 2020 was among the warmest of all. Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-55663544 Droolin’ Dog sniffed out…

Don’t look. Mount Fuji is naked. The iconic volcano is usually known for having a cap of bright white snow from fall through spring, but…

In a surprise move, the Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday will unveil a climate rule that will effectively prohibit the future regulation of greenhouse gases…

The climate crisis doesn’t stop for anything, whether it’s an attempted coup, deadly pandemic, or economic collapse. Case in point: Last year was the hottest…

In early March 2020, New York Magazine published an excellent article the went behind the scenes of a Shell corporate conference. It’s a long read,…

Thanks to global warming, climate disasters are set to impact pretty much every corner of the world, but of course, some places are getting hit…

Researchers report affected animals off the coasts of the US, South America and Australia Dolphins are increasingly dying slow, painful deaths from skin lesions likened…

Enlarge The legislation passed by the US Senate Monday was downright frankensteinian: a pile of unrelated bills stitched together. Apart from the pandemic relief measures,…