The melting of Greenland’s massive ice sheet has now accelerated, scientists announced Wednesday, andshows no signs of slowing down, according to a new study.
Author: Doyle Rice, USA TODAY
Emissions of carbon dioxide into Earth’s atmosphere reach record high
Carbon dioxide – the greenhouse gas most responsible for global warming – has reached an all-time high in 2018, scientists announced Wednesday.
Brightest comet of the year will zoom near Earth this week
Skywatchers will get a special treat this week as the year’s brightest comet flies across the night sky.
Climate change could lead to ‘a collapse of our civilization’ according to Sir David Attenborough
Famed naturalist Sir David Attenborough said climate change could lead to a “collapse of our civilizations and the extinction of much of the natural world.”
Coast-to-coast cold, then a weekend snowstorm possible for South, East
First the cold, then the snow. A cold snap that will encompass nearly the entire U.S. this week will be followed by a potentially disruptive snowstorm.
Another blizzard forecast to paste the north-central U.S. this weekend
A snowstorm “willproduce blizzard conditions over a portion of the northern Plains and Upper Midwest this weekend,” AccuWeather warned.
U.N. says 2018 will be Earth’s 4th-warmest year on record, predicts a 5- to 9-degree temperature rise this century
The globe continued to bake in 2018, and still more warming is predicted in the decades to come. 2018 is expected to be the fourth-warmest year on record for Earth.
Extreme heat from climate change a ‘medical emergency,’ sickening tens of millions worldwide
According to a new report on climate change, the proportion of Earth’s population that’s vulnerable to heat-related death and disease continues to grow.
Wildfires more likely with hot/dry weather combo, thanks to climate change
Climate change has doubled the odds that a region will suffer the brutal combination of both hot and dry weather at the same time, a new study said.
Global carbon emissions rose in 2017, dimming hopes to rein in climate change
After three years of decline, the amount of carbon dioxide humans emitted increased in 2017, the United Nations announced.