Tag: global warming

Scientists warn that ocean acidification passed a critical tipping point years ago, threatening marine biodiversity and putting billions in economic value at risk as world leaders gather for emergency talks in France.

They discovered that emissions from the richest 10 percent of people in China and the United States alone each resulted in an increase of two to three times the heat extremes in vulnerable regions.

New research links fossil fuel giants to trillions in heat-driven economic losses, offering fresh momentum for climate liability lawsuits worldwide.

New research finds current climate policies put Earth on a collision course with multiple environmental tipping points, threatening irreversible damage to global systems.

Despite overwhelming global support for bold climate action, most governments are falling short—and newsrooms may be helping them do it.

Scientists write, “60 percent of Europe saw more days than average with at least ‘strong heat stress’.”

Rapid glacier melt threatens global water security, agriculture, and climate stability, putting billions at risk, warns the United Nations.

The study determined that a combination of a reduction in shipping pollution and an increase in emissions with cause Earth to warm by two degree Celsius by 2045.

If it collapsed, it could lower temperatures in some parts of Europe by up to 30°C.

They identified 21,518 deaths during this period where heat was either the underlying or a contributing cause of death.