Climate science — temperature records, ice sheet data, extreme weather, and climate research.
It’s good for the planet to scrap a new petrol car and buy electric
Switching from a working petrol car to an electric vehicle generates enough carbon savings to justify scrapping the old vehicle, according to research…
Europe’s wildfires became so intense they created their own storm
Extreme heat and drought conditions transformed European vegetation into explosive fuel this year, creating wildfires so intense they generated their …
We must adapt to climate change while also tackling the root cause
Europe faces a worsening wildfire crisis that requires a two-pronged approach: immediate landscape adaptation alongside aggressive emissions reduction…
The once-impossible black holes that could break thermodynamics
Black holes that maintain zero temperature appear to violate fundamental thermodynamic principles, yet new research demonstrates these exotic objects …
Scientists went looking for giant trees in Taiwan and found a lost world
Researchers exploring Taiwan's remote mountain forests have discovered one of East Asia's most pristine old-growth ecosystems, hidden within steep ter…
Mechanical shortcut' rapidly carries organic particles into the deep ocean
Researchers have identified a rapid transport mechanism that accelerates the movement of organic particles from the ocean surface to the seafloor, byp…
Four labs find experimental differences can undermine AI catalyst predictions
Researchers at four separate laboratories discovered that experimental variability can severely limit artificial intelligence models designed to predi…
Scientists detect a sharp acceleration in global warming
Global warming has accelerated sharply in recent years, warming at nearly double the rate observed over previous decades. Researchers analyzing multi…
'We're a bit late on the case, but we are on the case': Author Fred Pearce on the rise of renewables, a defused population bomb, and letting nature find its own way
Fred Pearce, a veteran environmental journalist, argues that humanity has made overlooked progress in combating climate change over the past four deca…
'The apparent chaos of the Anthropocene is turbocharging evolution itself': Plants are finding ways to survive and thrive in the climate crisis — if we let them
Plants are rapidly evolving new traits to survive accelerating climate change, with species demonstrating adaptive capacity that could reshape ecosyst…
AI reveals explosive bursts in bird evolution
Researchers analyzing songbird evolution have discovered that these species evolved through episodic bursts of rapid change punctuated by extended per…
How Europe can make its landscapes more fire-resilient
Europe's approach to wildfire management has backfired. Decades of fire suppression policies have allowed dead vegetation and forest fuel to accumulat…
Climate change may help eliminate malaria from West and Central Africa
Researchers studying malaria transmission patterns across Africa have identified a counterintuitive effect of climate change. Rising temperatures in W…
New report highlights health of the UK's plankton communities
Researchers from the University of Plymouth have produced a comprehensive report documenting how climate change is reshaping plankton communities acro…
Waste CO₂ converts into graphite through a newly observed two-step process
Researchers have discovered a two-step process that converts waste carbon dioxide directly into graphite, potentially addressing a critical supply cha…