The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species is warning that over 44% of reef-building coral species globally are at risk of extinction.
This year is now virtually certain to beat 2023 as the hottest year on record. It will also be the first full year to surpass 1.5C above pre-industrial levels across the majority of observational records.
Greenhouse gas levels surged to a new record in 2023, committing the planet to rising temperatures for many years to come. CO2 is accumulating in the atmosphere faster than any time experienced during human existence.
Methane concentrations in Earth's atmosphere increased at record speed over the past five years. At least two-thirds of annual methane emissions now come from human activities.
Surprising new evidence of variable heat tolerance in corals was discovered recently. As the world's oceans warm, these differences are important.
Even with rapid emission cuts, some level of continued acidification may be unavoidable due to the CO2 already emitted and the time it takes for the ocean system to respond.
The sea surface temperature in the Fijian archipelago in the southwestern Pacific is now at its maximum for more than 600 years.
The only way to deal with this is to prepare for a situation with a much higher likelihood of unprecedented extreme events, already in the next one to two decades.
A new research has detailed the rate at which Siberia's massive Batagaika crater is devouring the surface of the Earth. Its rapid expansion is now fueled by warming air temperatures.
In fact, research has shown that Antarctica is rising up out of the ocean as it sheds its ice, and the effects on our planet are going to be massive.
Andean tropical glaciers are retreating at an unprecedented rate, exposing ice-free areas not seen for 11,700 years since the Holocene epoch began. This phenomenon highlights the significant regional impacts of human-induced climate change.
The results are sobering confirmation that global warming will continue to damage the Great Barrier Reef. If humanity does not divert from its current course, our generation will likely witness the demise of one of Earth's great natural wonders.
The warning signs are all there: record-breaking heat, failing health, vanishing ice sheets, and more unpredictable weather.
Our CO2 emissions are warming the planet and making life uncomfortable and even unbearable in some regions.
July 22, 2024, was the hottest day on record, according to a NASA analysis of global daily temperature data. July 21 and 23 of this year also exceeded the previous daily record, set in July 2023.
