Remains of the famous civilization on Easter Island, or Rapa Nui, are at risk of disappearing as climate change leads to coastal erosion.
Ocean acidification will severely impair coral reef growth before the end of the century if carbon dioxide emissions continue unchecked.
A new NASA-led experiment measured a key component of the Arctic’s energy balance from space for the very first time.
As frigid air sweeps across Europe, the Arctic itself is seeing an unprecedented warm spell.
The recent wave of mild, humid air and its attendant impacts is disturbing. But this is the fourth winter where we’ve seen a veritable heat wave rack the Arctic.
Study highlights urgent need to adapt urban areas to cope with floods, droughts and heatwaves.
Although Cape Town has pushed back day zero – the day that the city runs out of water – until June 4, the country re-assessed the magnitude of the drought and determined that it has reached disaster proportions.
Using satellite data, researchers say sea levels could rise by half an inch a year by the end of the century, which is double current projections.
How changing crops, moving to no till agriculture and lightening infrastructure can reduce extreme temperatures.
The drought-stricken city announced that it will begin marking 200 collection points where its 3.7 million residents will be required to queue for a rationed supply of water on ‘Day Zero’ – currently forecast to be April 21, 2018.
Scientists say millions more are at risk of flooding over the decades to come based on climate change already in the pipeline. In order to survive, the time to adapt is now.
Warming temperatures off the coasts of Australia may be having a devastating effect on green sea turtle populations by turning almost all their offspring into females.
Today, the city of New York in US joined a number of California cities in suing a group of major oil companies for the costs of climate change.
From Texas to Puerto Rico, here’s how much damage extreme weather caused last year.
Researchers plotted temperature rises against the number of asylum applications and are predicting that as the southern hemisphere heats up the number of people migrating to the EU each year will triple.
