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Satellite Confirms Key NASA Temperature Data: The Planet Is Warming - and Fast
A high-profile NASA temperature data set has found new backing from independent satellite records - suggesting the findings are on a sound footing, scientists reported Tuesday.
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Coal Plants Emitted More Than Ever In 2018, Asia Led The Way
Global energy experts released grim findings Monday, saying that not only are planet-warming carbon-dioxide emissions still increasing, but the world's growing thirst for energy has led to higher emissions from coal-fired power plants than ever before.
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Earth A Lot Like It Was 115,000 Years Ago, But What Can We Learn From It?
Some 115,000 years ago, homo sapiens were still living in bands of hunter gatherers, largely confined to Africa. And though these various hominids didn't know it, the Earth was coming to the end of a major warm period.
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From Wildfires To Greenhouse Gases, 2018 Fourth Hottest Year On Record
Ferocious wildfires that consumed entire California neighborhoods. Devastating hurricanes that inundated communities from Florida to North Carolina. Brutal hailstorms in Colorado and Texas. Tornadoes across the Midwest and South. A record deluge in Hawaii.
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Climate Change Will Alter The Colour Of The Oceans, New Research Finds
By the end of the century, if not sooner, the world's oceans will be bluer and greener thanks to a warming climate, scientists reported Monday. And while the shift in color will be all but imperceptible to the human eye, it could hint at the profound changes in store for a wide array of marine life.
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Climate Deal Falls Short Of Breakthrough Needed To Stop Global Warming
Weary climate negotiators limped across the finish line Saturday after days of round-the-clock talks, striking a deal that keeps the world moving forward with plans to curb carbon emissions.
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Scientists Acknowledge Key Errors In Study Of How Fast Oceans Are Warming
Scientists behind a major study that claimed the Earth's oceans are warming faster than previously thought now say their work contained inadvertent errors that made their conclusions seem more certain than they actually are.
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"We Have To Put Out The Fire": UN Sounds 2030 Climate Change Warning
The world stands on the brink of failure when it comes to holding global warming to moderate levels, and nations will need to take "unprecedented" actions to cut their carbon emissions over the next decade, according to a landmark report by the globe's top scientific body studying climate change.
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Across The Arctic, Lakes Are Leaking Dangerous Greenhouse Gases
Katey Walter Anthony has studied some 300 lakes across the tundras of the Arctic. But sitting on the mucky shore of her latest discovery, the Arctic expert said she'd never seen a lake like this one.
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Antarctica Warming Could Fuel Disastrous Sea-Level Rise, Study Finds
Temperatures not much warmer than the planet is experiencing now were sufficient to melt a major part of the East Antarctic ice sheet in Earth's past, scientists reported Wednesday, including during one era about 125,000 years ago when sea levels were as much as 20 to 30 feet higher than they are now
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The Next Five Years Will Be 'Anomalously Warm,' Scientists Predict
A new scientific tool predicts a boost to the planet's temperature over the next five years, above and beyond what global warming will already produce.
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A Huge Stretch Of The Arctic Ocean Is Turning Into The Atlantic
Scientists studying one of the fastest-warming regions of the global ocean say changes in this region are so sudden and vast that in effect, it will soon be another limb of the Atlantic, rather than a characteristically icy Arctic sea.
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Antarctic Ice Loss Has Tripled In A Decade. If That Continues We Are In Serious Trouble
Antarctica's ice sheet is melting at rapidly increasing rate, now pouring more than 200 billion tons of ice into the ocean annually and raising sea levels a half millimeter every year, a team of 80 scientists reported Wednesday.
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Humans Causing Massive Changes In The Location Of Water All Over The Earth: NASA
A 14-year NASA mission has confirmed that a massive redistribution of freshwater is occurring across the Earth, with middle-latitude belts drying and the tropics and higher latitudes gaining water supplies.
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Someone's Secretly Making Ozone-Depleting Chemical, Suspect Scientists
Emissions of a banned, ozone-depleting chemical are on the rise, a group of scientists reported Wednesday, suggesting someone may be secretly manufacturing the pollutant in violation of an international accord.
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Satellite Confirms Key NASA Temperature Data: The Planet Is Warming - and Fast
A high-profile NASA temperature data set has found new backing from independent satellite records - suggesting the findings are on a sound footing, scientists reported Tuesday.
-
Coal Plants Emitted More Than Ever In 2018, Asia Led The Way
Global energy experts released grim findings Monday, saying that not only are planet-warming carbon-dioxide emissions still increasing, but the world's growing thirst for energy has led to higher emissions from coal-fired power plants than ever before.
-
Earth A Lot Like It Was 115,000 Years Ago, But What Can We Learn From It?
Some 115,000 years ago, homo sapiens were still living in bands of hunter gatherers, largely confined to Africa. And though these various hominids didn't know it, the Earth was coming to the end of a major warm period.
-
From Wildfires To Greenhouse Gases, 2018 Fourth Hottest Year On Record
Ferocious wildfires that consumed entire California neighborhoods. Devastating hurricanes that inundated communities from Florida to North Carolina. Brutal hailstorms in Colorado and Texas. Tornadoes across the Midwest and South. A record deluge in Hawaii.
-
Climate Change Will Alter The Colour Of The Oceans, New Research Finds
By the end of the century, if not sooner, the world's oceans will be bluer and greener thanks to a warming climate, scientists reported Monday. And while the shift in color will be all but imperceptible to the human eye, it could hint at the profound changes in store for a wide array of marine life.
-
Climate Deal Falls Short Of Breakthrough Needed To Stop Global Warming
Weary climate negotiators limped across the finish line Saturday after days of round-the-clock talks, striking a deal that keeps the world moving forward with plans to curb carbon emissions.
-
Scientists Acknowledge Key Errors In Study Of How Fast Oceans Are Warming
Scientists behind a major study that claimed the Earth's oceans are warming faster than previously thought now say their work contained inadvertent errors that made their conclusions seem more certain than they actually are.
-
"We Have To Put Out The Fire": UN Sounds 2030 Climate Change Warning
The world stands on the brink of failure when it comes to holding global warming to moderate levels, and nations will need to take "unprecedented" actions to cut their carbon emissions over the next decade, according to a landmark report by the globe's top scientific body studying climate change.
-
Across The Arctic, Lakes Are Leaking Dangerous Greenhouse Gases
Katey Walter Anthony has studied some 300 lakes across the tundras of the Arctic. But sitting on the mucky shore of her latest discovery, the Arctic expert said she'd never seen a lake like this one.
-
Antarctica Warming Could Fuel Disastrous Sea-Level Rise, Study Finds
Temperatures not much warmer than the planet is experiencing now were sufficient to melt a major part of the East Antarctic ice sheet in Earth's past, scientists reported Wednesday, including during one era about 125,000 years ago when sea levels were as much as 20 to 30 feet higher than they are now
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The Next Five Years Will Be 'Anomalously Warm,' Scientists Predict
A new scientific tool predicts a boost to the planet's temperature over the next five years, above and beyond what global warming will already produce.
-
A Huge Stretch Of The Arctic Ocean Is Turning Into The Atlantic
Scientists studying one of the fastest-warming regions of the global ocean say changes in this region are so sudden and vast that in effect, it will soon be another limb of the Atlantic, rather than a characteristically icy Arctic sea.
-
Antarctic Ice Loss Has Tripled In A Decade. If That Continues We Are In Serious Trouble
Antarctica's ice sheet is melting at rapidly increasing rate, now pouring more than 200 billion tons of ice into the ocean annually and raising sea levels a half millimeter every year, a team of 80 scientists reported Wednesday.
-
Humans Causing Massive Changes In The Location Of Water All Over The Earth: NASA
A 14-year NASA mission has confirmed that a massive redistribution of freshwater is occurring across the Earth, with middle-latitude belts drying and the tropics and higher latitudes gaining water supplies.
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Someone's Secretly Making Ozone-Depleting Chemical, Suspect Scientists
Emissions of a banned, ozone-depleting chemical are on the rise, a group of scientists reported Wednesday, suggesting someone may be secretly manufacturing the pollutant in violation of an international accord.
