In the year 2015, the impact of these leaks on climate was just as much as the impact of CO2 emissions from all coal-fired plants in the U.S.
A previous study suggested changes in climate and habitat affected the population of insects, but the new work also established the role of artificial lighting.
The research team used a past extinction event from Earth's history to show how the planet would respond to climate change.
The work revolves around a technology called direct air capture wherein multiple giant fans are used to draw and convert ambient air into low carbon fuel.
Under the impact of the fungus, the zombie ant clings onto aerial vegetation and the parasite starts to grow within its body, eventually piercing its head to release fungal spores on those below.
The reef remained more resilient against environmental changes than previously thought and highly-sensitive to sedimentary changes and water quality.
According to the research, the surge in CO2 levels was so much after the impact that local seawater temperatures rose by five degrees Celsius for 100,000 years.
The latest prediction by a team of scientists from China paints a dire picture for Earth’s climate, a far cry from the Paris Agreement’s aim to limit temperature rise to under 2 degrees Celsius from pre-industrial levels.
NASA used observations from multiple satellites to reveal how freshwater availability is changing, everywhere on Earth.
He said U.S. involvement in the global community was vital and Trump's opposition to the Paris climate accord and international trade agreements was short-sighted.
A study suggested the specific climate conditions in the skies above Venus's blazing surface could be hospitable to bacterial life.
Climate change is causing sea levels to rise worldwide at an accelerated rate.
The sun is going to pull back on how much radiation it sends to Earth, but it won’t do much to offset climate change.
Scientists have found evidence that a comet rained chunks onto Earth about 12,000 years ago and set off fires that caused an ice age and animal extinctions.
As the apex predators in the Arctic, polar bears’ surroundings force them to lead a “high-energy, high-fat lifestyle” which is becoming increasingly difficult to keep up in the face of climate change.
On Thursday the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists updated the Doomsday Clock to two minutes until midnight.
Coleman served as CEO of the Weather Channel for about a year after helping launch in 1981. Two years later, the American Meteorological Society named Coleman their Broadcast Meteorologist of the year.
The Arctic is warming faster than anywhere else on Earth in a time where each year is one of the hottest.
The Australian government announced an A$2.0 million (US$1.6 million) funding pot for bright ideas on how to save the reef.
Ford announced it will double its spending on electric vehicles.
Developed nations caused climate change. Yet developing nations stand to lose the most from it.
Mars may have only been warm and wet early in its history, which could mean it has been a wasteland devoid of alien life for billions of years.