It is apparent that the Arctic is warming more than two times faster than the global average. This phenomenon – known as “Arctic amplification” – is causing drastic changes in the Arctic and has also been linked to extreme weather events in the mid-latitudes of the northern hemisphere.
At COP26 in Glasgow, more than 100 nations signed the Global Methane Pledge, promising to cut methane emissions 30% by 2030.
According to a new study, when it comes to measuring global warming, humidity, not just heat, matters in generating dangerous climate extremes.
A new study indicates that the 21st century may see an expansion of hurricanes and typhoons into mid-latitude regions, which include major cities such as New York, Boston, Beijing and Tokyo.
Late in 1966, in the United States Weather Bureau computer lab, a Japanese immigrant named Syukuro Manabe would be the first to quantify the relationship between carbon dioxide and the temperature of Earth’s atmosphere.
A new study finds that low Arctic sea ice levels during July to October have knock-on impacts in the atmosphere that push the jet stream northwards. This tends to bring hotter and drier conditions in the western US over the following autumn, resulting in more frequent and intense fires in the region.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has warned that surpassing 2 degrees celsius of warming could have catastrophic consequences and that we need to keep global warming to 1.5 degrees celsius.
Scientists at the University of Southhampton have discovered that large chains of volcanoes have been responsible for both emitting and then removing atmospheric carbon dioxide over geological time thus stabilizing temperatures at Earth’s surface.
The Earth’s axis is not static but is always moving. The way water is distributed on Earth’s surface is one factor responsible for the shift.
The last time CO2 levels were as high as today, in a time called the Pliocene, was some 3 million years ago when sea levels were around 30 feet higher. The Pliocene was a significantly warmer world, likely around 3 degrees warmer than pre-industrial temperatures of the late 1800’s. Much of the Arctic had melted. …
