Key climate tipping points may be closer than expected, raising the risk of accelerating warming, sea-level rise, and ...

New research has found that the world has reached the first of many Earth system tipping points. These will cause catastrophic harm unless humanity takes urgent action. A tipping point is a moment in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE PHOTO: Bleached coral is seen in a reef at the Costa dos Corais in Japaratinga in the state of Alagoas, Brazil April 16, 2024 ...

Scientists say Earth is shifting from a merely warm planet toward what some describe as a “Hothouse” state, driven not just by smokestacks and tailpipes but by quieter feedbacks and thresholds. I see ...

In 2023, heat-tolerant soft corals in the Caribbean bleached and died for the first time on record, part of the near-total devastation of the Mesoamerican Reef. Credit: Bob Berwyn Scientists studying ...

Some irreversible climate harms are already happening to the planet, researchers are warning ahead of this year’s global climate summit. In a new report, a group of researchers said that between 2023 ...

Humanity has reached the first Earth system tipping point, the widespread death of warm-water coral reefs, marking the beginning of irreversible planetary shifts. As global temperatures move beyond ...

Some irreversible climate harms are already happening to the planet, researchers are warning ahead of this year’s global climate summit. In a new report, a group of researchers said that between 2023 ...

We've been watching temperatures climb, extreme weather events intensify, and ice sheets shrink. Every weather forecast and climate projection relies on incredibly complex computer simulations that ...

Climate change is accelerating risks to Amazon, AMOC Warm water coral reefs in unstoppable dieback, report finds Renewable energy surpasses coal globally, marking a positive climate shift COPENHAGEN, ...

The Amazon rainforest is so big that it makes its own climate. As they photosynthesise and transpire, its billions of trees collectively produce enough moisture to form clouds. These, by some ...