Brazil meets a major emissions goal two years ahead of schedule
Brazil has just announced that it has cut 2017 greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation to levels far below...
Champagne could lose its classic taste due to climate change
Planning to pull out a bottle of chilled champagne in celebration of your latest accomplishment? Not so fast. The...
The warmest ocean temperature in a century was just recorded in California
Researchers at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography have recorded the warmest sea surface temperature in more...
Japan considers adopting daylight savings time for 2020 Summer Olympics
This summer's deadly heatwaves in Japan have caused government and Olympic officials to consider the benefits...
This 3D-printed device could help its users breathe underwater
Japanese designer and material scientist Jun Kamei has invented an underwater breathing device constructed with...
Mountain Heroes cyclist aims for world record to fight climate change
Michael Strasser, famous cyclist and the first cyclist to join the UN Environment's Mountain Heroes campaign,...
Previously stable zones of Antarctica are now falling victim to climate change
Unlike its counterpart, West Antarctica, which has long been decimated by melting ice caps, East Antarctica used...
Deadly heatwaves may make parts of China uninhabitable by the end of the century
It is no surprise that the world's most populous country, China, is also the largest polluter on Earth. However,...
About 90% of world’s largest king penguin colony has mysteriously disappeared
Recent satellite images and a new study show that only 200,000 of the two million king penguins who lived on the...
Only 13% of Earth’s oceans remain untouched by humans — for now
Only 13 percent of the planet's oceans are unaffected by human activities, such as fishing and pollution, according...
Migratory barnacle geese threatened by rapidly rising Arctic temperatures
Migrating barnacle geese that lay their eggs in the Arctic zones of northern Russia are becoming confounded by...
Snøhetta designs an energy-positive data center to fight climate change
Norwegian architecture firm Snøhetta and real estate developer MIRIS have unveiled designs for ‘The Spark,’...
Red List expands to 26,000 endangered species
Japanese earthworms, the Mauritian flying fox and the Bankoualé Palm are joining over 26,000 species categorized...
Eating seaweed could reduce cows’ methane production
Researchers at the University of California, Davis have found a surprising food source that could help reduce cows'...
West Antarctica’s bedrock is rising, providing some protection to melting ice
It seems that most news concerning Antarctica's ice sheets is bad news, with two of the world's fastest melting...
The City of London will be powered with 100% renewable energy by October 2018
The City of London, the historic "Square Mile" central district of London, will soon switch to clean energy in...
Some of the oldest and largest baobab trees are dying
A new survey of baobab trees throughout southern Africa has shown that most of the two dozen largest and oldest...
Pope Francis calls on oil executives to transition to clean power
Pope Francis hasn't been quiet about the urgency of combating climate change. Most recently, during a two-day conference...
The US just experienced its hottest May on record
It's a familiar theme: each year, it seems, is the hottest year on record. The most recent climate change milestone...
Carbon Engineering cuts cost of carbon capture to less than $100 per ton
Carbon Engineering, a British Columbia-based company that has the financial backing of Bill Gates, has released...
High tide coastal flooding in US has doubled in the past 30 years
A new report from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) finds that the frequency of coastal...
The latest champion in the battle against climate change: fast food burgers
Swedish fast food chain Max Burgers (MAX) made headlines around a decade ago when it started labeling menu items...
Climate change has transformed much of Alaska over the past three decades
Climate change disproportionately impacts the Arctic, where rising global temperatures wrought by the burning of...
UN creates a new global climate change coalition
Earth has a "30-year window of opportunity" to tackle climate change, according to World Meteorological Organization...
California makes huge investment in ‘widespread transportation electrification’
Even as the U.S. turns away from clean energy, California continues to charge ahead. Empowering the largest investment...
Southern California is losing its clouds, increasing the risk of more intense wildfires
The elevated summer temperatures in California are causing decreased levels of the low-atmosphere clouds that...
We could avoid 3.3 million cases of dengue fever each year if we limit global warming
Climate change: it's not just about rising oceans. According to new research from the University of East Anglia...
6 ways that scientists are hacking the planet
Life on planet Earth is struggling through an historically challenging era, thanks in no small part to the actions...
Higher CO2 levels may lead to decreased nutrients in rice
According to new research from an international team of scientists, the increasing levels of carbon dioxide in...
Exxon aims to cut methane emissions 15% by 2020
ExxonMobil isn't typically known for climate action, but the world's biggest publicly traded oil and gas company...