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China reaches solar energy milestone — what does this mean for the world's largest greenhouse gas emitter?China is rapidly expanding its ability to harness renewable energy sources.
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'Everything is connected': Readers share their concerns about extreme heat's health impactsPoll Are you worried about extreme heat? Live Science readers reveal their thoughts about Earth's rising temperatures.
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'This is such a clear story': Climate change is supercharging El Niño to unprecedented strengths, study findsAn analysis of coral taken from the Galápagos Islands reveals that El Niño has become nearly 40% stronger since the preindustrial era.
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Ocean 'under unprecedented strain' as El Niño helps supercharge warming to record levelsThe Copernicus Climate Change Service announced that the daily global sea surface temperature has reached its highest level since records began.
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The pace of climate change matters more than overall heat in the race to save key Atlantic currents, study findsThe rate of global warming, rather than the extra heat itself, could determine whether a system of ocean currents known as the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation will cross a tipping point, new research suggests.
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'They don't deserve this beauty and this breathtaking fragility'Interview Polar tourism researchers Zdenka Sokolickova and Liz Cooper talk about why a number of Antarctic tour guides have given up what they still consider to be their dream job.
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'If this is the new normal, then we are in very deep trouble': Brazil's drying aquifers could have ripple effects across the worldAnalysis New research suggests some of Brazil's most important aquifers, located beneath major agricultural regions, aren't being replenished. What does this mean for the country's water supply and food exports?
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Super El Niño may push an already stressed climate ecosystem across a critical threshold, climate change researcher saysInterview Live Science spoke with climate change researcher Jong-Seong Kug about how a super El Niño could cause lasting damage to our world.
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'There are challenges, but renewables are just growing so fast, and it is growing so fast because it is so cheap.'Interview Author and journalist Fred Pearce tells Live Science editor Hannah Osborne about his book "Despite it All" — looking at the changes that have taken place over the last 40 years that provide some hope that we can solve the climate crisis.
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