Climate change: Facts, news, features and articles about our warming planet
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Strongest nor'easters along US East Coast are becoming more intense as the world warms, study suggestsA new study finds the strongest nor'easters have intensified over the last 80 years, with a 6% increase in peak wind speeds.
By Aristos Georgiou Published
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Humanity could be just 3 years away from crossing a dire climate threshold, report warnsRecord carbon emissions mean that the planet's carbon budget could be exceeded in as little as three years, according to a new report.
By Ben Turner Published
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Ancient groundwater records reveal worrying forecast for US SouthwestGroundwater records from the last ice age indicate that aquifers in the U.S. Southwest are more sensitive to global warming than aquifers in the Pacific Northwest.
By Sascha Pare Published
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Covering poop lagoons with a tarp could cut 80% of methane emissions from dairy farms"Digesters" that convert methane from manure ponds into fuel can dramatically reduce emissions of this potent greenhouse gas on dairy farms, scientists have found.
By Sascha Pare Published
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Earth's energy imbalance is rising much faster than scientists expected — and now researchers worry they might lose the means to figure out whyFor reasons still unknown, Earth's energy imbalance is rising much faster than models can account for. Now, scientists are calling for long-term investment in monitoring capability, so that they can make informed predictions about climate change.
By Sascha Pare Published
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Almost 2 billion people could see a change in rain patterns if the planet continues to warmHigher global temperatures mean the intertropical convergence zone could shift south — throwing off precipitation trends for a major swath of humanity, according to new research.
By Jesse Steinmetz Published
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The decline of key Atlantic currents is underway, and it's been flooding parts of the US for 20 yearsNew research has linked sea level rise and an increase in flooding in the U.S. Northeast over the past 20 years to the breakdown of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC).
By Sascha Pare Published
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Climate change made April's catastrophic floods worse, report findsA report into April's deadly flooding has found that climate change made the central Mississippi River valley's extreme weather event more likely and more intense.
By Patrick Pester Published
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Kids born today are going to grow up in a hellscape, grim climate study findsExposure to extreme climate events will increase two to seven times more for those born in 2020 compared with those in 1960, a new study warns.
By Ben Turner Published
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