Climate change: Facts, news, features and articles about our warming planet
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The North Pole could shift 90 feet west by 2100As climate change melts ice sheets and glaciers, water is being redistributed across the globe — and could end up moving the point of Earth's axis of rotation.
By Skyler Ware Published
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Why is this giant desert turning green? Scientists may finally know the answer.Many deserts face worsening droughts, but India's Thar Desert has become 38% greener in the past 20 years due to increased rainfall and expanding agriculture in the region, according to a new study.
By Olivia Ferrari Published
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Winter sea ice cover lowest on recordThe Copernicus Climate Change Service has revealed that March 2025 saw the lowest sea ice maximum extent in the 47-year history of the satellite record – the warmest March on record for Europe.
By Patrick Pester Published
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'Heat is the final boss. Heat is a different beast': The planetary peril no one will be able to avoid"What will be new about heat deaths is the extent to which the lived environment will become physically uninhabitable for everyone, old and young, middle-aged, healthy and ill."
By Jakob Thomä Published
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'We don't have a climate crisis — we are the crisis': Environmentalist Paul Hawken on why honoring life is the best thing we can do against climate changeINTERVIEW Environmentalist and author Paul Hawken speaks to Live Science about the worldview that has led to the mindless exploitation of the planet — and how we can shift perspectives for a better future.
By Sascha Pare Published
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1st glacier declared dead from climate change seen in before and after imagesEarth from space Satellite images taken more than three decades apart show the disappearance of Iceland's Okjökull, the first glacier to be officially declared dead as a result of human-caused climate change.
By Harry Baker Published
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Global sea ice levels hit worrying new lowSea ice cover dropped to a record low across February 2025 as global warming continues to breach the 1.5 C Paris Agreement target, according to data from the Copernicus satellite.
By Patrick Pester Published
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Ancient Egyptian city of Alexandria — the birthplace of Cleopatra — is crumbling into the sea at an unprecedented rateCoastal erosion from rising sea levels has led to the collapse of 280 buildings across Alexandria, Egypt, over the past two decades.
By Jess Thomson Published
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Scholars are building an archive of federal climate data. Here's how to find it.Several groups are working to preserve webpages, tools and data — some of which have already gone missing from government webpages since the start of the Trump administration.
By Eric Nost Published
