Earth’s glaciers are melting much faster than scientists thought. A new study shows they are losing 369 billion tons of snow and ice each year, more than half of that in North America. The most comprehensive measurement of glaciers worldwide found that thousands of inland masses of snow compressed into ice are shrinking 18 percent […]

Environmentalist and human rights groups said on Friday they had started a lawsuit against Royal Dutch Shell in the Netherlands to force the energy firm to cut its reliance on fossil fuels. The groups, including Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth Netherlands, handed over a court summons to Shell at its headquarters in The Hague, […]

 Man made climate change could turn the Antarctica green as ice sheets shrink Carbon dioxide levels may have reached the same levels as the Pliocene period  This was three million years ago and could provide clues to what the future holds Scientists say there is likely to be a ‘lag’ before the true effects of hitting […]

Global air pollution crisis is taking its greatest toll on children in south Asia The life expectancy of children born today will be shortened by 20 months on average by breathing the toxic air that is widespread across the globe, with the greatest toll in south Asia, according to a major study. Air pollution contributed […]

Canada is warming up twice as fast as the rest of the world and it’s “effectively irreversible,” a new scientific report from Environment and Climate Change Canada says. At stake is just how bad that warming gets, said several scientists presenting the Canada’s Changing Climate Report in Ottawa Monday. The report is the first in […]

Insects have “no place to hide” from climate change, scientists have said after analysing 50 years’ worth of UK data. The study found that woodlands, whose shade was expected to protect species from warming temperatures, are just as affected by climate change as open grasslands. The research examined records of the first springtime flights of […]

When building a bridge to the future, it’s important to know where we’re going and how much it’s going to cost. Nowhere is this principle more important than in the current discussion underway in Florida about how to plan for climate change, which is why we are pleased that Governor Ron DeSantis has committed to forming […]

Climate change is becoming increasingly relevant to central bankers because losses from natural disasters that are magnified by higher temperatures and elevated sea levels could spark a financial crisis, a Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco researcher found. “Climate-related financial risks could affect the economy through elevated credit spreads, greater precautionary saving, and, in the […]

By 2050 Winter in Australia will disappear according to a new study Do you like it hot? Well just move to Australia and your children might experience in their lifetime unprecedented heat. Visual design and climate change academics have teamed up to help Australians see how winter will disappear and a ‘new summer’ will emerge by […]

We are facing an imminent climate catastrophe. A recent study from researchers at the University of Oxford concluded that avoiding meat and dairy is the most effective way to reduce our inflicting harm on the earth. According to an article in The Guardian about this research: “A vegan diet is probably the single biggest way […]