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New Jersey may seem an unlikely place to measure climate change, but it is one of the fastest-warming states in the nation. Its average temperature has climbed by close to 2 degrees Celsius since 1895 — double the average for the Lower 48 states.
The report on global land use and agriculture from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change comes amid accelerating deforestation in the Amazon.
I was a climate scientist in a climate-denying administration - and it cost me my job writes Maria Caffrey
Scientists introduced credible climate change to the world in 1979, but it's taken decades for their message to sink in.
The climate emergency movement is heading to school. Global higher education networks tying together more than 7000 universities and colleges from across the globe declared a climate emergency and published a three-point plan to confront the escalating environmental crisis.
The distinct burden of being a climate scientist.
Research shows a trillion trees could be planted to capture huge amount of carbon dioxide.
#ShowYourStripes visuals adorn ties, cufflinks, and the stage of a German music festival.
Academic flying is often justified on the basis that international conferences and travel are important to the production of new knowledge. However, there is no clear relationship between the amount of travel undertaken by academics and the quality of their research.
Weakened permafrost in Canadian Arctic a further sign that global climate crisis accelerating faster than scientists had feared.
Research teams traversing partially melted fjord to retrieve weather equipment release startling picture.
In a significant escalation, policymakers are seeking to undermine or discard research showing the most dire risks of inaction on climate change.
The hunger for these offsets is blinding us to the mounting pile of evidence that they haven't - and won't - deliver the climate benefit they promise.
From now, house style guide recommends terms such as 'climate crisis' and 'global heating'.
Limiting air travel to reduce carbon footprint works for some academics, but not everyone is onboard
There have been five mass extinctions in the history of the Earth. But in the 21st century, scientists now estimate that society must urgently come to grips this coming decade to stop the very first human-made biodiversity catastrophe.
The world's youth have begun to persistently demonstrate for the protection of the climate and other foundations of human well-being. As scientists and scholars who have recently initiated similar letters of support in our countries, we call for our colleagues across all disciplines and from the entire world to support these young climate protesters. Their concerns are justified and supported by the best available science.
Shell, citing its positions on climate change, quits an industry trade group. But critics say the oil giant should leave other trade groups as well. Shell said it used four markers in evaluating its trade group memberships: support for the Paris climate agreement, support for carbon taxes, policies encouraging low-carbon technologies and a continuing role for natural gas, which now makes up more than half of Shell’s business.
In a groundbreaking move, the beautiful but uncomfortable documentary forces viewers to acknowledge their own complicity in the decline of nature.
Financial and social burdens of academic travel add an additional barrier to participation in research. If academia wants to address issues of diversity and equity in research, it must first acknowledge the effects of academic travel culture.
Last Friday, hundreds of thousands of students in the United States and around the world were out in the streets rather than in their classrooms, demanding that our political leaders address the climate crisis with the urgency and focused action that the science so clearly demands.
Young people are going on a climate strike and researchers are supporting their cause. Reto Knutti discusses the issues.
