Once considered a fringe idea, the prospect of offsetting global warming by releasing massive quantities of sunlight-reflecting particles into Earth's atmosphere is now a matter of serious scientific consideration. Hundreds of studies have modeled ho... [5457 chars]

Analysts say the push – announced during Brazilian Vice-President Geraldo Alckmin’s visit to New Delhi last week – is not just about shielding their economies from punitive US tariffs, but also about asserting influence on multilateral issues ranging... [830 chars]

Nearly 80 percent of the world's poorest, or about 900 million people, are directly exposed to climate hazards exacerbated by global warming, bearing a "double and deeply unequal burden," the United Nations warns. "No one is immune to the increasingl... [3161 chars]

That's according to research published today by Trinity College Dublin zoologists, Professor Andrew Jackson and Dr Nicholas Payne, and colleagues overseas in the top journal, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The findings suggest that ... [2889 chars]

The ocean has helped mitigate global warming by absorbing about a quarter of anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, along with more than 90% of the excess heat those emissions generate. Many efforts, including assessments by the Intergovernmen... [2321 chars]

LONDON, Oct 20 (Reuters) - Multilateral lender the Climate Investment Funds said on Monday its board had agreed on a plan to help restore Fiji's natural ecosystems and bolster the island's ability to withstand the impacts of global warming. The move ... [1076 chars]

Ten years ago, close to 200 nations signed the Paris Agreement, an international treaty designed to cut greenhouse gas emissions and curtail global warming. Under the treaty, most nations made a 15-year promise to reduce emissions. Now, armed with a ... [4585 chars]

Flim Flam Men No Kings Peace Plan Weather Man Stand with Humanity A Pulitzer Prize finalist in the cartoonist category, Pat Bagley has worked for The Salt Lake Tribune for more than 45 years. He is one of roughly a dozen cartoonists still working at ... [862 chars]

Overall, we’re basically running out of planetary health measures to break at this point. And yet, news from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) this week shows that we’ve done it again, with 2024 seeing the Earth’s atmosphere filled with rec... [3484 chars]

A terrifying new milestone has been passed that could spell disaster for the planet, with scientists issuing urgent warnings to take action to prevent against a chain of further destructive events taking place. The authors of a new report published l... [3015 chars]