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Kids born today are going to grow up in a hellscape, grim climate study finds
Exposure 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.
www.livescience.com
Kids born today are going to grow up in a hellscape, grim climate study finds #Science #EarthSciences #Climatology #ClimateChange #FutureGenerations #EnvironmentalImpact
Antarctica’s 6-Million-Year Ice Discovery Rewrites What We Know About Climate #Science #EarthSciences #Climatology #ClimateChange #Antarctica #IceCoreResearch
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November 11, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Antarctica’s 6-Million-Year Ice Discovery Rewrites What We Know About Climate #Science #EarthSciences #Climatology #ClimateChange #Antarctica #IceCoreResearch
Space Dust on the Ocean Floor Helps Solve Arctic Ice Puzzle from 30,000 Years Ago #Science #EarthSciences #Paleontology #ClimateChange #ArcticResearch #Oceanography
Space Dust on the Ocean Floor Helps Solve Arctic Ice Puzzle from 30,000 Years Ago
Discover how tracing space dust in Arctic seafloor sediment can help us understand how ice coverage changed over millennia, without the need for satellites.
www.discovermagazine.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Space Dust on the Ocean Floor Helps Solve Arctic Ice Puzzle from 30,000 Years Ago #Science #EarthSciences #Paleontology #ClimateChange #ArcticResearch #Oceanography
Countries are gathering for climate negotiations. Here's where the U.S. stands #Science #EarthSciences #Climatology #ClimateChange #ClimateNegotiations #Sustainability
www.npr.org
November 10, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Countries are gathering for climate negotiations. Here's where the U.S. stands #Science #EarthSciences #Climatology #ClimateChange #ClimateNegotiations #Sustainability
As U.S. and E.U. Retreat on Climate, China Takes the Leadership Role #Science #EarthSciences #EnvironmentalScience #ClimateChange #ChinaLeadership #GlobalWarming
As U.S. and E.U. Retreat on Climate, China Takes the Leadership Role
As U.N. talks get underway, China is emerging as a key leader in international climate efforts. It is empowering the global energy transition, and along with India and Brazil, is becoming the driving...
e360.yale.edu
November 10, 2025 at 12:00 PM
As U.S. and E.U. Retreat on Climate, China Takes the Leadership Role #Science #EarthSciences #EnvironmentalScience #ClimateChange #ChinaLeadership #GlobalWarming
Air Pollution And Climate Stress Emerge As Hidden Triggers Of Alzheimer’s #Science #HealthandMedicine #Neurology #AirPollution #AlzheimersDisease #ClimateChange
Air Pollution And Climate Stress Emerge As Hidden Triggers Of Alzheimer's
For decades, scientists have hunted for the biological spark that ignites Alzheimer's disease. A sweeping new review now points skyward: the air we
scienceblog.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Air Pollution And Climate Stress Emerge As Hidden Triggers Of Alzheimer’s #Science #HealthandMedicine #Neurology #AirPollution #AlzheimersDisease #ClimateChange
Ancient Antarctic Ice Melt Triggered a Chain Reaction 9,000 Years Ago #Science #EarthSciences #Paleontology #AntarcticIceMelt #ClimateChange #Paleoclimate
scitechdaily.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Ancient Antarctic Ice Melt Triggered a Chain Reaction 9,000 Years Ago #Science #EarthSciences #Paleontology #AntarcticIceMelt #ClimateChange #Paleoclimate
Amazon lakes hit ‘unbearable’ hot-tub temperatures amid mass die-offs of pink river dolphins – study #Science #Biology #Ecology #PinkRiverDolphins #ClimateChange #AmazonRainforest
Amazon lakes hit ‘unbearable’ hot-tub temperatures amid mass die-offs of pink river dolphins – study
Droughts and heatwaves causing water in some areas to reach 41C, killing fish and endangered dolphins, say researchers
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Amazon lakes hit ‘unbearable’ hot-tub temperatures amid mass die-offs of pink river dolphins – study #Science #Biology #Ecology #PinkRiverDolphins #ClimateChange #AmazonRainforest
Scientists criticize ‘straw man’ arguments in Bill Gates climate memo #Science #EarthSciences #EnvironmentalScience #ClimateChange #EnvironmentalPolicy #Sustainability
Scientists criticize ‘straw man’ arguments in Bill Gates climate memo
Tech billionaire relying on ‘false binary’ with call to focus less on emissions and more on aid for poor, experts say
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Scientists criticize ‘straw man’ arguments in Bill Gates climate memo #Science #EarthSciences #EnvironmentalScience #ClimateChange #EnvironmentalPolicy #Sustainability
Fatal Flaw in Carbon Cycle Could Plunge Earth into Global Freeze #Science #EarthSciences #Climatology #CarbonCycle #GlobalFreeze #ClimateChange
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November 6, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Fatal Flaw in Carbon Cycle Could Plunge Earth into Global Freeze #Science #EarthSciences #Climatology #CarbonCycle #GlobalFreeze #ClimateChange
Scientists Shocked as Antarctic Glacier Collapses in Record Time #Science #EarthSciences #Glaciology #AntarcticGlacier #ClimateChange #GlacialCollapse
scitechdaily.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Scientists Shocked as Antarctic Glacier Collapses in Record Time #Science #EarthSciences #Glaciology #AntarcticGlacier #ClimateChange #GlacialCollapse
Hidden Winter CO₂ Source Found in the Southern Ocean Changes Climate Math #Science #EarthSciences #Climatology #ClimateChange #CO2 #SouthernOcean
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November 5, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Hidden Winter CO₂ Source Found in the Southern Ocean Changes Climate Math #Science #EarthSciences #Climatology #ClimateChange #CO2 #SouthernOcean
Archaeologists discover how oldest American civilisation survived a climate catastrophe #Science #EarthSciences #Paleontology #ClimateChange #Archaeology #Civilization
Archaeologists discover how oldest American civilisation survived a climate catastrophe
Experts find artefacts left behind in Caral showing how population survived drought without resorting to violence
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Archaeologists discover how oldest American civilisation survived a climate catastrophe #Science #EarthSciences #Paleontology #ClimateChange #Archaeology #Civilization
Polar Oceans Poised For Stronger Stirring As Ice Fades Soon #Science #EarthSciences #Oceanography #PolarOceans #ClimateChange #OceanStirring
Polar Oceans Poised For Stronger Stirring As Ice Fades Soon
It starts with a picture: a satellite view of the Arctic smeared with bright filaments, like cream swirled into dark coffee. Those threads mark a kind of
scienceblog.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Polar Oceans Poised For Stronger Stirring As Ice Fades Soon #Science #EarthSciences #Oceanography #PolarOceans #ClimateChange #OceanStirring
As Brazil Cracks Down on Forest Clearing, Emissions Fall #Science #EarthSciences #EnvironmentalScience #Deforestation #ClimateChange #Sustainability
As Brazil Cracks Down on Forest Clearing, Emissions Fall
Published at the Yale School of the Environment
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November 5, 2025 at 2:00 PM
As Brazil Cracks Down on Forest Clearing, Emissions Fall #Science #EarthSciences #EnvironmentalScience #Deforestation #ClimateChange #Sustainability
Scientists Discover a Major, Currently Unaccounted-For Source of Greenhouse Gas #Science #EarthSciences #EnvironmentalScience #GreenhouseGas #ClimateChange
scitechdaily.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Scientists Discover a Major, Currently Unaccounted-For Source of Greenhouse Gas #Science #EarthSciences #EnvironmentalScience #GreenhouseGas #ClimateChange
Early Hominins Perfected a Stone Tool That Survived 300,000 Years of Climate Chaos #Science #Biology #EvolutionaryBiology #Hominins #StoneTools #ClimateChange
Early Hominins Perfected a Stone Tool That Survived 300,000 Years of Climate Chaos
Learn how early hominins crafted the same sharp-edged Oldowan tools through 300,000 years of climate change, revealing one of the longest-lasting technologies in human history.
www.discovermagazine.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Early Hominins Perfected a Stone Tool That Survived 300,000 Years of Climate Chaos #Science #Biology #EvolutionaryBiology #Hominins #StoneTools #ClimateChange
COP30: Can Brazil summit get climate negotiations back on track? #Science #EarthSciences #EnvironmentalScience #COP30 #ClimateChange #Negotiations
COP30: Can Brazil summit get climate negotiations back on track?
Expectations are low for the UN climate conference in Belém, Brazil, but the host’s pragmatic approach could help make progress on implementation
www.newscientist.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:00 PM
COP30: Can Brazil summit get climate negotiations back on track? #Science #EarthSciences #EnvironmentalScience #COP30 #ClimateChange #Negotiations
‘We must change course’: a stark climate warning from the UN chief – podcast #Science #EarthSciences #Climatology #ClimateChange #UNReport #Sustainability
‘We must change course’: a stark climate warning from the UN chief – podcast
As global leaders and environmental activists descend on Brazil for next week’s Cop30 climate summit, Madeleine Finlay speaks to the Guardian’s global environment editor, Jon Watts, who recently sat...
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:00 PM
‘We must change course’: a stark climate warning from the UN chief – podcast #Science #EarthSciences #Climatology #ClimateChange #UNReport #Sustainability
Hidden Carbon Streams Still Flow From Abandoned Coal Mines #Science #EarthSciences #Geochemistry #CarbonEmissions #ClimateChange #EnvironmentalImpact
Hidden Carbon Streams Still Flow From Abandoned Coal Mines
Rust-colored trickles snake through the forests of Pennsylvania, but what they carry may surprise even climate scientists. Beneath their surface,
scienceblog.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Hidden Carbon Streams Still Flow From Abandoned Coal Mines #Science #EarthSciences #Geochemistry #CarbonEmissions #ClimateChange #EnvironmentalImpact
In Decade Since Paris Agreement, Climate Outlook Has Improved Dramatically #Science #EarthSciences #Climatology #ClimateChange #ParisAgreement #Sustainability
In Decade Since Paris Agreement, Climate Outlook Has Improved Dramatically
Published at the Yale School of the Environment
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November 3, 2025 at 4:00 PM
In Decade Since Paris Agreement, Climate Outlook Has Improved Dramatically #Science #EarthSciences #Climatology #ClimateChange #ParisAgreement #Sustainability
Climate Change Made Hurricane Melissa 4 Times More Likely, Study Suggests #Science #EarthSciences #Climatology #ClimateChange #HurricaneMelissa
Climate Change Made Hurricane Melissa 4 Times More Likely, Study Suggests
Unusually warm ocean temperatures fueled one of the worst hurricanes on record. New research finds climate change increased the storm’s likelihood.
www.wired.com
November 1, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Climate Change Made Hurricane Melissa 4 Times More Likely, Study Suggests #Science #EarthSciences #Climatology #ClimateChange #HurricaneMelissa
El Niño’s Rapid Rise Could Trigger Planet-Wide Weather Whiplash #Science #EarthSciences #Climatology #ElNino #ClimateChange #WeatherPatterns
scitechdaily.com
November 1, 2025 at 12:00 PM
El Niño’s Rapid Rise Could Trigger Planet-Wide Weather Whiplash #Science #EarthSciences #Climatology #ElNino #ClimateChange #WeatherPatterns
Invisible, Skyscraper-Sized Waves Found to Be “Eating Away” at Greenland’s Glaciers #Science #EarthSciences #Oceanography #GreenlandGlaciers #ClimateChange #OceanWaves
scitechdaily.com
November 1, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Invisible, Skyscraper-Sized Waves Found to Be “Eating Away” at Greenland’s Glaciers #Science #EarthSciences #Oceanography #GreenlandGlaciers #ClimateChange #OceanWaves
Your flight emissions are way higher than carbon calculators suggest #Science #EarthSciences #EnvironmentalScience #FlightEmissions #ClimateChange #Sustainability
Your flight emissions are way higher than carbon calculators suggest
Existing tools that work out the carbon footprint of flights greatly underestimate their warming impact, say the makers of a new calculator
www.newscientist.com
October 31, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Your flight emissions are way higher than carbon calculators suggest #Science #EarthSciences #EnvironmentalScience #FlightEmissions #ClimateChange #Sustainability
Warming Made Hurricane Melissa Four Times More Likely #Science #EarthSciences #Meteorology #ClimateChange #HurricaneMelissa #WeatherImpact
Warming Made Hurricane Melissa Four Times More Likely
Published at the Yale School of the Environment
e360.yale.edu
October 31, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Warming Made Hurricane Melissa Four Times More Likely #Science #EarthSciences #Meteorology #ClimateChange #HurricaneMelissa #WeatherImpact