Increases in greenhouse gases, decreases in aerosols and polar sea-ice, are major factors

Twenty months after declaring a climate emergency and establishing a set of vital signs for the Earth, a coalition headed by two Oregon State University researchers says the updated vital signs “largely reflect the consequences of unrelenting business as usual.”

Climate conditions play a significant role in the reproductive success of mature female Antarctic krill and are a factor in fluctuations of the population that occur every five to seven years, a new study from Oregon State University has found.

In recent years, wildfires on the West Coast have become larger and more damaging. 

When a team of scientists began analyzing events that influenced the world’s climate in 2020, they made sure to consider the pandemic-related lockdowns that reduced emissions and led to clearer skies over many cities.

The Dead Sea is shrinking. There are many reasons for this: climate change is a contributing factor, as is human overuse of water as a resource. 

Air pollution triggered by use of common chemicals, fuels may kill 10 times more people than previously recognized

Ever-warmer summers are among the challenges confronting athletes competing in the Olympic Games.

During the summer months, most areas in the United States approach their highest temperatures for the year.

To meet an ambitious goal of carbon neutrality by 2045, California’s policymakers are relying in part on forests and shrublands to remove CO2 from the atmosphere, but researchers at the University of California, Irvine warn that future climate change may limit the ecosystem’s ability to perform this service.