Antarctic microbes reveal climate impact on marine ecosystems

Bacteria and other single-celled microorganisms in the seas around Antarctica are strongly influenced by water temperature and the amount of sea ice. This is shown by coordinated measurements taken off the coast of the west Antarctic Peninsula.

Plants' heat stress strategies offer insights for survival in warming climate

As Australia swelters through a scorching summer, the nation's flora is facing not just extreme heat, but also prolonged heat exposure. This deadly combination can damage plant health and resilience, with potentially devastating consequences.

The Skeptics Guide to the Universe

How Soon Might the Atlantic Ocean Break? Two Sibling Scientists Found an Answer—and Shook the World

A gigantic, weather-defining current system could be headed to collapse. Peter and Susanne Ditlevsen had a simple yet controversial question: How much time might we have left to save it?

Cleaning up cow burps to combat global warming

New tools for lowering methane emissions from livestock are on their way.

What Is the Opposite of Oil Drilling?

Michelle Nijhuis writes on a young, growing industry that aims to remove carbon from the atmosphere, while greenhouse-gas emissions remain high.

What Is the Opposite of Oil Drilling?

Michelle Nijhuis writes on a young, growing industry that aims to remove carbon from the atmosphere, while greenhouse-gas emissions remain high.

Humanity’s survival is still within our grasp – just. But only if we take these radical steps

Reduce emissions, build resilience, repair ecosystems, remove greenhouse gases: these are the four Rs that can save us, says David King, chair of the global Climate Crisis Advisory Group

Scientists confirm record highs for three most important heat-trapping gases

Global concentrations of carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide climbed to unseen levels in 2023, underlining climate crisis