Climate Change
Study finds alarmingly high levels of “forever chemicals” in small estuaries
January 29, 2024“The increasing proportion of wastewater to fresh water in streams, a trend projected to extrapolate to temperate regions due to climate change, consequently leads to chronic exposure of estuaries to elevated PFAS concentrations."
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Draft EU plan would see fossil fuel consumption decline by 85 percent by 2040
January 25, 2024The European Union is in the process of drafting a climate target for 2040 to serve as a bridge between its net greenhouse gas emissions reduction target of 55 percent by 2030 and its goal of net zero by 2050.
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Climate crisis: Island nations being drowned by a rising sea
January 24, 2024When you’re sinking into the sea, every fraction of a degree matters.
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Global warming linked to a spate of rare disease outbreaks in 2023
January 4, 2024The temperature-sensitive pathogens that caught U.S. communities off guard are a grim preview of the future.
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Warming Arctic, rogue iceberg are further signs of global warming’s impact
December 21, 2023If you want evidence of the impact of the climate crisis, look no further than the world’s poles—they’re Exhibit A.
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