Science Mar 27 Timekeepers may subtract a second from clocks as soon as 2029 as planet spins slightly faster Ice melting at both of Earth’s poles has been counteracting the planet's burst of speed and is likely to have delayed the global second of reckoning by about three years.
World Mar 19 UN weather agency issues ‘red alert’ on climate change after record heat, ice-melt increases in 2023 The U.N. weather agency is sounding a "red alert" about global warming, citing record-smashing increases last year in greenhouse gases, land and water temperatures and melting of glaciers and sea ice.
Nation Mar 18 Astronaut Thomas Stafford, commander of Apollo 10, has died at age 93 Before Apollo 10, Stafford also took part in the first rendezvous of two U.S. spacecraft in 1965. A decade later, he because the first American to shake hands with a Soviet citizen in space when an Apollo spacecraft docked with…
Science Mar 07 Earth has shattered global heat records for the 9th straight month, scientists say The European Union's climate agency Copernicus says February, the winter as a whole and the world’s oceans set new high-temperature marks.
Science Feb 27 Sea ice lows, extreme ocean heat of 2023 offers glimpse of future warming, study says Off the charts “crazy” heat in the North Atlantic ocean and record-smashing Antarctic sea ice lows last year are far more severe than what Earth’s supposed to get with current warming levels.
Science Jan 08 Scientists find about a quarter million invisible microplastic particles in a liter of bottled water Scientists long figured there were lots of these microscopic plastic pieces, but until researchers at Columbia and Rutgers universities did their calculations they never knew how many or what kind.
World Dec 13 At COP28, nations agree to transition away from fossil fuels and reach world net zero carbon emissions by 2050 COP28 President Sultan al-Jaber gaveled through the text at a plenary session in Dubai after more than two weeks of discussions that saw nations try and figure out a way for the world to stay in line with limiting warming…
World Dec 10 As COP28 talks wind down, sticking points remain on fossil fuels and climate adaptation Negotiators have been urged to narrow down their options so they can agree on how to save Earth from disastrous levels of warming and help vulnerable societies adapt to weather extremes as the clock runs down on United Nations climate…
World Dec 08 At COP28, pageantry is over and negotiations get intense The leadership of climate talks, called COP28, sent out four pairs of veteran and high-level ministers to push countries together on four key but stubborn issues as the summit went into its second week after a day of rest Thursday.
Science Dec 07 COP28 talks shift into high gear when words and definitions matter The mood is about to shift, the hours grow longer and the already high sense of urgency somehow amp up even more as the United Nations climate summit heads into its final week.