World Dec 02 Poorer nations use COP28 to pressure rich world on climate solutions, with pope’s support Leaders of developing nations launched into the second day of a U.N. climate summit to press rich industrialized countries to share their knowhow to fight global warming and ease the financial burdens they face.
World Dec 01 Top world leaders talk ‘climate chaos’ and war at UN summit In a fire-and-brimstone kicking off of Friday's parade of VIPs, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told leaders, “you can prevent planetary crash and burn.”…
World Nov 29 Less new global warming projected, but still more pain ahead, experts say at UN climate talks One of the central topics of the conference will be whether fossil fuels should be phased out, but the summit will be run by the CEO of an oil company.
Science Oct 31 Pioneering climate scientist Saleemul Huq, who argued for helping poor nations adapt to warming, dies at 71 Saleemul Huq, a pioneering climate scientist from Bangladesh who pushed to get the world to understand, pay for and adapt to worsening warming impacts on poorer nations, has died. He was 71.
Science Oct 02 WATCH: 3 scientists share Nobel in physics for research on electron movement The award went to French-Swedish physicist Anne L’Huillier, French scientist Pierre Agostini and Hungarian-born Ferenc Krausz for their work with the tiny part of each atom that races around the center and that is fundamental to virtually everything: chemistry, physics,…
World Sep 06 August caps deadly summer that broke global records for heat, meteorologists say The U.N. weather agency says Earth endured its hottest Northern Hemisphere summer ever measured with a record warm August capping a season of brutal and deadly temperatures.
Science Aug 09 Scientists look for additional factors beyond climate change and El Nino in July heat wave Researchers say by far the biggest cause of the recent extreme heat is human-caused climate change, with a smaller contribution from a natural El Nino. But some scientists are searching for an additional factor.
Science Aug 08 European scientists officially declare July as record-breaking hottest month ever recorded Now that last month's sizzling numbers are all in, the European climate monitoring organization made it official: July 2023 was Earth's hottest month on record by a wide margin.
Science Aug 02 80 percent of humans on Earth had hotter July due to climate change, scientists find A new quick study finds that human-caused global warming made July hotter for four out of five people on Earth.
Science Jul 25 Climate change influencing July heat waves in Europe, China and America, study says Climate change's sweaty fingerprints are all over the July heat waves gripping much of the globe.