Climate Science

Credit: Travel and Climate As the climate issue heats up, consumers are becoming more conscious of their impact on the environment. 'Flygskam', or 'flight shame' is a word that has received extensive media coverage recently, reflecting the…

Credit: University of Bristol Since 2013, annual emissions of a banned chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) have increased by around 7,000 tonnes from eastern China, according to new research published in Nature today by an…

The Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere, known as CIRA, supports a broad spectrum of NOAA researchCredit: Steve Miller/CIRA One of the nation's most influential atmospheric science-oriented research institutes, based at…

Researchers at the University of Oxford have confirmed that human activity and other external factors are responsible for the rise in global temperature Researchers at the University of Oxford have confirmed that human activity and other…

Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) Subtropical Storm Andrea was gone before the storm could even reach Tropical Storm status. The last advisory for this storm was issued at 5:00pm AST/EDT…

A team of international scientists--including researchers at the University of St. Andrews, Syracuse University and Royal Holloway, University of London--have demonstrated a new source of food for early life on the planet. Life on Earth…

Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) Andrea becomes the first subtropical storm for the 2019 season although we are two weeks short of the official start date of June 1. This storm was first…

Sparse data as bottleneck identifiedCredit: NOAA/PMEL Our planet is warming up. This is documented consistently by all measurements that are carried out worldwide. However, this warming, which is mainly caused by the emission of greenhouse…

Melting ice sheets in Greenland and the Antarctic, and subsequent sea level rise (SLR) this will cause, is widely recognised as posing a significant threat to coastal communities and ecosystems. Strategies and measures to mitigate and…

Extreme hot days will dramatically increase, especially in low income countiesCredit: Image provided by Jonathan Winter. While extreme cold and snow often make headlines in the Northeast, by 2060, there will be far more record heat.…