Countries in the tropics could face extreme temperature swings due to global warming, according to new research. In a study examining how climate change will impact weather extremes including heat
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The European Union decided on Friday to ban neonicotinoid insecticide use throughout the bloc because of the risk the chemicals pose to bees. Although environmental campaigners welcomed the move, farmers
Over one thousand small islands in the Pacific and Indian Oceans will become uninhabitable sooner than scientists thought, according to new research. The study warns that sea-level rise and wave-driven
The world invested nearly twice as much in renewable energy production in 2017 than in coal and gas generation capacity, according to a new United Nations report. Data show that
In an interview with CNBC on Sunday, Riccardo Puliti, the World Bank’s global head of energy and extractives, said that he expects a significant increase in renewables in the global
A coalition of 20 different civil society groups in Europe has called on EU leaders to overhaul the bloc’s food and farming sectors and reduce the production and consumption of
The West Greenland Ice Sheet is melting faster than at any point in the last 450 years, according to a new study. Scientists say the high melt rate is due
A “powerful” computer model has predicted that sharply reducing global greenhouse gas emissions would stave off rising sea levels by the end of the 21st century, significantly reducing a looming
New research has identified the conditions under which global warming could be limited to 1.5°C by 2100, keeping in line with targets set by the Paris Agreement. Led by Joeri
Accelerated melting of permafrost due to global warming is increasing the release of organic matter into Arctic and subarctic lakes and ponds, causing them to darken, according to new research.