Leading researchers warn efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions will fall short without significant changes to agriculture, land use, and human consumption, according to the latest comprehensive high-level report by
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This year, the Arctic is experiencing the worst wildfires on record, with massive blazes in Greenland, Siberia and Alaska. And the frequency of wildfires around the world is expected to
Many of the earlier epochs that occurred over the past 2000 years — were much smaller in scale than current human-induced global warming, according to two complementary studies published on
In a new perspective published on 17 July in Nature, climate scientists identify several important factors affecting carbon budget estimates, including historical warming, transient climate response to cumulative carbon emissions
A new comprehensive review paper published last week on 15 July in Nature plants explores how scientists can use CRISPR to enhance traditional plant breeding techniques with the goal of
Scientists suggest generating more snowfall — trillions of tonnes of the white stuff — could help prevent the collapse of the West Antarctic glacier and would also reduce the long-term
The large appetites and feeding habits of African forest elephants may actually lead to more plant mass which stores more carbon to help mitigate climate change, according to a new
Almost 80 per cent of the world’s major cities will experience drastic changes as a result of global warming, according to a new report entitled Cities of the future: visualising
Climate patterns like the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) have been responsible for widespread, simultaneous crop failures in recent history, according to a recent paper published on 3 July in the
According to a new report published on 5 July in Science, planting more trees could be the best way to mitigate climate change — and the cheapest (1). But trees