NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, United Kingdom — If you think it’s been unusually warm over the last few years, you haven’t been imaging it. The seven most severe years of polar ice sheet melting ever recorded have all taken place within the last decade, new research shows. Between 1992 and 2020, the ice sheets shed an astounding 7.6 …
BRISTOL, United Kingdom — Earth is heating up. Summers all over the world have become longer and more intense in recent years, with sweltering heatwaves suddenly becoming the new normal. Now, researchers from the University of Bristol have identified regions all over the world that are most vulnerable to the devastating effects of these scorching …
GRONINGEN, Netherlands — The majority of people feel climate change is “psychologically close” to them, a new study reveals. Researchers in the Netherlands note that both independent groups and government agencies often operate under the assumption that people see climate change as a problem affecting distant regions far in the future and don’t have the …
SOUTHAMPTON, United Kingdom — Concerning new research finds that flash droughts have become more common in recent years due to climate change. Even worse, this trend is only expected to intensify as our planet continues to warm. The opposite of a flash flood, a “flash drought” refers to either the rapid onset or intensification of a …
HANOVER, N.H. — Baseball is back, and home runs are already flying out of the park. So, should we credit bad pitching or good hitting for this? A new study says the real cause of the power surge in Major League Baseball may actually be climate change! Researchers at Dartmouth College suggest that more than …
GREENBELT, Md. — Saturn’s rings are iconic — but they’ve apparently been doing something to the planet that scientists never expected. A new study finds that these famous rings are actually heating Saturn’s atmosphere. Interestingly, a team from NASA says it’s something astronomers have never seen before in this solar system. “The secret has been …
NORWICH, United Kingdom — Concerning new research from the University of East Anglia reports that the continual warming of Earth’s climate may result in the proliferation of potentially fatal infections caused by bacteria found all along the East Coast of the United States. The “flesh-eating” bacteria called Vibrio vulnificus is known to grow in warm, shallow coastal waters …
NEW YORK — Nearly 7 in 10 Americans believe climate change will be catastrophic within their lifetime (68%), according to new research. A survey of 2,000 U.S. adults looked at their sentiments around environmentalism and found that Gen Z (84%) and millennials (75%) are especially likely to feel like climate change will affect their future. However, …
RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Pollution isn’t always the fault of humans, scientists suggest. According to researchers from University of California-Riverside, it turns out that hotter temperatures can cause plants to emit harmful emissions and dust, increasing its release by as much as 14 percent. When you combine that with all the other pollutants coming from wildfires, …
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Earth’s “thermostat” appears to be slowly breaking due to climate change. However, a new study by Penn State researchers explains the best way to study this geological temperature gauge and how it’s responding to recent temperature increases. The findings may even reveal a way to reset the planet’s fragile climate. “Life …