Global Warming(Page 3)

The planet is heating up. Here's what that means for life on Earth—now and in the future—and what we can do to reverse the trend.

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Turf wars between whales and crabbers have increased due to climate change
Environment

Turf wars between whales and crabbers have increased due to climate change

By Jesse Kathan / Hakai Magazine

Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees hits a home run against the Boston Red Sox during the eighth inning at Fenway Park on September 13, 2022 in Boston, Massachusetts.
Environment

Hotter weather could be changing baseball

By Laura Baisas

Icebergs over the ocean in Greenland.
Environment

Antarctic ice can melt 20 times faster than we thought

By Laura Baisas

Tulare Lake flooding stalls a train after severe rainstorms from the atmospheric river in California Central Valley in March 2023
Environment

This phantom lake in California is back with a vengeance

By Jamie Dickman

The sun shining on glaciers.
Environment

‘Humanity on thin ice’ says UN, but there is still time to act on climate change

By Laura Baisas

A tractor in Argentina drives over a dry and dusty soybean field with a blazing sun.
Environment

La Niña is exacerbating drought conditions for millions

By Laura Baisas

The Venturi Antarctica electric vehicle pulls a sledge through the snow
Technology

This Antarctic EV goes where other electric vehicles can’t tread

By Jack Izzo

ancient-style illustration of poseidon and workers building seawall
Science

Inside the project to bring ‘self-healing’ Roman concrete to American shorelines

By Ben Guarino

An aerial view of Chasm-1, a crack in Antarctica's Brunt Ice Sheet.
Environment

A chunk of ice twice the size of New York City broke off the Brunt Ice Shelf

By Laura Baisas

People stand in front of a courthouse holding up a large banner reading #ExxonKnew
Environment

4 ways Exxon predicted climate change, but still denied it

By Jack Izzo

Blazing sun over the ocean.
Environment

Earth’s oceans are getting hotter and saltier than ever before in human history

By Laura Baisas

15 rocket launches from SpaceX, NASA, Blue Origin, and more in a collage
Science

Rocket fuel might be polluting the Earth’s upper atmosphere

By Ben Guarino

Roof of a house without AC surrounded by trees, with a red and orange color overlay.
Science

7 tips on how to build a house that stays cool

By Nikita Amir

A thermometer showing temperatures below zero.
Environment

Heart disease-related deaths rise in extreme heat and extreme cold

By Laura Baisas

Arctic researcher studying permafrost samples for viruses and other microbes. Image is black and white.
Environment

Ancient frozen viruses don’t pose a threat to your health—yet

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

Scientists use quantum computing to create glass that cuts the need for AC by a third
Technology

Scientists use quantum computing to create glass that cuts the need for AC by a third

By Andrew Paul

Light show in the night sky over a brightly lit Doha, Qatar during the 2022 World Cup
Environment

FIFA’s sustainability upgrades in Qatar won’t last beyond the World Cup

By Sahar Arshad

The Galapagos might stay cool as the world heats up
Environment

The Galapagos might stay cool as the world heats up

By Richard Kemeny / Hakai Magazine

We’re only 8 years away from stronger El Niño and La Niña events
Environment

We’re only 8 years away from stronger El Niño and La Niña events

By Laura Baisas

Cloudy with a chance of cooling the planet
Environment

Cloudy with a chance of cooling the planet

By Lois Parshley

Wildfire smoke from across continents is changing the Arctic Ocean’s makeup
Environment

Wildfire smoke from across continents is changing the Arctic Ocean’s makeup

By Brian Owens / Hakai Magazine

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on the stage at COP27 in Egypt
Environment

Why the 1.5-degree-Celsius climate goal still matters

By Nikita Amir

Industrial shot of an oil refinery plant
Technology

How Google Search is helping ‘greenwash’ oil companies

By Andrew Paul

Close up of solar panel in green field at sunrise
Technology

Global CO2 emissions grew by less than a percent this year thanks to renewables

By Andrew Paul

New Zealand may be the first country to carbon price cow farts
Environment

New Zealand may be the first country to carbon price cow farts

By Carla Delgado

Lab-grown coral
Environment

Scientists grow stunning, endangered coral in a lab

By Alex Riley / Hakai Magazine

Wildland firefighters face another danger—an increased risk of long COVID
Environment

Wildland firefighters face another danger—an increased risk of long COVID

By Miles W. Griffis / High Country News

Wheatridge Renewable Energy Facility
Environment

The US’s first utility-scale renewable energy triple threat is online in Oregon

By Sara Kiley Watson

falling water levels on the rhine near cologne august 2022
Environment

Hotter summers are baking the water out of soil at unprecedented rates

By Laura Baisas

Brown-skinned parent in green short and baby in pink onesie eating fruit in front of an open fridge, which is full of HFCs
Environment

The US ban on hydrofluorocarbons is a climate game-changer

By Sara Kiley Watson

Melting sea ice is acidifying the Arctic Ocean
Environment

Melting sea ice is acidifying the Arctic Ocean

By Laura Baisas

Category 4 Hurricane Ian hits Florida, bringing historic storm surge
Environment

Category 4 Hurricane Ian hits Florida, bringing historic storm surge

By Laura Baisas

Bowl of mussels.
Environment

Eating seafood can be more sustainable and healthy than red meat

By Carla Delgado

a termite's head is seen poking out from a channel in wood
Science

Termites work through wood faster when it’s hotter out

By Lauren J. Young

Children playing in polluted sand in front of AES Gener thermoelectric plant in Chile
Environment

For years, Chile exploited its environment to grow. Now it’s trying to save it.

By Miyo McGinn

people sit on a makeshift raft and row down flooded streets in pakistan
Environment

How climate change fed Pakistan’s devastating floods

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

Historic heat dome sets yet another climate record in Western US
Environment

Historic heat dome sets yet another climate record in Western US

By Laura Baisas

A woman wearing a blue short sleeved shirt and a wearable fan around her neck.

Can this portable fan help you stay cool, even during a heat wave?

By Stack Commerce

Older couple sitting on bench in Miami.
Environment

By 2050, most of the US will be blanketed by extreme heat belt

By Laura Baisas

Everything you need to know about EV tax credits and the Inflation Reduction Act
Technology

Everything you need to know about EV tax credits and the Inflation Reduction Act

By Rob Verger

Yellow sun and clouds
Environment

A historic heatwave is rippling through Europe

By Sara Kiley Watson

Person in brown sweater with a white apron frying something on a gas stove that's leaking methane
Environment

Gas appliances could be leaking up to 21 hazardous pollutants in your home

By Sara Kiley Watson

a family of polar bears walk on a glacier
Environment

Greenland’s polar bears are learning to get around in a less icy world

By Kate Baggaley

A green valley sits at the bottom of a mountain range on a sunny day.
Environment

Climate change is turning the snowy white Alps green

By Maria Parazo Rose

Extreme heat in Southeast Asia has brought summer early.
Environment

Southeast Asia’s months-long heat wave is untenable for human health

By Hannah Seo

president joe biden looking solemn
Environment

One glaring issue with Biden’s State of the Union

By Hannah Seo

Megadrought in the US West is a 1,200-year record.
Environment

The American West is drier than it’s been in at least 1,200 years

By Hannah Seo

This is the Army’s plan to battle climate change—and still fight wars
Technology

This is the Army’s plan to battle climate change—and still fight wars

By Kelsey D. Atherton

the ocean near greenland with chunks of ice
Environment

Less ice in the Arctic could mean more wildfires in the US

By Nikita Amir

whale swimming
Environment

As El Niño years get worse, right whales suffer

By Margo Milanowski

The 4 biggest lessons from the latest IPCC climate report
Environment

The 4 biggest lessons from the latest IPCC climate report

By Ula Chrobak

mosquito biting a human limb
Environment

Mosquitoes that carry dengue might not survive rising temperatures

By Kate Baggaley

flood waters surrounding a bench
Environment

Europe’s floods and the Pacific Northwest’s heat waves share a common culprit

By Philip Kiefer

close up of person sweating
Environment

Wet bulb globe temperature is the vital weather stat you’ve never heard of

By Sara Chodosh

Why Wild Animals Are Moving Into Cities, And What To Do About It
Environment

Why Wild Animals Are Moving Into Cities, And What To Do About It

By John Mahoney

baby birds in a nest
Technology

Many animals climate-control their homes. Global warming could mess with that.

By Philip Kiefer

Megalopolis
Environment

The Future of the Environment

By Popular Science Team

climate summit
Environment

Live-Blogging The United Nations Climate Summit

By Emily Gertz

Giant crack in Antarctic ice
Environment

A crack in Antarctica is forming an iceberg the size of Delaware

By Sara Chodosh

a large globe held up at a protest
Environment

We can still slash emissions and survive climate change, but we’re running out of time

By Kat Eschner

Estimated temperatures for the year 2090
Environment

These beautiful, terrifying maps show how hot we’ll get in 2090

By Sara Chodosh

mendenhall-glacier
Environment

We can avoid the worst effects of climate change, but we’re still in for a fight

By Ula Chrobak

A brewing storm with dark clouds and a lighthouse in Michigan.
Environment

The average hurricane season is officially more intense

By Nikita Amir

iceberg floating in southern ocean
Environment

Eddies in the ocean might affect sea level rise

By Ula Chrobak