The impact of climate change has only been scientifically investigated in around 6% of the 816 zoonotic diseases that affect humans. · The findings highlight the risk posed by ...

Nearly a third of the CO2 that humans pump into the atmosphere ends up in the ocean. That’s helping slow down climate change—at least for now—but as the water absorbs so much extra carbon dioxide, ...

Experts say climate change symptoms include more frequent extreme weather, rising sea levels, and warmer oceans.

What if it were possible to take a very slow geological process, one that takes thousands of years in nature, and speed it up so that it happens within hours, in order to slow the rate of global ...

Making cement is amongst one of the largest industrial sources of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, driven by energy-intensive ...

The total area of global karst regions is approximately 22 million square kilometers, accounting for roughly 15% of the Earth's land surface. These regions ...

Uncertainty is intrinsic to climate change. While the realities of the phenomenon are becoming increasingly apparent with each passing season, it is not clear just how fast or in what ways that change ...

In mountaineering, a false summit is an apparent peak below an actual one where climbers, believing they’ve reached the highest point, mistakenly turn back. In the energy policy world, where I work, ...

As the planet edges towards 1.5°C of global warming, a new study led by the Natural History Museum, London has revealed that ...

Even in diseases where the climate risks have been studied, there’s a lot of variability. While higher temperatures have been linked with a higher risk of disease, that’s not always the case. For ...