WASHINGTON DC - For more than 15 years, U.S. companies, utilities, insurers, and state governments have planned investments around a stable set of federal climate rules anchored by a single regulatory foundation: the Environmental Protection Agency’s 2009 Endangerment Finding, which determined that greenhouse gas emissions pose risks to public health and economic welfare. That framework
ANN ARBOR - Scientists are increasingly alarmed that Thwaites Glacier, the massive Antarctic ice stream nicknamed the Doomsday Glacier, is edging closer to a point of no return. A new study by the International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration reveals a dramatic increase in fractures across the glacier’s floating ice shelf over the past two decades—a structural
BRAZIL - The secretary general of the United Nations has warned that humanity must 'change course now' after failing to limit global heating to 1.5 degrees Celsius. Speaking before next month's COP30 climate summit in Brazil, António Guterres said that overshooting the target set in the Paris climate agreement is 'inevitable'. He warns that the consequences of this
ATLANTA - The planet just crossed a terrifying milestone, and scientists say it could be the first domino to fall in a chain of irreversible disasters. According to CNN, a massive new report published on Sunday (October 12), just weeks before COP30 in Brazil, by more than 160 scientists worldwide, has warned that Earth has already reached its first climate tipping
NEW YORK - In the face of unprecedented and rapid environmental changes in Antarctica, scientists are urgently calling for immediate global action to mitigate potentially irreversible impacts on the planet's climate and ecosystems. Antarctica, long considered a remote and stable expanse of ice, is undergoing rapid changes with far-reaching implications for the planet. Recent research
NEW YORK - 2024 was the hottest year on record, and new research has shown the devastating impact of those heat waves on the Arctic. What's happening? As New Scientist reported, researchers found that in just six weeks, the archipelago of Svalbard lost 1% of its ice cover, equivalent to 62 gigatons. That alone was enough to
STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Greenland's second-largest ice shelf, the Petermann, is melting faster than expected — and not for the reason scientists initially thought. What's happening? A new study published in Nature Communications revealed that warm ocean water isn't the only factor speeding up ice loss, as summarized in a Stockholm University report. Based on models supported by
Coastal communities around the globe are at a greater risk than ever after a grim new study offered insight into the continued loss of the polar ice sheets. What's happening? A team of researchers has examined the correlation between the rise in global temperature and the current rate of sea-level rise. According to the study published in Communications Earth &
LONDON - Researchers warn that if the Union Glacier in Antarctica region melts, the world could be facing a crucial tipping point. Scientists have predicted that, if the planet continues down this path, sea levels by 2100 could be at least 1.4 feet higher and up to 6.6 feet higher. That could wipe out entire
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