Feb. 5, 2025 — Soil incubation experiments revealed a comprehensive increase in CO2 release by drying-rewetting cycles (DWCs) among Japanese forests and pastureland soils, suggesting a ...

The surprising January heat record coincides with a new study by a climate science heavyweight, former top NASA scientist James Hansen, and others arguing that global warming is accelerating.

How can we be certain that human-released greenhouse gases are causing the warming? How much more will the Earth warm? How will Earth respond? Answering these questions is perhaps the most significant ...

The paleoclimate record combined with global models shows past ice ages as well as periods even warmer than today. But the paleoclimate record also reveals that the current climatic warming is ...

The Met Office has issued a dire warning: global warming is accelerating beyond control, pushing Earth off-track from meeting the 1.5°C (2.7°F) target set in the Paris Agreement. The latest data shows ...

The conclusions also rely on models being able to accurately represent all drivers of warming and predict year-to-year variability in the global temperature. “If the models underestimate this ...

After marathon talks, wealthy nations commit $300B yearly aid to developing countries, falling far short of the demanded $1.3T target.

A new study has revealed the alarming extent glaciers have shrunk over the past 40 years in a global warming hotspot -- and the biggest retreat has occurred in recent years. A new study has ...

Global warming is quickly spiralling out of control, the Met Office has warned. According to the forecaster, Earth is 'off-track' to limit global warming to 1.5°C (2.7°F) - a key goal set out ...

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Over the last several decades, governments have collectively pledged to slow global warming. But despite intensified diplomacy, the world is already facing the consequences of climate change ...

The threshold was established at the 2015 Paris climate conference. 195 nations signed a landmark agreement to limit global warming to “well below” 2C “above pre-industrial averages” by the end of the ...