As did the Dodo, so shall we go-go
A leading British global investment firm has a warning for its clients: Our planet is on course to experience a rise in global average temperatures of nearly 8℃ (14℉) by the end of the century.
If your anxiety about global warming is dominated by fears of sea-level rise, you are barely scratching the surface of what terrors are possible. It is, I promise, worse than you think.
Plastic – both a wonderful invention and a scourge on our planet. Over 300 million tons will be produced this year. Most is never recycled and remains on our land and in our seas forever. Our story shows the
We’re entering the Earth’s sixth era of extinction — and it’s the first time humans are to blame. CNN introduces you to the key species and people who are trying to prevent them from vanishing.
The US national security industry is planning for the impact of an unprecedented global food crisis lasting as long as a decade, according to reports by a government contractor. The studies published by CNA Corporation in December 2015, unreported until now,
Berkeley Lab Scientist, Bill Collins, discusses what we know about climate change, how we know it, and what we can do about it. Collins serves as the director for the Climate and Ecosystem Sciences Division at Berkeley Lab. He
Every hour, Louisiana loses a football field worth of land to the Gulf of Mexico, thanks to rising sea levels and canals dredged by oil and gas companies. At this rate, most of southeastern Louisiana not protected by levees
Climate scientists say they are 95 percent certain that human influence has been the dominant cause of global warming since 1950. They’re about as sure of this as they are that cigarette smoke causes cancer. Why are they so
A thorough and accessible study of current climate change research, featuring Canada’s foremost climate scientists as well as historians and civil rights activists to gain perspectives on the past, present, and future of our climate reality. Originally screened at
Throughout the history of evolution, five major catastrophes have shaken the earth’s surface. After them life had to reorganize from species that survived. Today 27,000 species disappear each year, an amount equal to or greater than that struck Earth
Huge ships now trawl the seas, catching fish such as tuna in bulk, and leaving little for local fishermen in their much smaller boats. David O’Shea reports from the southern Indian Ocean and boards a Greenpeace vessel to find
Lawrence Berkeley Lab climate scientists Bill Collins, Margaret Torn, Michael Wehner, and Jeff Chambers, and UC Berkeley economist Max Aufhammer explore the latest projections about the extent of planetary warming and the dire consequences of our growing carbon imbalance.