One-Third of World’s Trees Face Extinction Risk, Report at COP16 Says
They play an essential role in supporting life on Earth, but many species are in decline, researchers found.
October 28, 2024
They play an essential role in supporting life on Earth, but many species are in decline, researchers found.
The body’s cooling defenses fail at lower “wet bulb” temperatures than scientists had estimated.
Environmentalists and one of the world’s biggest oil companies support Washington State’s cap on carbon. But voters are deciding whether to repeal the law amid concerns about energy costs.
Museums, galleries and other art institutions are looking for measures to reduce their environmental footprints.
In recent decades, fast-growing blazes were responsible for an outsize share of fire-related devastation, scientists found using satellite data.
Altering the DNA of living organisms could be an early step in re-engineering the natural world to help curb climate change.
An annual assessment by the world body tracks the gulf between what countries have vowed to do and what they’ve actually achieved.
Climate science has been stymied as Russia continues its war in Ukraine. The stalled work threatens to leave the West without a clear picture of how fast the Earth is heating
MacDill Air Force Base, south of Tampa, was swamped by Helene’s storm surge, and may see worse flooding from Milton.
Fewer than 10 percent of the agency’s disaster workers are available to respond to Hurricane Milton and other calamities.