NASA warns of huge, unexpected methane boost from 'abrupt thawing' of Arctic permafrost

Researchers say that even in a future where humans reduce their global carbon emissions drastically, it is not going to make a difference and large methane releases from abrupt thawing of permafrost are still likely to occur.

Aug 20, 2018

NASA warns: Carbon monoxide clouds from California wildfires spreading throughout US

Over the weeks covered by the NASA study, carbon monoxide clouds that are high in the atmosphere is seen gradually drifting east. One branch is seen moving south toward Texas and the one branching off north east.

Aug 16, 2018

Climate change: Heat waves hit seawater hard, number doubled in last 35 years

Effects of these warming events and extreme heat in the waters could irreparably damage kelp forests and corals, while also harming fish.

Aug 16, 2018

Earth's first rocks were likely made by meteors crashing into the planet billions of years ago

Called felsic rocks, they were found at the Acasta River in Canada, they are estimated to be well over four billion years old.

Aug 14, 2018

World Biofuel Day: India to save crores with ethanol blending

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that this would help with farmers' income as well as contribute to a greener environment.

Aug 10, 2018

New Zealand marches towards a greener future; bans single-use plastic bags

NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Associate Environment Minister Eugenie Sage plan to phase out plastic bags in the country over the next year. It will be implemented gradually to allow people to adjust to the changes.

Aug 10, 2018

Climate change hack to reflect sunlight would cool Earth but kill crops, study finds

Using aerosols to cool down the planet could help food crops escape the heat, but it would also cut off sunlight.

Aug 10, 2018

What's Hothouse Earth? Destructive climate scenario might render our planet uninhabitable but when?

Authors of a new paper on the future of the planet and the effect of global warming, point out that the exact time and date of the trigger point that would inevitably scorch the Earth is not known, but they also say that several such trigger points might have already been breached.

Aug 8, 2018

Largest ocean clean-up project ever will attempt to sweep the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

The Ocean Cleanup wants to clear the largest garbage in the ocean by 2040.

Aug 6, 2018

Los Angeles was colder than the Arctic tundra this week with temperatures reaching 32 C

Banak, a town off the northern coast of Norway sits over 563 km above the bottom edge of the Arctic Circle and it was 32 C there this week. Towns further up north than Banak experienced 29C to 30C peak temperatures this week.

Aug 3, 2018

How a carbon 'leak' warmed Earth for 11,000 years - leading to the rise of human civilisation

Researchers found that increased activity in the Southern Ocean might be responsible for the warming and stabilising climate during the Holocene — time period that stretched over 10,000 years before the Industrial Revolution.

Jul 31, 2018

You can tell exactly how hot it is outside by listening to crickets chirp

Crickets' bodies react to heat by speeding up muscle contractions when the temperature increases and slowing it down when it gets cold.

Jul 31, 2018

Massive sinkhole abruptly appears in Russian field, could have easily swallowed 15-storey building in city

Reports suggest that the hole is about 32 metres wide and over 50 metres deep that could have easily swallowed a 15-storey building in city.

Jul 31, 2018

Strange Dolphin-Whale hybrid species spotted near Hawaii, confirmed 'Steno bredanesis' in IUCN Redlist

This is the first-ever hybrid creature between a rough-toothed dolphin and a melon-headed whale, researchers have named this species "Steno bredanensis".

Jul 30, 2018

Mars is a thousand times drier than driest place on Earth – might be too arid to host life

In the Atacama desert, microbes only exist in a dormant state, barely surviving.

Jul 30, 2018