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Rising sea levels could swamp the US coastline by 2050, NASA predicts
By Joe Phelan published
Sea levels are expected to rise around the contiguous U.S. faster than previously thought, a new NASA study finds.
Climate summit agrees to 'historic' loss-and-damage fund — but misses warming goals
By Michael Dhar published
New fund would aid responses to floods, fires and storms. But a failure to address warming and greenhouse gas emissions undercuts the funding success, critics say.
Global CO2 emissions are cooking the planet and 'show no sign of decreasing,' report warns
By Joshua A. Krisch published
Staving off the worst impacts of climate change means preventing global temperatures from rising more than 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels. But CO2 emissions are so high that we are slated to cross that line within a decade.
Glaciers in Yellowstone and Yosemite on track to vanish within decades, UN report warns
By Michael Dhar last updated
A United Nations report warns of imperiled glaciers at iconic World Heritage sites — but climate action could save most of them.
Watch an ancient ice sheet cover the British Isles then vanish, in eerie time-lapse animation
By Joshua A. Krisch published
The rapid decline of the British-Irish Ice Sheet thousands of years ago may hold lessons for how melting ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica will influence sea-level rise in the future.
Migratory birds in North America are shrinking as their wings get bigger. Climate change is to blame.
By Jennifer Nalewicki published
As the planet warms due to climate change, North American migratory birds are shrinking.
What Is Coral Bleaching?
By Donavyn Coffey last updated
Nature's red flag is the eerie white glow of one of the ocean's most biologically rich ecosystems.
Earth Will Survive Global Warming, But Will We?
By Ker Than last updated
The planet has endured far more dramatic climate change in the past fueled by other forms of life. But rarely if ever has the change been so rapid.
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