15% of global population lives within a few miles of a coast—and the number is growing rapidly
Coastal populations are expanding quickly around the world. The rise is evident in burgeoning waterfront cities and in the ...
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AI prediction: Limiting global warming to 1.5°C is "almost certainly" already out of reach
The global goal of limiting warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels is now almost certainly out of reach.
Why the sun is not solely responsible for the rapid global warming occurring right now
The sun may be the key to all life on Earth, but it is not the reason global temperatures have been rapidly rising in the ...
Unprecedented Global Heat Wave “Hotspots” Shatter Climate Models, Kill Tens of Thousands
Researchers have discovered a pattern of extreme heat waves that defy current climate models, occurring globally except in ...
Geoengineering could alter global climate. Should It?
Scientists and companies increasingly support blocking some sunlight to avoid the worst impacts of global heating ...
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40 percent of Earth's land has became permanently drier
More than three-quarters of Earth’s land has become permanently drier in recent decades, according to a stark new analysis.
Three-Quarters of the Earth Has Gotten Permanently Drier
Indeed it is. According to the UNCCD, the transformation over the three studied decades is leading to loss of GDP, forced ...
Three-Quarters of Earth’s Land Got Drier in Recent Decades, U.N. Says
Human-caused global warming helped increase dry conditions on every continent, scientists said in a new report, as talks on ...
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Climate change ‘greatly overestimated’? Oceans cooling Earth far more than we thought
For the first time, researchers have found oceans help cool global temperatures more than anyone previously thought. Here's ...
Lessons from Earth's hottest epoch in the last 65 million years: How global warming could shrink the tropics' rain belt
Earth's tropical rain belt, responsible for monsoons that sustain billions of people and vibrant ecosystems, has long been a ...
Why a two-year surge in global warmth is worrying scientists
As 2023 came to a close, scientists had hoped that a stretch of record heat that emerged across the planet might finally ...
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MSU’s Cosby in The Conversation: 15% of global population lives within a few miles of a coast—and the number is growing rapidly
STARKVILLE, Miss.— In 2023, the world’s population surpassed 8 billion. Mississippi State Social Science Research Center ...