Tom Engelhardt / TomDispatchAug 19, 2019
In the real-life version of the dystopian novel "1984" we seem to be caught in, Trump is our very own idiosyncratic version of Big Brother. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )
Dharna Noor / The Real News NetworkJul 9, 2019
Author Dahr Jamail reflects on Alaska's unprecedented heat wave and a climate crisis that will only grow more dire in the coming decades. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )
Tim Radford / Climate News NetworkAug 22, 2018
In a dramatic demonstration of geology’s in-depth response to surface change, the submerged bedrock of that part of the southern continent is springing up at a rate of nearly 2 inches a year. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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Tim Radford / Climate News NetworkJul 19, 2018
For more than a century, scientists believed that only humans could cross the hostile oceans to reach the frozen continent, but some strands of alien kelp tell another story. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Tim Radford / Climate News NetworkJun 14, 2018
Scientists complete the most detailed mass observation of the southern continent so far, and deliver ominous findings. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Tim Radford / Climate News NetworkMay 28, 2018
Holding further warming to just half a degree Celsius would avoid the calamitous global economic damage that higher temperatures would bring, researchers say. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Tim Radford / Climate News NetworkApr 10, 2018
Two new British studies deliver ominous evidence of the long-term consequences of climate change due to the profligate use of fossil fuels. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Tim Radford / Climate News NetworkMar 5, 2018
When an ecosystem changes, those creatures most precisely adapted become the most vulnerable—and that is bad news for king penguins. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
By Tim Radford / Climate News NetworkSep 12, 2017
A rise of 2 degrees Celsius could change the pattern of seafloor diversity in unpredictable ways, experiment suggests. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
By Nika Knight / Common DreamsJan 7, 2017
A chunk the size of Delaware is expected to produce an event that could cause the collapse of the continent's northern ice shelf. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
By Tim Radford / Climate News NetworkMay 21, 2016
A huge glacier in the frozen wastes of East Antarctica, a region previously thought stable, could melt much faster than expected, scientists say. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
By Tim Radford / Climate News NetworkApr 2, 2016
Scientists in the U.S. predict that the alarming rate at which Antarctica’s ice continues to thaw could be enough to double global sea-level rise within this century. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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