2 Reasons 2019 Could Be the Planet’s Worst Year Yet

Tim Radford / Climate News Network Feb 4, 2019 Here comes another dismal science forecast, with human carbon emissions due to rise this year. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Slower Tropical Cyclones Bring More Mayhem

Tim Radford / Climate News Network Jun 15, 2018 Tropical cyclones are slowing, and hurricanes have lost their "hurry." Paradoxically, this is bad news, because they have more time to create damage. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Earth Could Break Through a Major Climate Threshold in the Next 15 Years, Scientists Warn

By Chelsea Harvey / The Washington Post May 10, 2017 A new report points to alarming possibilities about hazards triggered by climate change that could become reality in the near future. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

The Earth Enters ‘Uncharted Territory’ With Unprecedented Heat and Carbon Dioxide Levels

Staff / Truthdig Mar 22, 2017 The United Nations' World Meteorological Organization confirms reports that 2016 was the hottest year on record and predicts more bad news for 2017. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Science Flies High to Unravel Clouds’ Climate Effects

By Paul Brown, Climate News Network Oct 17, 2015 Scientists take to the air to find out how the warming climate is affecting rainfall and storms. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

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Global Warming Satellite Launch Is a Failure

Staff / Truthdig Feb 24, 2009 NASA's first effort to loft a satellite to help scientists determine where carbon dioxide is produced and stored around the globe ended in failure when the $270 million spacecraft crashed near Antarctica. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

China Gets the (Sooty) Gold in Power Emissions

Staff / Truthdig Aug 27, 2008 China's unceasing economic growth has always worried environmentalists, and a new report by the Center for Global Development may put those concerns on a new level After increasing power-plant emissions by a third this year, China's coal-based power sector is poised to be the most polluting in the world even worse than that of the United States. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Virgin Galactic’s High-Flying Mother Ship Unveiled

Staff / Truthdig Jul 29, 2008 Sometime soon, thrill-seekers with the funds and the desire to plunk down $200K to experience four minutes of weightlessness more than 60 miles above the Earth will have the chance, thanks to Virgin CEO and astro-preneur Richard Branson. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

High Court to Hear Global Warming Case

Staff / Truthdig Nov 28, 2006 From the AP: "The Supreme Court hears arguments this week in a case that could determine whether the Bush administration must change course in how it deals with the threat of global warming." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

An Inconveniently Smelly Truth

Staff / Truthdig Aug 21, 2006 A Nobel laureate has proposed shooting sulfur into the atmosphere as an emergency measure to curb global warming. The short-term fix would not solve the problem, but would buy some time by temporarily reflecting some of the sun's energy away from the planet. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Earth on Fast Track to Warming

Staff / Truthdig Feb 20, 2006 Greenhouse gases are being released into the atmosphere at a rate 30 times faster than the rate of emissions that caused a period of intense warming in the Earth's past, concludes a scientific panel in St. Louis. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )