A Prehistoric Reminder of the Immense Damage We’ve Done

Tim Radford / Climate News Network Oct 10, 2019 Carbon dioxide levels are higher now than in all human history, and prehistory too: a low-carbon world nurtured our distant forebears. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Saying Goodbye to Planet Earth

Chris Hedges and Mr. Fish / Truthdig Aug 19, 2018 Climate change is not simply an environmental problem—it is a planetary transition. We will survive only if we rapidly evolve to create new forms of civilization. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Shifts in Earth’s Crust Link to Climate Change

Tim Radford / Climate News Network May 23, 2018 Researchers think there may be an ancient link between catastrophic climate change and the forces that build mountains: plate tectonics. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Erosion May Be a Carbon Source, Study Suggests

Tim Radford / Climate News Network Apr 18, 2018 A look at erosion in Taiwan reveals a new set of greenhouse gas sources, raising the possibility that the links between rock, rainfall and climate control may need revision. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Did a Comet Strike Trigger a Recent Ice Age?

Juan Cole / Informed Comment Feb 5, 2018 Scientists find more evidence that a massive comet slammed into the Upper Midwest about 13,000 years ago, sparking wildfires that began a 1,200-year deep freeze. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Why Earth Will Never Freeze Over

By Tim Radford / Climate News Network Apr 30, 2017 The discovery of a biological mechanism that halts rapid global cooling suggests the planet can protect itself from a complete deep freeze. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Look at Climate’s Past Shows Warming Could Be Much Greater Than Originally Thought

By Tim Radford / Climate News Network Jul 6, 2016 Reconstruction of climate events long before the Ice Ages shows that failure to reduce greenhouse gas emissions could eventually lead to temperatures rising by up to 10 degrees. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Climate Change Is Slowing the Onset of the Next Ice Age

By Tim Radford / Climate News Network Jan 18, 2016 The planet’s inexorable warming means there will be no new ice age for at least the next 100,000 years, scientists say. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Climate Scientists Say Europe Faces a Big Chill

By Tim Radford, Climate News Network Oct 16, 2015 A climatic double jeopardy looms as the slowing of ocean currents threatens to combine with global warming to create scenes reminiscent of the movie "The Day After Tomorrow." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Climate Change Tipping Points and the Question of Civilizational Survival

By Michael T. Klare, TomDispatch Oct 9, 2015 We urgently need to view climate change not as a slow, linear process to which we can adapt safely over time, but as a nonlinear set of events involving dramatic and irreversible changes to the global ecosphere. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )