We know the climate changes as greenhouse gas concentrations rise, but the exact amount of expected warming remains…

Global emissions of methane have reached the highest levels on record, research shows.

The last time global carbon dioxide levels were consistently at or above 400 parts per million (ppm) was around four…

Jules Verne sent his fictional submarine, the Nautilus, to the South Pole through a hidden ocean beneath a thick ice…

Ice shelves, massive floating bodies of ice, are well-known for their buffering effect on land-based ice sheets as they…

When I studied climate in my university geography course in the 1960s, I am sure we were told that the Earth was…

Everyone is going on about reducing our carbon footprint, zero emissions, planting sustainable crops for biodiesel etc.

Humans are emitting CO2 and other greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. As these gases build up they trap extra heat…

Global emissions of methane have reached the highest levels on record, research shows.

Researchers are looking to kelp for help storing carbon dioxide far beneath the surface of the sea.

The ocean plays a major role in the global carbon cycle. The driving force comes from tiny plankton that produce…

“Do Not Drink/Do Not Boil” is not what anyone wants to hear about their city’s tap water. But the combined effects of…

Everyone has energy stories, whether they’re about a relative working on an oil rig, a parent teaching a child to turn…

For millennia, insects and the plants they feed on have been engaged in a co-evolutionary battle: to eat or not be…

Ambitious targets have been set by the UK and Scottish governments to become net-zero carbon economies by 2050 and 2045…

Across much of the United States, a warming climate has advanced the arrival of spring. This year is no exception.

In the world of glaciology, the year 2007 would go down in history. It was the year a seemingly small error in a major…

By the end of this century, tens of millions of people could die each year worldwide as a result of temperatures rising…

A proposed multibillion-dollar project to build a pumped hydro storage plant could make New Zealand’s electricity grid…

Wind power in the UK now accounts for nearly 30% of all electricity production. Land-based wind turbines now produce…

In new research, we have identified what we call 12 “discourses of delay”. These are ways of speaking and writing about…

If you’ve driven through an area where companies extract oil and gas from shale formations, you’ve probably seen flames…

Europe’s major airlines are likely to see their turnover drop by 50% in 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic,…

We know the climate changes as greenhouse gas concentrations rise, but the exact amount of expected warming remains…