When a hurricane hits land, the destruction can be visible for years or even decades. Less obvious, but also powerful, is the effect hurricanes have on the oceans.
We have grown so used to many things. To the pictures of wildfires and cremated animals, to the ice sheets calving into the ocean, to the promises of world leaders that they will heed the “last...
The planet is currently facing a grave threat due to climate change. Global warming is causing environmental changes that can lead to tipping points
A changing climate is upon us, with more frequent land and marine heatwaves, forest fires, atmospheric rivers and floods. For some, it is the backdrop to day-to-day life, but for a growing number...
Think back to September last year. What happened early that month? What news shook the world and reverberated for weeks, if not months?
Since the 18th century, humans have been taking fossil fuels out of their safe storage deep underground and burning them to generate electricity or power machinery.
Large swathes of the world’s oceans are warm. Unusually warm. The heat this year is likely to break records. Since mid-March, the global average sea surface temperature is over 21℃ – the...
Guest blog written by Tilden Chao. Tilden is an undergraduate at Yale University who worked on NRDC’s HFC policy team in the summer of 2021. On campus, Tilden directs the Yale Refrigerants...