Today the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is releasing what may become a pivotal document of human progress—or lack thereof, if we don’t heed its warnings. It’s a “synthesis” report, ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hundreds of scientists from around the world just released a new report assessing the state of the global climate. It’s a big deal ...

Emissions from human activities are substantially increasing the atmospheric concentrations of the greenhouse gases CO₂, methane, CFCs and nitrous oxide. These increases will enhance the greenhouse ...

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According to the latest IPCC report, to meet the goal of capping temperature rise at 1.5°C, emissions will need to be cut by nearly half by 2030. (Mika Baumeister/Unsplash) The average global surface ...

It’s crunch time in our fight against climate change. If we act now to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, we can keep our planet safe for future generations. That’s the message of hope contained in a ...

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IPCC stands for Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. It is a group of scientists charged by the United Nations (UN) Environment Programme to assess global climate change. Its mission is to ...

At the most basic level, the facts about climate change have been clear for a long time, with the evidence just continuing to grow. While some of the changes will be irreversible for millennia, some ...