
Human-caused climate crisis is driving ‘ocean memory’ loss, scientists say
The ocean has a memory - and it's rapidly losing it, according to research. Global warming is making the critical top layer, called ocean memory, thinner.
Olivia is a freelance reporter for EcoWatch.
The ocean has a memory - and it's rapidly losing it, according to research. Global warming is making the critical top layer, called ocean memory, thinner.
Drought frequency and duration has already increased by 29% since 2000, a new UN report has found, but land restoration initiatives can help.
Led by the Yurok tribe, endangered California condors have been released, flying freely over Redwood National Park for the first time in over a century.
Rising temperatures are accelerating Earth's water cycle. Water is evaporating more quickly, making wet areas wetter and dry areas drier, according to new research.
India and Pakistan experienced a record-breaking heat wave in April. The extreme temperatures strained people's health, with students developing nose bleeds.
'No Mow May' encourages people to not cut their lawns for an entire month. Wildflowers should be left to grow to help bees find nectar after hibernation.
The record-breaking 2020 Atlantic hurricane season was made wetter by the climate crisis, say experts, with three-hour hurricane rainfall rates going up by 11%.
Scientists from the University of Tasmania’s Institute of Marine and Antarctic Studies have found bleached sponges off the eastern coast of Tasmania.
Heating plastic waste in the presence of the chemical potassium acetate creates particles that are able to absorb carbon dioxide, researchers have found.
The climate crisis is making extreme weather more frequent and severe. There are two main types of extreme weather – what are they and what causes them?
Scientists have found large microplastic particles deep in the lungs of living humans, despite the narrow size of the lower airways.
Over 50 glaciers on New Zealand’s South Island are losing snow and ice, a new survey says. New Zealand experienced its warmest year on record in 2021.
The Clean Water Act was a landmark legislative achievement when it was passed in 1972. But more funding, stronger enforcement, and better control of farm runoff would clean up waters that...
Both the Arctic spring and the Antarctic autumn are seeing record temperatures. Experts are concerned the conditions causing them may repeat.
While scientists believe these sinkholes are the result of longer-term climate cycles, they also note how climate change continues to reshape the Arctic.