In 1982, the Syrian government besieged the city of Hama, killing tens of thousands of its own citizens in sectarian violence.The grandchildren of women who were pregnant during the siege still bear marks of it in their genomes.
Part of the system that pumps water, heat and nutrients around the globe is at risk. Climate change could slow the Antarctic Circumpolar Current down 20% by 2050.
This melting has implications for global climate indicators, including sea level rise, ocean warming and viability of marine ecosystems.
Cumulative heat stress changes our epigenetics – how our cells turn on or off gene switches in response to environmental pressure. Longer periods of extreme heat accelerated ageing in older people by more than two years.
Ice loss from the world's glaciers has accelerated over the past decade, scientists said on Wednesday, warning that melting may be faster than previously expected in the coming years and drive sea levels higher.
A pod of 157 dolphins has become stranded on a remote beach in Tasmania, with dozens already dead and efforts underway to save the survivors.
Acclaimed climate scientist Professor James Hansen and colleagues recently wrote that global temperature will not fall much below +1.5°C level, instead they will be oscillating near or above that level for the next few years.
In just five years, 930 million cubic meters of crevasses opened up in the Greenland ice sheet, equivalent to adding a crack the size of the Great Pyramid of Giza to the world's second largest ice sheet every few days.
Findings indicate rising microplastic concentrations in human brains and organs, urging deeper investigation into their health effects and distribution.
Scientists have found in lab experiments that microplastics can block blood flow in mice brains, raising concerns about human health impacts.
Iconic Doomsday Clock moves one second closer to midnight as global existential threats rage. Clock factors include nuclear weapons, climate crisis, artificial intelligence, infectious diseases, and conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East.
The team warns that if this trend continues, in only the next 20 years, we will exceed the sea surface temperature rise we've experienced in the last 40 years.
In recent years, the proliferation of conspiracy theories amid escalating climate disasters and their aftermath has become an alarming trend.
The term "pyrocene" suggests a geologic epoch dominated by human-caused fires. Humanity and fire have been reforging the Earth since the end of the last glaciation, about 11,500 years ago.
High summer temperatures caused record melting of the Norwegian archipelago’s glaciers.
