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+4 +1The climate benefits of a four-day workweek
There's growing interest in the benefits of a four-day workweek for productivity and employee wellbeing, but the picture is more complicated when it comes to climate change.
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+18 +2World first study shows how EVs cut pollution levels and reduce costly health problems
A landmark study in California using real-word data has shown that increasing electric vehicle uptake leads to less air pollution and better public health.
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+16 +4A skinny robot documents the forces eroding a massive Antarctic glacier
Scientists got their first up-close look at what's eating away part of Antarctica's Thwaites ice shelf, nicknamed the Doomsday Glacier because of its massive melt and sea rise potential, and it's both good and bad news.
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+4 +1Climate change denialism is on the rise on French Twitter, researchers find
A large group of over 10,000 accounts has grown since the summer of 2022. According to a study, the majority have shared pro-Kremlin propaganda about the war in Ukraine. Many have held anti-vaccine views and are aligned with the far right.
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+4 +1Warm water melts weak spots on Antarctica's 'Doomsday Glacier,' say scientists
Scientists studying Antarctica's vast Thwaites Glacier - nicknamed the Doomsday Glacier - say warm water is seeping into its weak spots, worsening melting caused by rising temperatures, two papers published in Nature journal showed on Wednesday.
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+14 +2Study Shows How Corporations Are Deceiving the Public to 'Greenwash Their Brand'
A detailed study published Monday finds that the climate pledges of some of the world's largest companies are often highly misleading, lack transparency, and fall well short of what's necessary to avert catastrophic warming.
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+21 +6Pope: We must listen to Indigenous Peoples to address climate crisis
Meeting a group of Indigenous delegates attending the 6th Global Meeting of the Indigenous Peoples Forum, Pope Francis calls for the protection of their rights and highlights the crucial role of indigenous peoples in the fight against climate change.
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+3 +1We are ‘greening’ ourselves to extinction
Apocalypse investors are pushing fake climate solutions on us that are making climate change worse.
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+16 +1Bill Gates just invested in a startup that's trying to stop cows from burping and farting so much
What do a billionaire philanthropist, a climate tech firm, and fewer cow burps have in common? Just ask Bill Gates, whose investment firm Breakthrough Energy Ventures, or BEV, led a $12 million seed funding round into an Australian climate tech firm working to reduce methane emissions — like those from cows.
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+4 +1Why is the Climate Crisis So Underreported By the Free Press?
By 2040 snow in the UK will be a thing of the past. By 2050, London will feel like Barcelona, Madrid will feel like Marrakech, Milan will feel like Texas, Dallas. Compare these impacts of climate change to the fact that by 2050 the risk of global droughts, which currently have no chance of happening, will increase to 50 per cent. Droughts will create food shortages, leading to a situation where only countries that grow it — or are rich enough to buy it — will be able to provide food for citizens.
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+20 +1'This Insanity Belongs in Science Fiction': At Davos, UN Chief Rips Fossil Fuel Expansion
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres delivered a scathing address to corporate and political elites in Davos on Wednesday, ripping fossil fuel giants and governments for expanding oil and gas extraction in the face of increasingly devastating climate chaos across the globe.
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+21 +4Exxon’s 1970s Climate Projections Were Scarily Accurate
The oil giant's internal climate models correctly forecast the climate change we're seeing now—all while the company pushed denial in public.
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+27 +9These young leaders are driving action on nature and climate
Twenty-six youth delegates will meet at Davos 2023 to focus on nature and climate education, advocacy, innovation and entrepreneurship to safeguard the planet.
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+11 +2A climate fund was born. It still doesn't have any money.
Two months after officials from around the world reached a surprise agreement to provide aid for escalating climate damages, the new fund hasn’t received a single pledge. The fund, created to help poor nations grapple with unstoppable climate dangers, like rising seas, was seen as a major victory at the global climate talks in Egypt late last year. The absence of any financial commitments since then is raising concerns in developing countries that the fund could fail to deliver the historic help that was promised by world leaders.
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+20 +3Oceans were the hottest ever recorded in 2022, analysis shows
Seas dominate global weather patterns and the climate crisis is causing profound and damaging changes
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+4 +1Study: Exxon Mobil accurately predicted warming since 1970s
DENVER — Exxon Mobil’s scientists were remarkably accurate in their predictions about global warming, even as the company made public statements that contradicted its own scientists’ conclusions, a new study
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+21 +5Extreme weather caused 18 disasters in US last year, costing $165bn
Disasters costing at least $1bn killed 474 people last year, government figures show
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+14 +1Compound extreme heat and drought will hit 90% of world population
More than 90% of the world's population is projected to face increased risks from the compound impacts of extreme heat and drought, potentially widening social inequalities as well as undermining the natural world's ability to reduce CO2 emissions in the atmosphere—according to a study from Oxford's School of Geography.
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+16 +3‘Holy grail’ wheat gene discovery could feed our overheated world
Harvests that form a vital element of the diets of 4.5 billion people are being devastated by global heating. Now research has found a key to create a heat-resistant variety
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+1 +1How our perception of time shapes our approach to climate change
Most people are focused on the present: today, tomorrow, maybe next year. Fixing your flat tire is more pressing than figuring out if you should use an electric car. Living by the beach is a lot more fun than figuring out when your house will be underwater because of sea level rise.
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