Air pollution can have a cooling effect on the climate Cheunghyo/Getty Images James Hansen, the climate scientist best known for warning the US Congress of global warming in the 1980s, has doubled his warnings that we are underestimating the climate impact of decline air pollution. “Humanity entered into a bad deal, a Faustian trade, when … Read more
A dark moon is the rent for Adrian Tchaikovsky’s new sci-fi novel Hylster Laperruque / Alamy Humanoid mosquitoes, foreign contact on deadly moons, implants that let you know that your partner is thinking … Science Fiction novels offered in February feel interesting and I look forward to transporting myself to others Worlds in this cold, … Read more
Tourists try to cool off in Rome, where a large increase in heat deaths is expected in 2099 Massimo Valicchia/Nurphoto via Getty Images There will be an extra 2.3 million temperature -related deaths in Europe’s hand cities in 2099 without more action to limit warming and adapt to it, researchers predict. However, in cities in … Read more
Donald Trump makes an announcement that the US is withdrawing from the Paris Agreement JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images A cheer rang out from the crowd at a stadium in Washington DC on January 20 as US President Donald Trump signed an order on stage to withdraw the US from the Paris climate agreement. The order said … Read more
The Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii has been recording atmospheric carbon dioxide levels since 1958 FRED ESPENAK/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere measured by a weather station at the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii rose by 3.58 ppm in 2024 — the biggest jump since records began there in 1958. “We’re … Read more