A Planetary Crisis
Die EU hat sich ein ehrgeiziges Ziel gesetzt: Bis 2040 müssen die Treibhausgasemissionen um 90 Prozent gegenüber 1990 reduziert werden. Eine besondere Regelung erlaubt der Union, 5 Prozentpunkte dieses Reduktionsziels durch Klimaschutzmaßnahmen außerhalb ihrer Grenzen zu erreichen. Diese Vorgabe ist seit Ende 2025 gesetzlich verankert und wirft eine zentrale Frage [...]
Source: Projections of near-term climate change are a potential research tool. However, for that tool to be most useful, the physical basis for a prediction must be made clear. The basis for our projection of record 2026 global temperature is high climate sensitivity, with its implication that aerosol cooling was [...]
Permafrost covers roughly 15 percent of Northern Hemisphere land and stores roughly double the carbon currently in the atmosphere, making it a crucial carbon reservoir. As global temperatures rise, thawing permafrost releases this stored carbon, creating a dangerous feedback loop that accelerates warming, continue reading.
On the study, Intensive methane seep region on the outer East Siberian Arctic Shelf shows biomarker evidence for aerobic oxidation of methane. Summary Researchers examined sediment cores from an active methane seep region on the outer East Siberian Arctic Shelf and found that anaerobic methane oxidation (the traditional methane removal [...]
Research shows that as our climate warms, Antarctica's ice shelves face increasing threats. According to new research, surface melting in Antarctica is expected to intensify and spread significantly throughout the course of the twenty-first century. If global temperatures continue to climb, the amount of melt will increase tenfold and the [...]
The planet is heating up more quickly than ever before. For decades, greenhouse gas emissions caused by human activity have been building up in the atmosphere and trapping ever-higher levels of heat. The resulting asymmetry between incoming solar energy and energy radiated back out into space – known as “Earth’s [...]
CarbonBrief: Solar has overtaken gas power in Asia to become the continent’s third-largest source of electricity, according to new analysis by Carbon Brief.
The COP30 (Conference of Parties) Climate Summit 2025, the Climate Action Event introduction featuring secretary-general of the United Nations António Guterres, climate justice advocate Charitie Ropati, atmospheric scientist Katharine Hayhoe, and director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and professor in Earth System Science at the University of [...]
In this captivating visual journey, witness the dramatic struggle of a picturesque beach village as it confronts the relentless rise of sea levels.