Scientists saw a nearly unheard of Antarctic meltdown

Antarctica is unfreezing. In the past few months alone, researchers have chronicled a seasonal waterfall, widespread networks of rivers and Continue reading →

The Larsen C ice shelf collapse hammers home the reality of climate change

Very soon, a large portion of an ice shelf in Antarctica will break off and collapse into the ocean. The Continue reading →

As Trump pulls U.S. out of Paris Climate Accords, ominous changes in Arctic, Antarctic are observed

By Robert A. Vella As expected, President Trump pulled the U.S. out of the Paris Climate Accords yesterday.  Also expected, Continue reading →

Merkel warns US, Britain no longer reliable partners

Europe “must take its fate into its own hands” faced with a western alliance divided by Brexit and Donald Trump’s Continue reading →

The Arctic is melting — and South Florida faces more flooding

MIAMI — A new assessment of polar ice melt could mean bad news for South Florida: higher sea rise than Continue reading →

Climate change-driven famine poses global security threat

UNITED NATIONS — The emergency relief coordinator for the United Nations is warning of the worst famine since the world Continue reading →

Australia’s ‘extreme’ summer a sign of things to come – researchers

Climate change was responsible for breaking more than 200 Australian weather records over the past three months, researchers said on Continue reading →

A huge Antarctic glacier just lost another chunk of ice — and we know because of NASA

One of Antarctica’s most rapidly melting glaciers has shed yet another large block of ice in an event that NASA Continue reading →