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Scientists Find Earth Warming at High but Steady Rate

Increase was mostly attributed to human activity

(Newser) - The rate Earth is warming hit an all-time high in 2023, with 92% of last year's surprising record-shattering heat caused by humans, top scientists calculated. The group of 57 scientists from around the world used United Nations-approved methods to examine what was behind last year's deadly burst of...

Most Hollywood Flicks Fail a 'Climate Reality Check'

New research shows that majority of films don't accurately reflect current climate crisis

(Newser) - Aquaman may not mind if the oceans rise, but moviegoers might. That's one of the takeaways from a new study conducted by researchers who set out to determine if today's Hollywood blockbusters are reflective of the current climate crisis. The vast majority of movies failed the "climate...

Orange Juice Makers Seek Alternatives as Prices Soar

Orange crops are down worldwide amid droughts and disease

(Newser) - Bad news for anyone who starts their day with a glass of OJ: oranges have gotten so expensive, producers are looking for replacement fruits. NBC News reports that a decline in harvests driven by climate change is the main culprit. "Orange production in the three major orange producing regions—...

First-of-Its-Kind Vermont Law Targets Oil Companies

They will be required to pay for some of the damage caused by climate change

(Newser) - Vermont has become the first state to enact a law requiring fossil fuel companies to pay a share of the damage caused by climate change. Last year, the state suffered catastrophic summer flooding and damage from other extreme weather. Maryland, Massachusetts, and New York are considering similar measures.
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Scientists Measure Heat Added by Climate Change in Days

Researcher laments the toll on humans and nature

(Newser) - Humans have endured the equivalent of another hot month in the past year because of climate change, scientists say. Their analysis shows that almost 80% of Earth's population dealt with at least 31 days of abnormally high temperatures since last May, the New York Times reports. The burning of...

At Least 4 Dead as Tornado 'Obliterates' Iowa Town

And another dies in nearby county amid powerful storms in the Midwest

(Newser) - Four people in Greenfield, Iowa, were killed when a tornado tore through the town Tuesday afternoon, authorities confirmed Wednesday. At least 35 were injured, but the Joint Unified Command says the true number is likely higher, as that number includes just those who were treated at "designated alternate care...

Miami Heat Wave 'Completely Off the Charts'

This is May!?

(Newser) - There's still a week left in the month, and already it's the hottest May ever recorded in Miami as gauged by the heat index—leaving residents fearing the intense heat that surely awaits in summer. Late last week, the city's National Weather Service issued a heat advisory,...

Climate Group 'Awestruck' by Mystery $10M Donation

The money went to Giving Green, a philanthropic organization that gives money to nonprofits

(Newser) - On a Friday morning in April, Dan Stein, the founder of Giving Green, a climate philanthropy organization, found some big news in a surprising email. An anonymous donor had given his fund $10 million. "I didn't quite process the number of zeros," Stein said, adding he was...

South Korea's Climate Policy Challenged by a Fetus

Constitutional Court to rule on landmark case alleging violation of human rights

(Newser) - What right does a child, even a fetus, have to grow up in a healthy environment? It's a question at the heart of "the first lawsuit to challenge national climate policies in East Asia," per Nature . Resulting from the merger of four separate lawsuits filed between 2020...

DeSantis Law Gets On-Air Rebuke From a Torqued Meteorologist

NBC Miami's Steve McLaughlin goes off on Florida for scrubbing climate change efforts from state law

(Newser) - Not everyone is happy with Gov. Ron DeSantis' latest legislation minimizing efforts to fight climate change in the state of Florida—including, apparently, Steve McLaughlin, a meteorologist for NBC Miami. McLaughlin posted a minute-long video online on Saturday talking about the new law set to take effect in July, in...

Small Bison Herd Negates Emissions of 43K Cars
Small Bison Herd
Negates Emissions
of 43K Cars
new study
May 20, 2024 2:10 PM CDT

Small Bison Herd Negates Emissions of 43K Cars

Yale researchers see good news out of herd reintroduced in Romania

(Newser) - A newly reintroduced herd of bison in Romania is inadvertently doing its part to help the warming climate. Researchers from the Yale School of Environment calculate that the 170 bison in the Tarcu mountains negate the carbon emissions of 43,000 gas-powered cars. The animals accomplish the feat in a...

Munich Airport Shuts Down After a Most Sticky Situation

Police detained 6 climate activists who glued themselves to runway access roads

(Newser) - German authorities closed down Munich Airport temporarily on Saturday after six climate activists broke through a security fence and glued themselves to access routes leading to runways, officials and local media reported. The activists from the group Last Generation were protesting flying, the most polluting form of transportation, said the...

California's Water Tunnel Grows More Controversial

It's set to cost an estimated $20B, though city officials say benefits will be worth double

(Newser) - The tunnel is designed to capture and store more rainwater in California in anticipation of long periods of drought and the dangerously low water levels drought brings. The cost, however, is hard to swallow. Gov. Gavin Newsom's administration said Thursday that the proposed tunnel beneath the Sacramento-San Joaquin River...

DeSantis Moves Against Climate Change Battle

Governor signs legislation to 'keep windmills off our beaches,' alters wording in state law

(Newser) - Gov. Ron DeSantis can't eliminate climate change as an issue, but he acted Wednesday to take it out of Florida government. The Republican signed legislation removing most references to climate change in state law and barring its use as a priority in setting energy policy, the Washington Post reports....

Carbon Dioxide Levels Increase at Record Pace

Mauna Loa observatory records highest-ever annual jump

(Newser) - The Mauna Loa observatory in Hawaii has been measuring carbon dioxide in the atmosphere for more than six decades, and it just recorded the biggest annual increase on record.
  • The jump: The March reading at the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration lab was 4.7 parts per million higher than last
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Venezuela Just Said Goodbye to Its Last Glacier

Humboldt Peak, which melted more quickly than anticipated, has been reclassified as an ice field

(Newser) - At one point, Venezuela claimed six glaciers, all located in the Sierra Nevada de Merida mountain range. By 2011, five of those glaciers had vanished, leaving just the Humboldt glacier, aka La Corona. Now, Venezuela has exactly zero glaciers, after Humboldt was reclassified as an ice field due to a...

In the World's Oceans, 'a Cause for Great Concern'

Earth's seas have busted temperature records every day over the past year, per BBC analysis

(Newser) - This past April was the hottest on record, according to the EU's Copernicus Climate Change Service, making it the 11th month in a row to claim that designation. Now, using data from that same agency, the BBC finds that the Earth's oceans are fighting a similarly heated battle—...

California Gets Its Snowiest Day This Season ... in May

Typically, precipitation is dropping off in the state by April

(Newser) - "Did anyone have the snowiest day of the 2023/2024 season being in May on their winter bingo card?" That was the word from the UC Berkeley Central Sierra Snow Laboratory at Donner Summit after station officials recorded, on the unlikely date of May 5, 26.4 inches of snow...

It Was Another Tough Year for Emperor Penguin Chicks
It Was Another Tough Year
for Emperor Penguin Chicks
NEW STUDY
Apr 26, 2024 10:55 AM CDT

It Was Another Tough Year for Emperor Penguin Chicks

20% of colonies experienced breeding failures tied to record low sea ice: study

(Newser) - Low sea ice is wreaking havoc on emperor penguins year after year, likely resulting in the total wipeout of chicks in some colonies. Nearly a third of emperor penguin colonies experienced early sea-ice loss in 2022, resulting in catastrophic breeding failures. Though marked by an even lower sea ice extent...

Hot Enough for Ya? Just Wait for This Summer

The West and the Northeast could be in for a hot one, says NOAA

(Newser) - If you're among the Americans trying to get that beach body ready, it looks like you'd better get cracking, because you might not want much more than that swimsuit on during this summer. NOAA is predicting a sultrier than usual June through August in the US, with basically...

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