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UN-backed floating city built to withstand Category 5 hurricanes is headed to South Korea
The project's designers envision a flood-proof, floating city that can withstand rising seas and pr…
Aria Bendix
Before-and-after images of landmarks around the world show the devastating sea-level rise that's coming
If global temperatures increase by 3 degrees Celsius, floods could overtake iconic landmarks like t…
Aria Bendix
This high schooler won $10,000 because he saw a mysterious outbreak killing sea turtles in his Hawaii hometown and decided to do something about it
Hawaii's green sea turtles are dying from mysterious tumors. Maddux Alexander Springer spent 400 ho…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Ellyn L…
A tiny Pacific island nation threatened by rising sea levels plans to create a digital copy of itself in the metaverse
Tuvalu hopes that digitization will let it preserve the cultural heritage of its 12,000 people if c…
Stephanie Stacey
The summit of Greenland got rain, rather than snow, for the first time on record
Melting on Greenland, which has the largest ice mass in the northern hemisphere, contributes to ris…
Kelsey Vlamis
Climate-related changes to Earth's ice and oceans are now 'irreversible for centuries to millennia,' a new report says
The new IPCC report concludes that the past century has changed the Earth as we know it - and that …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Aylin W…
Global warming is rocking the world harder — literally!
A new study has found that climate-induced changes have been affecting the behaviour of ocean waves…
Antarctic ice may melt 20 years sooner than estimated — global sea levels likely to rise by an additional three inches by 2100
The fact that the polar ice sheets are melting as the planet gets warmers is no secret. However, sc…
Greenhouse gas, sea level rise and ocean heat set new records for climate change in 2021
The WMO State of the Global Climate in 2021 report confirmed that the past seven years have been th…
One-third of the Antarctic ice shelf could collapse if the world continues to heat up at its current rate
As climate change is making temperatures soar, more than a third of the Antarctic's ice shelf could…
US naval drones have spent 60,000 hours at sea helping the Navy spy on and defeat malicious threats in Middle Eastern waters
The US Navy has turned to a collection of unmanned systems to help it patrol and surveil Middle Eas…
Jake Epstein
Temperature's Toll: Hospitals see a surge in drug and alcohol abuse-related visits on hotter nights, study reveals
Research has established a direct correlation between elevated temperatures and a surge in hospital…
The impact of climate change is not the same everywhere — some parts have something to gain but that’s not a good thing overall
Global warming may affect the entire world, but some countries have more to lose than others, parti…
Prabhjote Gill
Antarctica's Thwaites glacier is in peril, images reveal. The so-called 'doomsday glacier' could trigger 10 feet of sea-level rise if it melts.
This moth, two new studies have added detail to the alarming picture. Research published last week …
Susie Neilson
Jacques Cousteau's grandson wants to build the world's largest underwater research station in the Caribbean — take a look
Fabian Cousteau, grandson of famed oceanographer and documentary maker Jacques Cousteau, has an amb…
Mary Meisenzahl
Greenland's melting ice sheet has 'passed the point of no return,' scientists say, dooming it to disappear
Rising temperatures have driven Greenland's glaciers past a critical tipping point, where snowfall …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
A renowned climate scientist once compared to 'an icy Indiana Jones' has died after falling through ice thinned by melting
One of the world's leading climate scientists died on Saturday after falling through part of Greenl…
Susie Neilson
Body found in a barrel at Lake Mead is the tip of the iceberg. Forensic anthropologists are now recovering human remains following droughts, sea-level rise, and wildfires.
Forensic anthropologists expect to see more human remains unveiled by receding water and ice. They'…
Paola Rosa-Aquino
Powerful speech by prime minister of Barbados, under threat from rising sea levels, was a breakout moment at COP26
Two major agreements at the COP26 climate summit pledge to stop deforestation and reduce methane em…
Jake Epstein
You can experience the end result of climate change today with virtual reality
With headset and controller in hand, the residents of coastal Turner Station in Baltimore were…