2023’s extreme storms, heat and wildfires broke records – a scientist explains how global warming fuels climate disasters
Globally, 2023 was the warmest year on record, and it wreaked havoc around the world.
Tag: Global warming
Llamas help Peru community recover from melting glacier
Researchers are partnering with llama herders in the Andes to improve soil quality and plant productivity as ice retreats.
Video: What are greenhouse gases?
This bite-sized video explains how emissions of carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide lead to the greenhouse effect.
Can artificial reefs restore corals and protect coastal communities?
Researchers in Florida are testing an artificial reef planted with live corals.
A dive into the science of climate change leaves students ‘amazed’
Miami Edison Senior High School students learned about the environment from University of Miami PhD candidates
Arctic Report Card 2023: From wildfires to melting sea ice, the warmest summer on record had cascading impacts across the Arctic
It’s almost certain this was the Arctic’s hottest summer in centuries.
Hard-fought COP28 agreement suggests the days of fossil fuels are numbered – but climate catastrophe is not yet averted
The agreement — met with an ovation — includes a first call for nations to transition away from fossil fuels.
Florida needs to cool its prisons as part of effort to modernize its penal system
Three-quarters of inmate housing units in Florida don’t have air conditioning, according to the state Department of Corrections secretary.
Florida’s coasts face opposite rainfall extremes; lawmakers discuss diversifying energy used in state
Florida's southeast coast has received sometimes-record rainfall while much of the Gulf of Mexico coast faces a drought.
Florida manatees not being fed lettuce this winter; Northeast Florida counties unite in climate fight
Biologists experimented with feeding lettuce to Indian River Lagoon manatees as their natural food source, seagrass, declined.