Global sea level rose faster than expected in 2024, mostly because of ocean water expanding as it warms, or thermal expansion. According to a NASA-led analysis, last year's rate of rise was 0.23 inches (0.59 centimeters) ...
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Clean air is a fundamental right. However, every day, 100 children under the age of 5 tragically lose their lives in east Asia and the Pacific due to a silent killer—air pollution.
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As the adoption of cleaner-burning engines and electric vehicles drives fossil fuel emissions lower, scientists have discovered that a surprising pollution source is playing a significant role in cooking up ozone in the air ...
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In their own interest, "coalitions of the willing" of industrialized countries should now step up climate finance for developing countries. The aim: to make their climate commitments, which must be updated in 2025 according ...
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The Regional Carbon Cycle Assessment and Processes (RECCAP) project launched in 2011 to provide regional carbon budgets at continental and oceanic scales. However, its first phase did not examine the 24 countries in the Central ...
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The El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO), the most prominent interannual climate variability signal, has been widely studied for its teleconnections with Antarctic sea ice variability. However, its influence on the predictability ...
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Hospitals around the world generate millions of tons of plastic waste annually. Much of this waste comes from single-use items such as face masks, surgical gloves, syringes, IV tubes and sterile packaging materials.
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Climate change may lead to more precipitation and more intense floods. A new study shows that to understand the details of this relationship, it is important to distinguish between different types of rainfall and flood events—namely, ...
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Spain, which is nearing the end of a years-long drought, can expect such dry spells to become increasingly "frequent and severe" due to global warming, according to a scientific report published Thursday.
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The Trump administration announced on March 12, 2025, that it is "reconsidering" more than 30 air pollution regulations in a series of moves that could impact air quality across the United States.
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