As the ocean absorbs atmospheric carbon dioxide, the pH of the water drops. The more acidic water harms corals and other shell-building sea life.
Carbon dioxide is everywhere: in the air, rising from cracks in the ocean floor, and in your soda can. Now it's showing up in the news! Find out why carbon dioxide is such a hot topic, and why it's going to be around for a long, long time.
In the past 60 years, carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has increased 100 times faster than it did during the end of the last ice age.
Our blogger herds some cats who discover that the strong El Niño was not the only factor driving the forecasted precipitation pattern in winter 2023-24. What else was there?
Before 2023 officially wraps up we want to highlight some of the climate related stories, maps, and graphs that we brought you over the past year.
China has overtaken the U.S. as the largest annual emitter, but all countries have to reduce their emissions if we want to stop further global warming. Every fraction of a degree of warming we avoid lowers the risks to people and other life on Earth.
Annual increase in Keeling Curve peak is one of the largest on record.
Poster-sized collection of global temperature maps since 1850 makes it easy to spot the influence of global warming.
Three experts explain why La Niña provides no relief from the excess planetary heating due to rising greenhouse gases.