Three massive storms have caused widespread damage around the world over the past week, with two typhoons causing havoc in Alaska and Japan, while Hurricane Fiona has caused massive damage in Puerto Rico and neighboring islands such as the Dominican Republic and Guadeloupe. Each storm featured unusual characteristics such asread more
A new study of Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier has revealed that it appears to be melting even faster than previous estimates indicated, with the face of the ice sheet now retreating at a rate twice as fast as previously recorded. Nicknamed the “Doomsday Glacier” by the researchers that study it, the Thwaites Glacier is aread more
A new study is warning that it is now “inevitable” that the world will face nearly a foot in sea level rise from the melting of the Greenland ice sheet alone, even if human-based carbon emissions were to halt immediately. The study authors point out that their figure is aread more
A two-month-long heat wave affecting large portions of China, declared the most severe in recorded history, is causing widespread drought across the country, drying up both rivers and crops, with hundreds of regions reporting record-breaking temperatures in excess of 40°C (104°F). This news comes at a time when many regionsread more