If aliens were to rock their planet with powerful greenhouse gases like we do, we might understand. That’s according to a recent thought experiment in which scientists identified five “artificial” greenhouse gases that could be detected in the atmospheres of certain planets if they were present in sufficient quantities. outer planets Using existing technology, James… Read More »
A diet that promotes plant-based protein to help the environment now has a more humane argument: It can reduce your risk of dying from many major diseases. “This wasn’t just a cause of death. It was across the board,” said Walter Willett, professor of epidemiology and nutrition at the Harvard TH Chan School of Public… Read More »
Levels of key heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere reached historic highs last year and are rising at a near-record pace, according to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Carbon dioxide, the most important and abundant of human-caused greenhouse gases, reached the third-highest amount in 2023 in its 65-year record-keeping history, NOAA announced Friday. Scientists… Read More »
GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. weather agency is sounding a “red alert” on global warming, citing record increases in greenhouse gases, land and water temperatures and melting of glaciers and sea ice last year, and warning that the world’s efforts to stop it should continue. It was insufficient to reverse the trend. The World Meteorological… Read More »