Planet’s first catastrophic climate tipping point reached

The world's tropical coral reefs have almost certainly crossed a point of no return as oceans warm beyond a level most can survive, a major scientific report announced on Monday. It is the first time scientists have declared that Earth has likely...

Scientists drill deep into Tajik glacier to unlock secrets of Earth’s climate past

KON CHUKURBASHI, Oct 14 — Greenland is melting, the Alps are melting and the Himalayas are melting—yet in one vast mountain region, huge glaciers have remained stable, or even gained mass, in recent decades. Can it last? To find out, a dozen...

World hits first climate tipping point, scientists warn

Stuti Mishra, The Independent The planet has crossed its initial climate tipping point, with scientists warning that global warming is now causing widespread diebacks of warm-water coral reefs. A landmark report, published on Monday, reveals that...

When U.S. Troops Fought Nazis in the Arctic: The Forgotten Battle for Greenland

When Nazi Germany overran Denmark in April 1940, the Danish colony of Greenland was suddenly cut off from its government. Under an April 9, 1941, defense agreement, the United States assumed responsibility for Greenland’s security. The pact led to...

A volcano or a meteorite? New evidence sheds light on puzzling discovery in Greenland's ice sheet

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Buried deep in Greenland's ice sheet lies a puzzling chemical signature that has sparked intense...

End of the world as we know it: Damning new report says Earth has reached its first climate ‘tipping point’

The Earth has reached its first climate tipping point, signaling a bleak new reality for the planet and hastening of a dire future scientists had once believed was still far away. In a damning new report Monday, 160 international researchers...

Mass Coral Die-Offs Confirm First Breach of a Major Climate Tipping Point

It's official: we no longer live on a planet with temperatures that can sustain warm-water coral reefs. This is the first of many fragile Earth systems set to topple as human activities continue to stoke our planet's fever, the 2025 Global Tipping...

Planet Hits First Climate Tipping Point: Coral Reefs Face Widespread Collapse

Scientists warn that the planet has already crossed its first catastrophic climate tipping point, with warm water coral reefs entering a stage of long-term decline that threatens the livelihoods of hundreds of millions of people. The Global...

Science The Independent World reaches first climate tipping point as scientists issue urgent warning

The planet has crossed its initial climate tipping point, with scientists warning that global warming is now causing widespread diebacks of warm-water coral reefs. A landmark report, published on Monday, reveals that escalating temperatures are...

Scientists probe glacier for clues to climate resistance

Greenland is melting, the Alps are melting and the Himalayas are melting - yet in one vast mountain region, huge glaciers have remained stable, or even gained mass, in recent decades. Can it last? To find out, a dozen scientists, accompanied...

Coral reefs are 1st environmental system to pass climate 'tipping point'

Coral reefs around the globe have for years suffered publicly in warming oceans, periodically making headlines when iconic underwater landscapes lose their colors and wither during repeated mass bleaching events caused by climate change. Now,...

Science AFP Scientists probe Tajik glacier for clues to climate resistance

Greenland is melting, the Alps are melting and the Himalayas are melting -- yet in one vast mountain region, huge glaciers have remained stable, or even gained mass, in recent decades. Can it last? To find out, a dozen scientists, accompanied...

President Trump Wants Canada and Greenland to Join the US!: A New North America?

Canada should become the 51st state of the United States, and Greenland the 52nd, to catalyze a grand strategic reordering and unlock unprecedented potential for North American prosperity and global security, according to Trump. This proposal,...

The Strategic Importance of Greenland: The Role of Tactical Missile and Air Defense in the Arctic

Introduction Recent discussions between the United States and Greenland have largely centered on geopolitical issues, but Greenland’s increasing significance in Arctic missile defense demands greater strategic attention. This article examines how...

Scientists probe Tajik glacier for clues to climate resistance

Scientists camped out high on a glacier in Tajikistan to take the ice core samples - Copyright AFP Prakash MATHEMA Prakash MATHEMA Greenland is melting, the Alps are melting and the Himalayas are melting — yet in one vast mountain region, huge...

Key climate tipping point is BREACHED for the first time - and scientists warn it will cause 'catastrophic harm' unless urgent action is taken

A key climate tipping point has been irreversibly breached for the first time, a new report has warned. With global warming on track to climb past 1.5°C (2.7°F), scientists say that warm-water coral reefs are now passing their thermal tipping...

Coral collapse signals Earth’s first climate tipping point

Earth has entered a grim new climate reality. The planet has officially passed its first climate tipping point. Relentlessly rising heat in the oceans has now pushed corals around the world past their limit, causing an unprecedented die-off of...

Europe In The Rare Earth Trap: Up To 4 Million German Jobs At Risk As Beijing Tightens

Submitted by Thomas Kolbe Rare earth elements have become geopolitical dynamite. According to a new analysis by consultancy McKinsey & Company, up to four million jobs in Germany are on the line if top supplier China imposes a permanent export...

Some Shovelnose Sturgeon in Illinois Are Huge and Researchers Are Fishing for Reasons Why

Most days, researcher Stefan Tucker, with trawls, trammel nets, trot lines and even electrofishing gear, is on his boat looking for sturgeon in the Rock River. The nearly 300-mile waterway winds through Illinois’ northwest corner, at depths...

Trump’s ‘shock and awe’ foreign policy achieved a breakthrough in Gaza – but is it sustainable?

US President Donald Trump will visit Israel and Egypt this week to oversee the initial implementation of his Gaza peace agreement, which many hope will permanently end the two-year war in the strip. Should the peace hold, the Gaza accord will be...