Earth is being pushed past its safe limits for humans, scientists say

Most planetary boundaries are now beyond safe and just limits putting life on Earth in the ‘danger zone’. Earth has pushed past seven out of eight scientifically established safe limits for life, according to a new study. We are now heading…

Earth is “really quite sick now” and in danger zone in nearly all ecological ways, study says

Earth has pushed past seven out of eight scientifically established safety limits and into “the danger zone,” not just for an overheating planet that’s losing its natural areas, but for well-being of people living on it, according to a new…

Do humans cause climate change? Even now, only half of Americans say yes.

Do humans cause climate change? Even now, only half of Americans say yes. | The Hill Skip to content FILE – In this July 27, 2018, file photo, the Dave Johnson coal-fired power plant is silhouetted against the morning sun…

José Andrés unveils U.S. food and climate institute

Photo illustration: Sarah Grillo/Axios. Photo: Amanda Stronza/Getty Images for SXSW Celebrity chef and founder of World Central Kitchen José Andrés is teaming up with George Washington University to launch a new research institute focused on the intersection of food production…

Climate change giving some adults pollen allergies for the first time – NBC News

For several years now, we are living in a world where every sneeze, each hint of a scratchy throat or stuffy nose, gives a person pause. Is it Covid? Just a cold? For a growing number of adults in their…

Volcanoes on Venus … Wow! New map here

Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have compiled a new global map of the known volcanoes on Venus … All 85,000 of them.

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Fossil fuel firms should be charged with homicide for climate change deaths, legal experts argue – Euronews

Should fossil fuel companies face homicide charges for their contributions to climate change? That’s the question explored in a paper set to be published in the Harvard Environmental Law Review next year. Oil and gas companies have faced a wave…

A radical climate strategy emerges: charge big oil firms with homicide

Oil companies have come under increasing legal scrutiny and face allegations of defrauding investors, racketeering, and a wave of other lawsuits. But a new paper argues there’s another way to hold big oil accountable for climate damage: trying companies for…

Noctilucent clouds on Mars spotted by Mars Perseverance

The Perseverance rover took this image of noctilucent clouds on Mars on March 18, 2023. These night-shining clouds also appear on Earth.

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‘The Last of Us’ is fiction, but these deadly fungus threats are real — and climate change could mean more of them – Yahoo News

(Photo illustration: Kelli R. Grant/Yahoo News; photos: HBO MAX, Kateryna Kon/Science Photo Library/Getty Images) The HBO series “The Last of Us,” inspired by the video game of the same name, has captured many people’s imaginations, by proposing the possibility of…