Category: BUMMER

Africa’s forests, once vital allies in fighting against climate change, have turned from a carbon sink into a carbon source[…]

Africa’s Congo Basin’s vast peatlands store enormous amounts of carbon. This ancient vault may be leaking. Significant amounts of carbon[…]

At today’s pace of research and development, and without rapid emissions reduction, solutions will arrive too late for coral reefs.[…]

As Arctic permafrost thaws, it’s dramatically reshaping rivers and releasing vast amounts of ancient carbon locked away for thousands of[…]

Most people think climate change will primarily affect other people, considering their own risk lower than that of others or[…]

During the 20th century there’s been an unprecedented, dramatic increase in wildfires in tropical peatlands. They store vast quantities of[…]

 As all organisms warm, performance slowly increases until they reach an optimum (where performance is greatest), but then with further[…]

Aviation is responsible for roughly 2.5 percent of global carbon dioxide emissions. Aircraft also release nitrogen oxides, aerosols, and contrails—emissions[…]

Global warming has accelerated since 2015. Over the past ten years, the estimated warming rate has been around 0.35°C per[…]

Rising sea levels are a major threat to coastal communities worldwide and the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change estimates[…]