Global Heating

Melting glaciers in Antarctica are accelerating the thawing of the continent's ice sheets

As temperatures continue to rise in the Antarctic, surface melting could occur more frequently, and across a wider area.

Quickly melting glaciers spell water trouble for the world's highest capital in Bolivia

Andean snowcaps. which fill the city's reservoirs, are disappearing at a rate that has alarmed scientists

Largest Alps glacier might disappear by the end of this century due to climate change

The glacier covers 86 square kilometres and is estimated to hold around 11 billion tonnes of ice.

Global warming causes lakes to heat up at the surface, remain cool at the bottom

Lakes play an important role in the global carbon cycle, acting as large natural bioreactors.

Spiders are threatened by climate change, even the biggest arachnophobes should be worried

Male spiders are maturing earlier in the year than normal, due to unusually hot period in winter.

Geoengineering is the fail-safe 'Plan B' that might help tackle climate change

UN's top climate science body said slashing carbon pollution won't stop Earth from overheating.

Microbes in the Tundras could blow the roof off global warming with their emissions

Microbes react very quickly — within five to seven years — to even slight changes in the climate.

Reforest an area the size of the US to help avert complete climate breakdown

The study says that one-fifth of the land proposed for reforestation would be too hot to grow new trees by 2050.

Even if we stop using fossil fuel right now, we won't be able to prevent a climate catastrophe

Carbon gets soaked up into the oceans and the forests but a lot of it still trapped in the atmosphere.

Canadian permafrost is thawing 70 years earlier than predicted, a sign of climate crisis

Experts suggest that thawing permafrost, a tipping point for climate breakdown, is a clear sign to decarbonize our economies.