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Horseshoe crab: A living fossil with life-saving blood

The oldest horseshoe crab fossil is 445 million years old. Horseshoe crabs are older than dinosaurs and known as living fossils. An asteroid impact did not kill them, but they could become extinct be

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The Chinese young man who took videos of 70 glaciers

01:36 On December 6, 2019, Wang Xiangjun, a young man from a rural area in southwest China's Sichuan Province, was invited to Madrid in Spain to share his experience on

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Warming could threaten half of species in 33 key areas: report

Globalwarmingcouldplace25to50percentofspeciesintheAmazon,Madagascarandotherbiodiverseareasatriskoflocalisedextinctionwithindecades,areportsaidWednesday.Thelower

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Draft UN report: 1.5 Celsius climate goal 'very unlikely' but doable

TheParisAgreementgoalofcappingglobalwarmingat1.5degreesCelsius(C)willslipbeyondreachunlessnationsactnowtoslashcarbonpollution,curbenergydemand,andsuckCO2fromthe

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Study: Quarter of land will be drier under 2°C warming

MorethanaquarterofEarth'slandsurfacewillbecome"significantly"drierevenifhumanitymanagestolimitglobalwarmingtotwodegreesCelsius,thegoalespousedintheParisAgreemen

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Study predicts higher levels of global warming than UN forecast

Newly-publishedresearchsuggeststhatglobalemissionreductiontargetswillbeevenmoredifficulttoattainthanpreviouslythought.Thestudy,publishedinthejournalNatureonWedn

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Global 2% rise in CO2 'giant leap backwards for humankind'

Thecarbondioxideemissionsthatdriveglobalwarming,flatsince2014,aresettorisetwopercentthisyear,dashinghopestheyhadpeaked,scientistsreportedatUNclimatetalksMonday.

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'Fewer but stronger': Connecting the dots of cyclones and climate change

Scientistsfreelyacknowledgetheydon'tknoweverythingabouthowglobalwarmingaffectshurricanesliketheonepummellingsoutheastTexas.Butwhattheydoknowisenoughtokeepthemup

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Antarctica is greening due to global warming

PlantlifeisgrowingonAntarcticalikeneverbeforeinmoderntimes,fueledbyglobalwarmingwhichismeltingiceandtransformingthelandscapefromwhitetogreen,researcherssaidThur

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Global warming brings record temperatures to New Zealand

This year is set to be the warmest ever recorded in New Zealand illustrating "the stark reality of global warming," government scientists said Tuesday.

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2015 was hottest year in historical record

Scientists reported Wednesday that 2015 was the hottest year in the historical record by far.