More than a quarter of Earth's land surface will become "significantly" drier even if humanity manages to limit global warming to two degrees Celsius, the goal espoused in the Paris Agreement, scientists said on Monday.
But if we contain average warming to 1.5 C (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit), this will be limited to about a tenth -- sparing two-thirds of the landRead more
Global warming has boosted the frequency and severity of deadly air pollution peaks in northern China, scientists said Monday.
Toxic particles in the air cause nearly a million premature deaths in the country every year, according to earlier research.
"Climate change increases occurrences of weather conditions conducive to Beijing winter severe haze," a team reported in the journal Nature ClimateRead more
Tiny natural ponds pose an overlooked danger for speeding up global warming, according to a study published Monday in the journal Nature Climate Change.
In experiments designed to simulate moderate future warming, scientists in Britain found that such ponds -- a metre (three feet) across -- gradually lose the capacity to soak up one kind of greenhouse gas and giveRead more