Global warming

The UN's 2018 IPCC report warned that the world has 12 years to ensure that global temperatures don't rise above 1.5 degrees Celsius from pre-industrial levels.

"If the entire population of the U.S. cut out meat one day a week, that would save more than a trillion liters of water per year," an expert told Newsweek.

"The weather affects every place on the Earth, from our backyard to entire forested, agricultural, or oceanic landscapes," an expert told "Newsweek."

More Americans said they trust their own observations on climate change compared to 78 percent who say they trust scientists, while fewer than half trust the U.S. government.

Water in the soil plays an important role in storing carbon dioxide—the main greenhouse gas—which is helping to heat the planet.

The prototype was found to be highly efficient at producing formic acid—a promising fuel carrier that could revolutionize hydrogen cars.

Thwaites Glacier—which is about the same size as Florida—contains enough ice on its own to raise global sea levels by about two feet if it all melts.

"Limiting the temperature increase during the 21st century will help to avoid it," an expert told Newsweek.

"The tourism industry, desperate to maintain tourist numbers, is looking beyond the natural beauty of the reef because it's not quite what it was," said dive operator Tony Fontes.

The latest findings come during a summer which has seen heat records smashed across the continent.

One of the islands is about the size of 10 football fields.

"The presence of corals in these extreme mangrove habitats challenges our understanding of the conditions some corals are capable of living in," researcher Emma Camp said.

Yang's plan is similar to the Green New Deal, and it's the latest ambitious policy proposal from a 2020 hopeful to address climate change and to court Democratic primary voters.

"When forest land is cleared by fire for agricultural production, we lose it forever," said Meg Symington of the World Wide Fund for Nature.

Boreal forests store one-third of all terrestrial carbon—but for how long?

Outspoken president's remarks came as smoke from the fires plunges São Paulo into darkness at 3 p.m.

The flights would have generated seven times more carbon emissions per person than a standard commercial flight.

"They want to fight the weather. The rest of us want to deal with real threats," Fox & Friends co-host Pete Hegseth said.

D'Souza appeared to be unaware that it is winter in the southern hemisphere when it is summer in the northern hemisphere.

People eat as much as they can afford despite it killing the planet—the "meat paradox."

The Democrats including climate change in the primary debates is welcome, and gives them an edge on denialist Republicans. But is does feel like too little, too late.

"This is the earliest date that large numbers of walruses have been confirmed on shore at Point Lay," said Andrea Medeiros, a spokeswoman for the the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

By 2050, we will be using as much energy on AC as we are now using to power the United States, the EU and Japan—combined.

Deforestation has increased to the point where more than three football fields of tree cover are being lost every minute.

Researchers say they are "unfortunately confident" Southwest will be hit by megadroughts again as a result of climate change.

"What is worrisome is that our study species are mainly common ones, so that the conclusions for rare species will likely be even more pessimistic," an expert told "Newsweek."

Scientists and members of the public will unveil a monument recognizing the former Okjökull glacier next month.

A CDC official warned the fungus "is behaving in unexpected and concerning ways, causing severe disease in countries across the globe, including the United States."

Each of the artificial islands would generate enough energy to power around 12 million homes, according to an international consortium.

Without the ice sheet, sea levels are predicted to rise by over 10 feet.