International

"Melting ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica are speeding up the already fast pace of sea level rise, new satellite research shows."

"A draft United Nations climate science report contains dire news about the warming of the planet, suggesting it will likely cross the key marker of 1.5 degrees Celsius, or 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit, of temperature rise in the 2040s, and that this will be exceedingly difficult to avoid."

"While top Trump administration officials deny climate change, the intelligence agencies warn global warming can fuel disasters and violent conflicts."

"Frank Lyko, a biologist at the German Cancer Research Center, studies the six-inch-long marbled crayfish. Finding specimens is easy: Dr. Lyko can buy the crayfish at pet stores in Germany, or he can head with colleagues to a nearby lake."

"Governments are slowly advancing efforts to reduce climate and health impacts of soot."

"Governments are poised this week to begin discussing rules to curb black-carbon pollution from ships, after nearly seven years of preparation. The sooty emissions, which are produced by diesel engines, warm the climate and harm human health.

"The rescue of the planet’s protective ozone layer has been hailed as one of the great success stories of modern environmental regulation — but on Monday, an international team of 22 scientists raised doubts about whether ozone is recovering as expected across much of the world."

"The South African city plans to shut off the taps to 4 million people. But it's just one of many cities around the world facing a future with too little water."

"The German government on Monday dismissed as unjustifiable any auto emissions testing on monkeys or people."

"By 2050 many of the world's major cities will face surface water shortages, spurring regional conflict and competition for scarce resources".

"Deniers have found a platform in emerging publications that publish without rigorous review".