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Glaciers in Yellowstone and Yosemite on track to vanish within decades, UN report warns
By Michael Dhar last updated
A United Nations report warns of imperiled glaciers at iconic World Heritage sites — but climate action could save most of them.
Watch an ancient ice sheet cover the British Isles then vanish, in eerie time-lapse animation
By Joshua A. Krisch published
The rapid decline of the British-Irish Ice Sheet thousands of years ago may hold lessons for how melting ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica will influence sea-level rise in the future.
Migratory birds in North America are shrinking as their wings get bigger. Climate change is to blame.
By Jennifer Nalewicki published
As the planet warms due to climate change, North American migratory birds are shrinking.
What Is Coral Bleaching?
By Donavyn Coffey last updated
Nature's red flag is the eerie white glow of one of the ocean's most biologically rich ecosystems.
Earth Will Survive Global Warming, But Will We?
By Ker Than last updated
The planet has endured far more dramatic climate change in the past fueled by other forms of life. But rarely if ever has the change been so rapid.
Art from Space: Phytoplankton Bloom
By Live Science Staff last updated
A NASA satellite has photographed a particularly artful bloom in the Arabian Sea.
Allergies Getting Worse Due to Global Warming
By Sara Goudarzi last updated
The rapid rise in allergic symptoms over the past few decades may be due to mounting carbon dioxide and a warmer atmosphere, a new study finds.
Carbon Dioxide Greening Deserts
By Becky Oskin last updated
Desert plants leafing out as atmospheric carbon dioxide levels rise.
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