The Salmon River, once a symbol of pristine wilderness and the subject of admiration in John McPhee's classic novel, has changed dramatically. Its once crystal-clear waters, where you could see 15 feet down, turned orange in 2019 and have since (more…)

Global warming and more frequent droughts have intensified the scourge of the spruce bark beetle (Ips typographus) in Europe. Forests are key to mitigating extreme temperatures and macroclimatic warming, thereby supporting biodiversity and resilience (more…)

According to the latest data from the European Commission's Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research (EDGAR), human activities around the world released record amounts of CO2 into the atmosphere in 2024. 53.2 gigatons (Gt) of CO2 equivalent (CO2eq), excluding emissions from the change (more…)

C3S Climate Bulletin is a key climate monitoring product, implemented The European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) as part of the program Copernicus of the European Union, which serves as Europe's eyes on Earth. Its (more…)

Methane (CH4) is second largest contributor to climate change, responsible for about 30 % of global warming. Although most attention is focused on CO2, methane has a much shorter lifetime in the atmosphere. Nevertheless, its (more…)

Climate change is one of the most significant global challenges that will reshape societies and labor markets around the world. Together with technological change, demographic pressures, and geopolitical instability, it places a greater demand on the expertise of (more…)

Melting glaciers are an urgent manifestation of accelerating climate change, with cascading planetary consequences that demand immediate climate action. With rising global average temperatures (more…)

The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is a key element of overturning in the global climate system. It is a large-scale system of ocean currents that transports heat and salt across the world's oceansAMOC collapse, (more…)

The world in 2025 faces not only gradual warming but also the potential activation of critical “tipping points” in the climate system. These points represent thresholds beyond which sudden and often irreversible changes can occur. (more…)

The oceans currently absorb about a quarter of annual anthropogenic CO2 emissions from the atmosphere. However, by 2023, when Sea surface temperatures (SST) reached record highs, partly due to a strong El Niño phenomenon, there was (more…)

New database The GVI Projections Database presents projections of socioeconomic vulnerability for almost all countries in the world between 2020 and 2100This database is a valuable resource for monitoring human components of vulnerability. (more…)

Portal co2news.sk, which focuses on current news about the climate crisis, energy and sustainability, is expanding its activities and opening up space for foreign partnersThe goal is to strengthen global collaboration and bring readers quality content from around the world. (more…)

Food systems across Europe are facing the growing pressure directly related to climate change and environmental sustainabilityUrgent challenges that require immediate action include emissions (more…)

The European Union adopted in December 2024 Regulation on packaging and packaging waste (EU) 2025/40 (PPWR), which replaces the previous Packaging Directive (94/62/EC). This Regulation is directly applicable and establishes a harmonised legal framework (more…)

Imagine the Earth's eager lungs, the tropical rainforests, being ruthlessly torn apart. They lose not only their trees, but also their life-giving essence, releasing an invisible, creeping threat: (more…)

Climate-warming emissions from forest fires in the European Union have soared to record levels this year, as flames have burned more than 1 million hectares of land since January – equivalent to 13 times the area of the (more…)

Database Carbon Majors, originally launched by Richard Heed of the Climate Accountability Institute (CAI) in 2013 and updated by InfluenceMap, serves as a key tool for linking historical greenhouse gas emissions to specific (more…)

Portal co2news.sk, which focuses on current news about the climate crisis, energy and sustainability, is expanding its activities and opening up space for foreign partnersThe goal is to strengthen global collaboration and bring readers quality content from around the world. (more…)

A new study published in Communications Earth & Environment and led by researchers from the Potsdam Institute (PIK), RNORC and Northumbria University shows: even small warming around West Antarctica can (more…)

The deep waters of the Mediterranean Sea face the frightening reality of climate change, but the Adriatic Sea, its northernmost basin, is becoming the epicenter of catastrophic changes that are happening at an alarming rate. Scientists (more…)