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3 wildfire lessons for forest towns as Dixie Fire destroys historic…
A wildfire burning in hot, dry mountain forest swept through the Gold Rush town of Greenville,…
How urban gardens can boost biodiversity and make cities more…
In building cities, we have created some of the harshest habitats on Earth — and then chosen to…
Africa’s drylands are getting more support. How to make the most of…
The United Nations (UN) recently launched the Decade on Ecosystem Restoration to prevent, halt and… -
The Unexpectedly Exciting World of Refrigerants
Guest blog written by Tilden Chao. Tilden is an undergraduate at Yale University who worked on…
Map tracks 30 years of extreme snowmelt across US
A new map of extreme snowmelt events over the last 30 years clarifies the processes that drive…
Earth’s frozen areas are shrinking 33K square miles a year
The Earth’s cryosphere is shrinking by 33,000 square miles (87,000 square kilometers) per year. -
Model predicts 10-year burst of wildfire, then gradual decline
A look at the long-term future of wildfires predicts an initial roughly decade-long burst of…
Once common weasels are doing a vanishing act
Three species of weasels, once common in North America, are likely in decline, including a species…
Flood risk will rise as climate heat intensifies
A warmer world will be a wetter one. Ever more people will face a higher flood risk as rivers rise… -
234 scientists read 14,000+ research papers to write the upcoming…
This week, hundreds of scientists from around the world are finalizing a report that assesses the…
Climate explained: how the IPCC reaches scientific consensus on…
When we say there’s a scientific consensus that human-produced greenhouse gases are causing climate…
Court Takes Industry Bait, Caves to Fossil Fuels
In a disappointing decision, Judge Terry Doughty of the U.S. District Court for the Western… -
Plant These Trees To Improve City Life
A new study establishes live oaks and American sycamores as champions among 17 “super trees” that…
Why We Must Understand Seabed Geology To Harness The Winds
For any country blessed with easy access to the shallow and windy North Sea, offshore wind will be…
China Can Meet Energy and Climate Goals Capping Coal Power
At the Leader’s Climate Summit in April, Xi Jinping pledged that China will “strictly control…
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3 wildfire lessons for forest towns as Dixie Fire destroys historic…
A wildfire burning in hot, dry mountain forest swept through the Gold Rush town of Greenville,…How urban gardens can boost biodiversity and make cities more…
In building cities, we have created some of the harshest habitats on Earth — and then chosen to…Africa’s drylands are getting more support. How to make the most of…
The United Nations (UN) recently launched the Decade on Ecosystem Restoration to prevent, halt and… -
The Unexpectedly Exciting World of Refrigerants
Guest blog written by Tilden Chao. Tilden is an undergraduate at Yale University who worked on…Map tracks 30 years of extreme snowmelt across US
A new map of extreme snowmelt events over the last 30 years clarifies the processes that drive…Earth’s frozen areas are shrinking 33K square miles a year
The Earth’s cryosphere is shrinking by 33,000 square miles (87,000 square kilometers) per year. -
Model predicts 10-year burst of wildfire, then gradual decline
A look at the long-term future of wildfires predicts an initial roughly decade-long burst of…Once common weasels are doing a vanishing act
Three species of weasels, once common in North America, are likely in decline, including a species…Flood risk will rise as climate heat intensifies
A warmer world will be a wetter one. Ever more people will face a higher flood risk as rivers rise… -
234 scientists read 14,000+ research papers to write the upcoming…
This week, hundreds of scientists from around the world are finalizing a report that assesses the…Climate explained: how the IPCC reaches scientific consensus on…
When we say there’s a scientific consensus that human-produced greenhouse gases are causing climate…Court Takes Industry Bait, Caves to Fossil Fuels
In a disappointing decision, Judge Terry Doughty of the U.S. District Court for the Western… -
Plant These Trees To Improve City Life
A new study establishes live oaks and American sycamores as champions among 17 “super trees” that…Why We Must Understand Seabed Geology To Harness The Winds
For any country blessed with easy access to the shallow and windy North Sea, offshore wind will be…China Can Meet Energy and Climate Goals Capping Coal Power
At the Leader’s Climate Summit in April, Xi Jinping pledged that China will “strictly control…
ADAPTATION
Physicians Press Climate Emergency Button
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If you were doubtful before, the news that British doctors are now acting to limit the climate…
Finding Solutions: How India Farmers Could Switch To More…
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India is witnessing a historic mass mobilisation of farmers against three new farm laws. The…
Farmers Are Depleting The Ogallala Aquifer Because The Government Pays…
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A slow-moving crisis threatens the U.S. Central Plains, which grow a quarter of the nation’s crops.…
The Earth Still Has Lots Of Wild Spaces, But They’re Fragile
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Half of the Earth’s land surface not covered with ice remains relatively wild, research shows.
IMPACT
Why Are Thousands Of Species Facing Extinction?
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Thousands of species could go extinct over the next decade according to a 2019 UN report.…
U.S. Southwest, Already Parched, Sees 'Virtual Water' Drain Abroad
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Driving into southern California’s Palo Verde Valley from the Arizona border, fields of vibrant…
Ocean at the Door: New Homes and the Rising Sea
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Recent housing growth rates are faster in ten-year flood-risk zones in a third of all coastal…
Why It’s Going To Get Hot And Dry All Over At The Same Time
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The kind of hot, dry conditions that can shrink crop yields, destabilize food prices, and lay the…
POLITICS
God Intended It As A Disposable Planet: Meet The Us Pastor Preaching…
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Every so often you come across a piece of writing so extraordinary that you cannot help but share…
Teen Climate Activist to Sen. Dianne Feinstein: We Need the Green New Deal…
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“We’re the ones affected.” Those are the words of youth climate activists who confronted California…
How Voter Suppression Laws Are Working
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Margie and Alvin Mueller, of Plymouth, Wisconsin, have been married for 64 years and have lived at…
Politicians Not Markets Slow New Energy Dawn
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It is politicians, not economists, who stand in the way of wider adoption of cheap renewable…
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How The 2020 Western Fire Season Got So Extreme
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High fire risk days have been common this year as the 2020 wildfire…
Five Years After Fukushima, There Are Big Lessons For…
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As four reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power plant…
Domino Effect Ups Extinction Risk From Climate Change
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The total number of species that climate change threatens with…
Carbon farming: how agriculture can both feed people and…
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Imagine “carbon emissions”, and what springs to mind? Most people…
Groundwater Reserves In Africa May Be More Resilient To…
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Groundwater reserves in Africa are estimated to be 20 times larger…
How Youth Influenced The EU Election And Could Do The Same…
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With major votes occurring within the span of five months this year,…
Why Emissions Near Equator Are Extra Dangerous
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Since the 1980s, air pollution has increased worldwide, but it has…
Hunting For A Solution To Excessive Easter Eggs Packaging
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So which Easter tradition came first? The packaging or the egg? The…
EVIDENCE
New Research Shows How Much Methane Goes From The Ocean To The Atmosphere…
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New research uses data science to determine how much methane goes from the ocean and into the…
Why We Know California Wildfires Will Get Even Worse
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The severity of wildfires in the Sierra Nevada region of California has been sensitive to changes…
A Most Important And Anticipated Climate Event Is Just Weeks Away
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The media and the general public usually pay little attention to this climate event that occurs…
Why You Shouldn't Use "Weather" And "Climate" Interchangeably
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As January 2019 entered its third week, huge swathes of the US are blanketed with snow, and winter…
WEATHER
Roiled By Trump Politics, NOAA Seeks Accountability, Atonement
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Rachel Maddow reports on the backlash within the weather science community over an unsigned…
How Rain On Other Side Of The Planet Foreshadows California Heat
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When heavy rain falls over the Indian Ocean and Southeast Asia and the eastern Pacific Ocean, it is…
How Tropical Thunderstorms Threaten West Antarctica
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Warming waters in the western tropical Pacific Ocean have significantly increased thunderstorms and…
How Climate Change Will Magnify Weather Blocking Events
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“Blocking events” have produced some of the 21st century’s deadliest heat waves. These stalled…
SOLUTIONS
How Telling The Right Stories Can Make People Act On Climate Change
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The latest UN Climate Change Conference since the 2015 Paris Agreement is taking place in Bonn…
Politicians Hand The Climate Baton Off To Green Industries
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The international community has been negotiating on climate change since 1989, but the Paris…
A Solution To Cut Extreme Heat By Up To 6 Degrees Is In Our Own Backyards
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Australia just experienced the second-warmest summer on record, with 2019 being the hottest year.
Labour's Low-carbon Warm Homes For All Could Revolutionise Social Housing
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All homes built from 2022 onwards would be carbon neutral under a Labour government, according to a…