Rising Temperatures Are Turning Antarctica Into a ‘Hotspot’ for This Toxic Pollutant
When it comes to hotspots of toxic heavy metal pollution, Antarctica probably doesn’t come to mind. This remote…
This summer isn’t as bad as the drought of 1976
“For the public, the restrictions in 1976 were far more severe,” says Laura Baker, an expert at Reading…
Global Warming Has Kicked Into Overdrive, Scientists Warn
It’s been a particularly apocalyptic summer. Relentless, record-shattering heatwaves, untamable wildfires, and deadly floods are just some of…
U.S. Raises Threat of Steep Water Cuts in Lower Colorado River Basin
Communities and farms across Arizona, Nevada and California face potentially drastic cuts in the water they can use…
Opinion | 112 Degrees in Paris, Flames Near Bordeaux. France Can’t Go On Like This.
This summer has unleashed a special kind of hell on France: not just several heat waves with temperatures…
Stanford Scientists Solve a 252-Million-Year-Old Mass Extinction Mystery
Representative samples of the modern fauna (left three samples) and the Paleozoic fauna (right four samples). Credit: Sarah…
National Academies Report Backs Climate Change Attribution Science
The nation’s top scientific advisory body issued a report on Thursday backing a growing field of science that…
Possible Role Of Climate Change In Current Cyclosporiasis Outbreak
A cyclosporiasis outbreak in at least 30 states is causing gastrointestinal misery for thousands. getty It’s been a…
F.C.C. Approves Test of Space Mirror to Light Night Sky Despite Outcry
The federal government has approved plans by a start-up company to test a satellite that would use a…
Trees May Not Slow Climate Change as Much as Scientists Thought
Ecologists and climate researchers have sometimes called it “natural geoengineering.” The idea is elegant in its simplicity: A forest…
Global Warming Could Ravage the Amazon’s Useful Plant Species, Study Finds
Over centuries, the Amazon’s hundreds of Indigenous societies have built up an abundance of knowledge about the rainforest’s…
Antarctica is missing 2 million sq km of sea ice, scientists say the impact may reach far beyond the frozen continent
Antarctica may feel far removed from everyday life, but new research suggests the icy continent could have a…