Ancient DNA Rewrites Story of Enigmatic ‘American Cheetah’
For several decades, paleontologists have described Miracinonyx trumani — an extinct species of cheetah-like felid that roamed the…
Antarctica Gained a Record 695 Billion Tons of Ice in Just Two Years
A rare surge in Antarctic snowfall temporarily added hundreds of billions of tons of ice to East Antarctica,…
Editorial: No, this heat wave doesn’t prove human-caused climate change. (The data does.)
• To the retort that this is merely part of a nature cycle of climate change is this virtually…
Judge strikes down New York’s Climate Change Superfund Act
A federal judge has struck down New York’s Climate Change Superfund Act, ruling that it is “simply beyond…
NY federal judge strikes down state law that would have made fossil fuel companies pay $75 billion for climate change effects
An upstate federal judge ruled that a New York law that would have forced major fossil fuel companies…
Colorado seeks more regulation of Suncor refinery to reduce pollution
When an orange burst of flames shot hundreds of feet from a flare at Suncor Energy’s Commerce City…
Colorado River plan brings temporary relief but not long-term water security
PHOENIX (AP) — On the outskirts of Phoenix, a small town with a huge reliance on the Colorado…
Nepal flood death toll surges as 65 Americans listed among over 1,000 people still missing
Rescue teams were searching for hundreds of missing people along the Nepal-China border Thursday after a catastrophic, deadly…
New York’s Soggy, Seemingly Endless Summer
A thunderstorm lands on Fourth of July weekend. Photo: Stephen Wilkes Odysseus isn’t the only one braving storms…
IN FOCUS: Greenland’s melting ice carries warnings far beyond the Arctic
MEMORIES AND DUST Greenland is confronting the challenge of keeping its remote communities – whose identities are deeply…