Climate Change
The Risks of Fire Around Chernobyl
Radioactive forest litter that has accumulated for the past 28 years could fuel massive blazes in the future
The World Experienced Record-Breaking Weather This August
Last month was the warmest August on record since record-keeping began
The Sahara Is Millions of Years Older Than Thought
The great desert was born some 7 million years ago, as remnants of a vast sea called Tethys closed up
In 100 Years, Maryland's Crab Cakes Might Be Shrimp Cakes
Rising temperatures and a more acidic ocean may spell trouble for the Chesapeake Bay's iconic crabs, oysters and fish
Russia Is Building a New Military Base in the Arctic
The cold war over the Arctic continues
This Map Shows Where All That Carbon Dioxide Is Coming From
Global carbon emissions have an obvious bias
The World's Carbon Sinks May Be Running Out of Room
The Earth's biosphere may be absorbing less carbon than it used to
The Keeling Curve Gets a Much-Needed Boost from Google's Schmidt
The long-running carbon dioxide monitoring program got a $500,000 grant from the Schmidts
Why Environmentalists Should Keep Quiet About Geoengineering
If it seems like there's a technological fix, people lose interest in helping
The World Has a Whopping 117 Million Lakes—For Now
A new survey catalogs the world's (steadily disappearing) lakes
More Evidence That Arctic Warming Is Behind the Weak Polar Vortex
Scientists lay out how melting sea ice may destabilize the Arctic atmospheric circulation
Extreme Drought in New Mexico Cost a 650-Year-Old Tree Its Life
The 7-foot-tall douglas fir named Yoda managed to weather many a drought over the centuries, but not this last one
The Best and Worst Places to Build More Roads
Road works today are “basically chaos”—but a new global road map could be key to protecting agriculture and nature
In the U.S., Solar Energy Has More Than Doubled Since Last Year
Solar voltaic energy is a small, but growing, piece of the American energy pie
The Forest Service Is Running Out of Money to Fight Fires
Firefighting and prevention costs now blaze through 51 percent of the U.S. Forest Service budget, compared to 17 percent in 1995
Gas, Probably Methane, Is Seeping From 570 Sites off the East Coast
A new study shows that we might find additional sources of methane in places we least expected it
Scientists Are Actually Talking About Building Giant Space Lasers to Control the Weather
This is what happens when you refuse to do things the easy way
California’s Record Drought Is Making Earth's Surface Rise
Lifting land shows that the U.S. West is now missing some 62 trillion gallons of water
Forecasters Will Soon Be Able to Predict Heat Waves Weeks in Advance
In the public imagination, heat waves remain a B-list natural disaster, but in reality, they are deadly
ICYMI: July Was Really, Really Hot
This past July was the fourth hottest on record
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