Climate Change
Seals Are Scientists' Little Helpers for Collecting Ocean Data
For the past 10 years, hundreds of seals equipped with special headgear have collected crucial data on ocean temperature and salinity for scientists
It’s So Hot They Had to Suspend the Australian Open Because Players Were Passing Out
Australia is getting hotter, creating dangerous conditions for everyone
We’ve Got 1.5 Billion Years Left With a Habitable Earth
And then we need to get off this rock
No One Trusts Geoengineering—But Pretty Soon It's Not Going To Be a Choice
We're very quickly running out of time to deal with rising carbon emissions
Save the Big Trees!
A large tree grows more quickly and sucks up a lot more carbon than a smaller one, scientists find
The Cold Snap Wasn’t Actually That Extreme, Global Warming Has Just Made Us Wimpy
The recent cold snap wouldn't have been so unusual in the past
Emperor Penguins Have Some Tricks to Help Cope with Climate Change
Some penguin colonies live off the ice
Urbanization Has Been Destroying the Environment Since the Very First Cities
The development of the ancient city of Akko, roughly 6000 years ago, led to the collapse of the local ecosystem
On a Warmer Planet, Fewer Clouds Form, And Temperatures Rise Further
Scientists use words such as "catastrophic," "impossible" and "profound" to describe what life on the planet would be like under 4-degree-warmer conditions
Fewer Freezes Let Florida’s Mangroves Move North
Climate change has extended the range in which mangroves can survive the winter, letting them take root farther north and invade salt marshes
Six Things We Learned About Our Changing Climate in 2013
Scientists are in agreement that human activities are altering our climate—and it's an illusion that the pace of changes seems to have slowed down
An Artist Imagines the Techno-Evolved Creatures of the Future
Vincent Fournier has seen the future of evolution, in which humans design animals for their own uses
In 1949, a Physicist Proposed Using Skyscapers And a Roof to Control NYC’s Climate
No scorching summers, no freezing winters...just a nice pleasant time, all year round
The Top Five Ocean Stories of 2013
This year we've seen amazing footage of marine creatures, discovered how plastic works its way into the food chain, employed 3D printing to build new reefs
Here Are Your Odds of Getting a White Christmas
If nothing else, it gives you an excuse to sit inside all day drinking hot chocolate
Meet the Money Behind The Climate Denial Movement
Nearly a billion dollars a year is flowing into the organized climate change counter-movement
Washing Your Hands in Hot Water Wastes Energy–And Doesn't Make Them Any Cleaner Than Cold
If Americans turned down the heat when washing their hands they could save 6 million metric tons of CO2 every year
This Past November Was the Hottest November Ever Recorded
In the 134-year observational record, we've never had a hotter November
Six Ways Climate Change Is Waging War on Christmas
If Santa really lived at the North Pole, he would have drowned long ago--his icy abode is slowly melting
Desert Tortoises May Be Starving, Dehydrating And Dying Because of Climate Change
Those that hadn't succumbed to death by drought appeared to have been predated on by starving coyotes, which usually eat mammals
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