Climate Change
Where in the World Will the Fracking Boom Visit Next?
Fracking has reshaped American drilling, and shale gas stores are popping up all over the world
Warming, Rising Acidity and Pollution: Top Threats to the Ocean
Since the last World Oceans Day, we've documented trash in the deep sea, sea snails with acid-weakened shells, high ocean temperatures and more
This One Picture Shows How We’re Causing Climate Change
Atmospheric greenhouse concentrations are going up. But where do those gases come from?
Here’s What Antarctica Looks Like Under All The Ice
Antarctica is covered in miles of ice. But what does it look like underneath?
When Large Birds Disappear, Rainforests Suffer
A century after toucans and toucanets disappeared from patches of Brazilian jungle, trees have evolved to have smaller, weaker seeds
One Ambitious Electric Car Venture Just Tanked, But Zero-Emissions Vehicles Aren’t Dead
Better Place burned through $850 million before crashing and burning, but the profitable Tesla just repaid its government loans nearly 10 years early
How Two Retirees’ Amateur Archaeology Helped Throw Our View of Human History Into Turmoil
Through decades of excavation near their cottage Anton and Maria Chobot unearthed artifacts of the Clovis people
Plants Frozen Under a Glacier for 400 Years Can Come Back to Life
Long-buried mosses recently exposed in the wake of a Canadian glacier's retreat are sprouting new growth, a study shows
Batten Down the Hatches: Another Bad Hurricane Season Is on Its Way
Forecasters are predicting a hurricane season even more active than last year's
China Plans to Regulate Some of Its Carbon Emissions for the First Time Ever
In an effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the country will implement a carbon trading scheme in seven cities by 2014
Save the Amazon, Increase Malaria
People in Brazil living close to forests are 25 times more likely to catch malaria than those living near places where all the trees have been cut down
Western U.S. Forest Fires Could Double Within 40 Years
In the western U.S., the area burned by forest fires should increase by as much as 100% by 2050
A Friendly Reminder From Pretty Much Every Climate Scientist in the World: Climate Change Is Real
Yes, climate change is real. Yes, we are causing it.
Climate Change Is Making the Whole Planet Tip
Climate change isn't just making the North Pole warmer, it's actually changing where the North Pole is located
Amazing Sea Butterflies Are the Ocean’s Canary in the Coal Mine
These delicate and stunning creatures are offering Smithsonian scientists a warning sign for the world's waters turning more acidic
Watch Out: This Year’s Fire Season Will Be Another Bad One for the West
A warm, dry winter has set the stage for another bad year of forest fires in the western U.S.
Mount Everest Is Not Immune to Climate Change
Over the past 50 years, the snow line has receded nearly 600 feet up the mountain and glaciers in the region have shrunk by 13 percent
Shell Is Drilling the World’s Deepest Offshore Oil Well in the Gulf of Mexico
The new well contains around 250 million barrels of recoverable oil total - or just over three percent of the oil used by the U.S. each year
28-Year Satellite Time-Lapse Shows Exactly What We’re Doing to Our Planet
28 years in just a few seconds, as seen from space
We’re About to Pass a Disheartening New Climate Change Milestone
We're teetering on the edge of hitting carbon dioxide levels of 400 ppm, but will that be enough to change minds and policies?
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