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World’s Climate Hit Extremes, Shattered Multiple Records in 2015
From rising temperatures and ocean levels to record greenhouse gas levels, 2015 was a rough year for planet Earth
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California’s Joshua Trees Are Under Threat
Climate change could decimate the iconic tree for future generations
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Solving a Mystery of Mammoth Proportions
Dwindling freshwater sealed the demise of the St. Paul woolly mammoths, and could still pose a threat today
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Photo Contest Featured Photographer
Florencia Mazza Ramsay traveled to Barrow, the northernmost town in the United States, to document life and research on the front lines of climate change
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Forced Closer to Humans, Crocodiles Face Their Greatest Existential Threat
These armored reptiles have long been considered indestructible, but new threats are shifting the equation
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Can the Art of Divination Help People Cope With Climate Anxiety?
A Brooklyn-based artist strives to create emotional connections with the looming threat of climate change.
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Journey to the Center of Earth
The Tiny World of Glacier Microbes Has an Outsized Impact on Global Climate
Microbes living on glaciers collectively cover an area the size of New Hampshire—and they could have a big influence on global climate
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The Enduring Climate Legacy of Mauna Loa
Sixty years after a trailblazing climate scientist scaled its heights, the Hawaii-based observatory remains essential
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India Plants a Record 50 Million Trees in 24 Hours
More than 800,000 volunteers planted saplings in public spaces in the state of Uttar Pradesh hoping to reduce greenhouse gases and reforest the countryside
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Podcast: Does Anybody Even Care About the Arctic Anymore?
This week’s episode of Warm Regards asks why our coldest region has gotten the cold shoulder
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Melting Arctic Ice Might Mean Faster Internet for Some
The dwindling ice has an unexpected benefit: more underwater cables
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Climate Change Could Devastate Penguin Populations by Century’s End
Loss of ice and rising sea temperatures could impact 60 percent of the Adelie penguin colonies in Antarctica
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A Maze of Palatial Icebergs Has Floated Into a Washington, D.C. Museum
The new exhibition touches on design, landscape architecture, the life of icebergs and climate change
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The Residents of This Louisiana Island Are America’s First “Climate Refugees”
As the sea levels rise, these photos provide a big picture view of a place losing the battle against climate change
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Shooting Penguins in the Falkland Islands to Save Them
Photographer Neil Ever Osborne hopes that his work helps save the species
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A series of three photo essays explores how America has treated its own people in times of crisis
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Studying the Climate of the Past Is Essential for Preparing for Today’s Rapidly Changing Climate
A Smithsonian scientist explains why in the new Age of Humans, we must turn from crisis management to planet management
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“Water Windfall” Discovered Under California’s Drought-Stricken Central Valley
Though the aquifer could help with the current and future droughts, researchers caution getting too greedy with the resource
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Podcast: “Warm Regards” and the Challenge of Humanizing Climate Change
Meteorologist Eric Holthaus and others seek the bright side of an often gloomy conversation
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A Canadian Company’s Quest To Turn Air Pollution Into Fuel
Startup Carbon Engineering has opened a prototype plant in Squamish, British Columbia, that captures carbon dioxide emissions
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