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Here’s What Our Future World Might Look Like
A warmer planet would favor fast-growing tropical trees and oceans full of algae but a lack of biodiversity
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Melting Ice in Yellowstone is Revealing Ancient Artifacts Faster Than Researchers Can Handle
The tools, spears and even baskets from ancient Native Americans are emerging faster than archeologists can collect them
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Seven Ways Alaska Is Seeing Climate Change In Action
From raging fires to migrating villages, the Frozen North offers some of the most compelling signs of rapid warming
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Once Again, Thousands of Walruses Have Been Forced Ashore in Alaska
When the animals can’t find sea ice to rest on, they haul themselves ashore in crowded masses
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Could a New Nanomaterial Reduce Greenhouse Gases?
Berkeley researchers have developed a way to split carbon dioxide into oxygen and carbon monoxide using a nano-mesh
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New York City Might Get a Climate Change Museum
The museum will be the first of its kind in the U.S.
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A Manhattan-Sized Glacier Chunk Just Broke Off in Greenland
Glacial calving creates monster icebergs
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Ancient Diamonds Came From Seawater and Future Diamonds Might Come From The Air
Cloudy diamonds give some scientists new clues to how they formed underground, others find ways to make them out of thin air.
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Chinese Cave Graffiti Records Centuries of Drought
And chemical clues in a stalagmite inside the cave confirm the chronicles on the walls
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A Mysterious Disease Is Killing Corals
Researchers still haven’t cracked the mystery of “white syndrome”
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Russia Might Own the North Pole
Thanks to global warming, Russia has claimed a new ocean in the Arctic
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A Hotter Climate May Boost Conflict, From Shootings to Wars
In this episode of Generation Anthropocene, scientists explore the link between rising temperatures and aggression
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By Keeping Cows From Burping, This Drug Could Slow Down Climate Change
That cheeseburger may soon be less harmful to the environment
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Glaciers Are Retreating Faster Than Before
The future of Earth’s glaciers is unsettling at best
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Scientists Have Been Talking About Greenhouse Gases for 191 Years
The first explorations of the greenhouse effect began in 1824
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Watch Wildfire Smoke from Alaska and Canada Envelop the Arctic
Here’s why that’s bad
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How Will We Feed 9 Billion People on Earth of the Future?
This week’s Generation Anthropocene reveals how seeds on ice and poisonous tubers may offer hope for food security
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Recession, Not Fracking, Drove a Drop in U.S. Carbon Emissions
The switch from coal to natural gas played only a small role in the recent carbon dioxide decline
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How Can We Keep Track of Earth’s Invisible Water?
This week’s episode of Generation Anthropocene goes on a deep dive into some of the planet’s more mysterious water sources
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