Global Warming
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
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
Summer Heat Waves May Be Linked To Sea Ice Loss
As ice melts, the jet stream gets stuck in the north, causing warm weather to linger in the south--but the reason why this occurs remains unknown
When an Iceberg Melts, Who Owns the Riches Beneath the Ocean?
The promise of oil has heated up a global argument over the Arctic’s true borders
The Ozone Problem is Back – And Worse Than Ever
James Anderson, the winner of a Smithsonian American Ingenuity Award, has discovered the alarming link between climate change and ozone loss
An Astronomer’s Solution to Global Warming
The technology developed for telescopes, it turns out, can harness solar power
Building a Better World With Green Cement
With an eye on climate change, a British startup creates a new form of the ancient building material
America’s First Great Global Warming Debate
Thomas Jefferson and Noah Webster argue over conventional wisdom that lasted thousands of years
Rising Seas Endanger Wetland Wildlife
For scientists in a remote corner of coastal North Carolina, ignoring global warming is not an option
Barrow, Alaska: Ground Zero for Climate Change
Scientists converge on the northernmost city in the United States to study global warming's dramatic consequences
The Political History of Cap and Trade
How an unlikely mix of environmentalists and free-market conservatives hammered out the strategy known as cap-and-trade
Day 1: A Geological Trip Back in Time
Smithsonian Secretary Clough flies to Wyoming to learn about a period of intense global warming that occurred 55 million years ago
Wallace Broecker Geochemist, Palisades, New York
How to stop global warming? CO2 "scrubbers," a new book says
Mountain Messengers
Scientists scale peaks and study plants to understand the impact of warming
Interview: Steven Amstrup
A new study spotlights the plight of the polar bear, but there's still time to help the beloved creature
Teaming up with Thoreau
One hundred fifty years after the publication of Walden, Henry David Thoreau is helping scientists monitor global warming
Chronicling the Ice
Long before global warming became a cause célà¨bre, Lonnie Thompson was extracting climate secrets from ancient glaciers
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