Anthropocene

Their ability to track climate change is being squeezed on all sides

The report follows a heat wave that killed hundreds across the western U.S. this summer

Last year broke the record from 2020 by about 14 zettajoules, or 20 times the world’s annual energy consumption

Increasing odds of hot, dry weather make it less likely trees and other plants will quickly grow back

The storm caused $65 million in damage across the U.S., according to the global reinsurance company Munich Re

The 2020 fire season subjected half the western U.S. population to a stew of particulate matter and ozone

As trees are cleared, surrounding areas heat up, triggering heavy rainstorms

Blazes from California to Siberia spewed more than 1.7 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere

Climate-fueled disasters raged around the globe while international action fell short of ambitions

A major new report from the National Academies examines options to store carbon in the oceans

Underwater recorders have picked up the sounds of orcas in places they haven’t previously been detected

The change in precipitation may happen faster than scientists previously predicted