Anthropocene

Despite its controversial past, the quirky desert facility is becoming increasingly relevant as it turns 30

A reflective gray material can lower road surface temperatures

The state is using the money to upgrade drinking and wastewater systems, improve streamflows, and relocate vulnerable fish

The severe dry conditions have left critical reservoirs depleted and helped fuel intense wildfires

Unless greenhouse gas emissions drop significantly, warming by 2500 will make the Amazon barren, Iowa tropical and India too hot to live in

High, rocky peaks are no longer an insurmountable hurdle for ever fiercer flames fueled by heat and drought

Tropical cyclones are becoming more intense, but not necessarily more frequent, with climate change

The prolific plant, which impacts agriculture and spurs wildfire, seems to particularly benefit from streetlights

The experiments will help better understand how much inundation trees can stand before they succumb

Proposed legislation includes funding to redo badly out-of-date flood risk maps

The 2019–20 wildfires generated 700 million tonnes of carbon dioxide—but a lot of that might have been mopped up by phytoplankton in the ocean

It aims to help communities become more resilient to climate change, particularly its health impacts