Stories by Adam Aton

Narwhals and beluga whales are especially vulnerable to increased traffic in the region

Despite a new icebreaker ship in the works, efforts still lag behind those of China and Russia  

Long-delayed study examines potential for rising seas to damage national parks

Climate science is being sidelined and ignored at the department, watchdogs say

The project has so far assembled 96 entries of federal restrictions or prohibitions on climate science since November 2016

About 8 percent of the medicines Americans take come from Puerto Rico

But in a new poll, half say they would not pay more on their electric bill to help lower emissions

Due to human activities, these forests emit more CO₂ than all of America's cars and trucks

Hurricane Maria will trigger profound demographic changes for Puerto Rico​

Experts believe Irma's destructive impact on the state will be unprecedented and widespread

An increase of two degrees Celsius could cause fish to grow as much as 45 percent smaller

The world can expect three to seven percent less yield for each degree rise in temperature

An elusive mix of factors may influence whether a species can survive in changing landscapes

Experts say new findings should inspire even more action to combat climate change 

With climate change, more frequent and heavier rains may wash more nitrogen into waterways

More than 90 locales, mostly in rural Louisiana and Maryland, already face chronic inundation

Ocean acidification may be driving a cascade of changes that drains marine biodiversity

During the past 11,000 years, wind patterns have pushed warm waters from the deep ocean onto Antarctica's continental shelf

Arctic ice drift has been speeding up 14 percent per decade since the late 1980s

The Holuhraun lava field explosion of 2014 and 2015 could help scientists sharpen climate change models

A new report identifies 12 "epicenters" worldwide where changing climate could spark conflict