Stories by David Biello

Despite worldwide concern, carbon dioxide emissions have tripled in the past few years, according to a new study

Drafty buildings, inefficient appliances and mountains of waste will all need to be transformed to control global warming

Effort could save thousands struck down annually by yellow, dengue and chikungunya fevers

Initial forays into the deep waters on the Atlantic side of Antarctica reveal an astonishing array of new creatures

Parrot fish help baby coral by clearing algae; the adult coral return the favor by creating nooks and crannies for parrot fish to hide in

If controlling global warming is a priority, then industries—from banking to cement manufacturing—will have to become efficient energy users, which will require a transformation of their basic operations

If controlling global warming is a priority, then a transformation of how the world produces, transports and uses electricity will be required, IPCC report reveals

Warming ocean temperatures don't just bleach coral, they also leave the tiny creatures vulnerable to a mysterious disease

Could it be true that staving off the severe effects posed by climate change won't impose ruinous costs? The IPCC thinks so

By tracing the dispersal of young fish from a small marine reserve, scientists have shown that most prefer to return to where their parents thrived

The dry seasons that most tropical forests face determine which trees thrive, and that means climate change—and its attendant predicted droughts—will have a bigger impact

A new study of chimpanzees and bonobos reveals that the meaning of vocalizations is fixed whereas the meaning of gestures depends on the context

What does it mean when the U.S. government announces plans to create the first new nuclear warhead in two decades?

A new census proves that the mountain gorillas of Bwindi Impenetrable Forest are slowly but surely recovering from habitat loss, disease and poaching

A marine "snow" of dead plants, animals and other waste does not necessarily make it to the ocean floor to be buried for millennia

Solar meteorologists hash out a compromise prediction that the next 11-year solar cycle will be neither too active nor too inactive

A new analysis of data from a long-term study shows that you don't have to be smart to be wealthy

A new study shows that failure to inject proper dosages potentially leads to slow, painful deaths from chemical asphyxiation

By engineering nano-size branches and trunks into plastic solar cells, researchers have improved their ability to harvest the energy in sunlight

In high heat, a majority of baby bearded lizards will be born female, no matter what their genes tell them to be

Fueling the automobile fleet primarily with ethanol rather than gasoline might increase air pollution, a new study finds

Tests of river fish indicate their flesh carries enough estrogen-mimicking chemicals to cause breast cancer cells to grow

Even in lowland, protected areas frogs, amphibians and related species are suffering from calamitous population declines, possibly as a result of climate change