Environment
Over 20 Years of Climate Talks: Interactive Timeline
What was accomplished—or not—during two decades of United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change summits
Stories by Douglas Fischer
Environment
Yellowstone's Iconic High Mountain Pines Dying by Beetle's Mouth
Whitebark pine, denizen of the high country around Yellowstone National Park, faces an invading pest as climate shifts
Environment
Landlocked Polar Bears Find New Prey
As Arctic ice—and access to seals living there—disappears, polar bears show they can adapt to a land-based diet of geese, eggs and the occasional caribou
Environment
What's On Your Climate Change Summer Reading List?
Need to keep your edge in this summer of sweat and torpor? The Daily Climate's annual summer reading list can help
Climate Change
Climate Risks as Conclusive as Link between Smoking and Lung Cancer
U.S. scientists say the evidence linking rising levels of greenhouse gases and global warming is as strong as the link between smoking and lung cancer
Environment
Switch to Natural Gas Slashes Power Plant Pollution
As the U.S. pivots toward burning natural gas for producing electricity, the air is getting cleaner
Environment
"Dark Money" Funds Climate Change Denial Effort
A Drexel University study finds that a large slice of donations to organizations that deny global warming are funneled through third-party pass-through organizations that conceal the original funder...
Environment
Nations Squabble over Room in the Atmosphere for Pollution
A proposal to assign responsibility for historic emissions prompts a fight over the future of the IPCC and what role the past has in the quest to limit future emissions
Environment
Indigenous Elders Abandon Faith in UN Climate Talks
Thousands of delegates are gathered in Warsaw for another round of climate talks. On the other side of the globe, indigenous leaders say they're done with the U.N. talks
Environment
"Iron Lady" Took Strong Stance on Climate Change
Margaret Thatcher, who passed away on April 8, saw global warming as a threat
Environment
Fake Addendum by Contrarian Group Tries to Undo U.S. Government Climate Report
A soon-to-be-released Cato Institute report purports to be an "addendum" to a 2009 federal summary of climate change impacts but discounts the science in the original
Biology
Farmers Warned to Watch for Livestock Carcinogens as Drought Continues
A fungus that produces a carcinogen is flourishing in the continuing dry spell across the Midwest, and could pose problems for chickens, cows and pigs
Environment
Coal Exports Boost Train Impacts out West
With Asia's energy demands pulling more U.S. coal to West Coast ports, rail-line communities across Montana fear the effects: More train traffic, health problems, noise and congestion
Environment
The Scientist: Jim Hansen Risks Handcuffs to Make His Research Clear
NASA's chief climate scientist built his career studying Earth's atmosphere and modeling humans' potential impacts on climate. Then he realized that laboratory work wasn't enough.
Environment
Earth Likely to Become Increasingly Hostile to Agriculture
Drought frequency is expected to triple in the next 100 years. The resulting variability and stress for farmers could prove regionally disabling without new policy
Environment
Yukon River Dumping More Mercury Thanks to Climate Change
New research shows that the Yukon River delivers more than five tons of mercury per year to the Arctic environment, likely thanks to climate change
Environment
New Research Examines Role of Clouds in Climate Change
New findings show that variations in cloud cover cannot explain temperature changes as a result of global climate change
Environment
Federal Investigators Clear Climate Scientist, Again
The Inspector General of the National Science Foundation has closed its investigation into climatologist Michael Mann after failing to find any evidence of misconduct
Environment
Why Carbon Dioxide Is a Greenhouse Gas
In making a case against CO2 as a greenhouse gas, the Galileo Movement relies on irrelevant facts while omitting pertinent ones
Environment
"Galileo Movement" Fuels Climate Change Divide in Australia
Two Australian retirees invoke the "father of modern science" to argue against settled climate science but instead draw from a deep history of denial and distortion
