Stories by Gayathri Vaidyanathan

Climate scientists are excited for the billions of dollars the Inflation Reduction Act will pour into fighting climate change but urge further action

What we eat needs to be nutritious and sustainable. Researchers are trying to figure out what that looks like around the world

Meteorologists say the storm was essentially a hurricane without high winds

Scientists grapple over the extent to which humans are making extreme weather worse

Climate change poses significant threats to the populous nation

Proposed cuts to NOAA and NASA target climate change research in particular

Scientists have learned a lot in the last 10 years since Al Gore’s documentary

It took nearly a decade, but former EPA scientist Dominic DiGiulio has proved that fracking has polluted groundwater in Wyoming

The man who helped uncover climate change looks back on decades of polar research

The polar ice cap is changing fast

Famed climatologist James Hansen argues for rapidly rising seas—but other scientists remain skeptical

Connection to hurricanes, tornadoes, hail and wildfires less certain, according to extreme weather report

Scientists clarify the recent confusion

Because the science is settled there is no need for more basic research, the government says

One oceanographer says changing ocean currents amped up snowfall

Sediment cores show that in the past, higher iron concentrations in the equatorial Pacific did not enhance growth of carbon-storing algae 

Satellite data will help track the meltdown of polar ice

The global warming potential of the gaseous fossil fuel may be consistently underestimated

Scientists predict a high risk of forest fires in the Amazon and heavy rains in California during the early months of 2016

James Hansen and other climate scientists argue for more reactors to cut coal consumption

New IPCC chair is not concerned about his organization as much as the ambition of efforts to combat climate change

Politics intrudes as a Republican congressman investigates NOAA climate scientists

Experiments may show how forests around the globe respond to global warming

The wildfires exacerbate climate change