Stories by Stephanie Paige Ogburn

A better understanding of aerosols, like those from wildfires in the West, will improve climate projections

The fall in ocean levels between 2010 and 2011 means the missing water had to go somewhere—and somewhere turns out to be Australia

Reducing emissions of these other pollutants might not slow global warming as much as previously thought

The delays in replacements for monitoring missions may open up holes in climate data

The forecast from NOAA calls for three to five major hurricanes

A new study reveals that Utah's lax laws have led to large leaks of natural gas

Lost gas proves a slippery figure for scientists, industry and government

Thousands of leaks from natural gas pipelines are exacerbating climate change

Rising CO2 levels will also make seawater more acidic

Charcoal records reveal that far northern wildfires have doubled in frequency recently

Monitoring a forest in New Hampshire provides clues to how important trees, such as maples, respond to changed conditions due to global warming

A new study links the 2012 heat waves Down Under to the greenhouse gas emissions causing climate change

Sea-level rise and flooding have already been linked to global warming, will other natural disasters follow?

The southern half of the U.S. has been rapidly depleting its groundwater over the last decade, according to new scientific research

The formations in the caves of Gunung Mulu reveal a record of prehistorical rain patterns

A key prey species as well as predator in the world's oceans may find it hard to form key bones

New technology that tracks lightning frequency may offer advance warning of twisters

Deep water reefs are largely unexplored and unprotected

A backup will be deployed but it remains to be seen whether the U.S. government agency will be able to adequately track the big tropical cyclones

A new paper details the culprits behind excess emissions of the potent greenhouse gas in the Los Angeles basin

Sediment cores from an undisturbed Siberian lake reveal a warmer, wetter Arctic

Plans to develop ports to export coal will hurt the coral reef with sediment and other pollution, as well as ocean acidification and climate change once the coal is burnt

Experiments have begun to show how tiny airborne particles affect the global climate

Scientist Ralph Keeling wants this generation to remember when atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide reached 400 parts per million, because of humans