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 The Daily Climate
Environment
5 Ways Energy Is Transforming U.S. Railroads
Trains aren't just carrying crude oil when it comes to energy
Environment
Fracking Brings Ammonium and Iodide to Local Waterways
Researchers find alarming levels of these new contaminants in wastewater released into Pennsylvania and West Virginia streams
Environment
Global Climate Talks Open with Push for Human Rights
The U.N. climate negotiations are no longer just about emissions limits but also social justice
Environment
Hunger for Meat Plows Up Brazil's Cerrado Plains
This savannah in Brazil is being swallowed up by industrial farming
Environment
Cocaine Will Survive Global Warming
The humble coca shrub has survived decades of efforts to eradicate it and global warming will not pose a greater challenge than that
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
SolarCity Seeks to Expand Solar Market with Loans
Don't want to lease or buy outright solar panels? SolarCity will now loan you the money to do so
Health
Tick-Borne Diseases on the Rise, Thanks to Global Warming
Lyme disease is bad enough. But it's just the beginning of a host of odd and ugly diseases ticks transmit, public health officials are finding
Health
Lyme Disease Surges North
One of the clearest signs of health risks in a warming world has emerged in one of the world’s most advanced economies, as Canada belatedly struggles to cope with Lyme disease's migration in North America...
Environment
Corporate Leaders Plot a Path to a Low-Carbon Future
As protesters rally, corporate boardrooms struggle over how to prevent further global warming
Environment
Drowned Tropical Forests Exacerbate Climate Change
Methane emissions from big hydroelectric dams in the tropics outweigh the benefits that this form of renewable energy provides, according to new scientific data
Environment
Mussels Lose Footing in More Acidic Ocean
Ocean acidification impairs mussels' ability to attach to surfaces – alarming commercial growers farming the waters around Puget Sound
Environment
Less Snow Under Global Warming May Not Halt Blizzard Hazard
A warming world may have less snow, but the sort of severe snowstorms that caused chaos in the US this year will remain a serious hazard, according to new research
Environment
Promises to Cut Climate Change Pollution Expected at U.N.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon hopes to prevent world leaders sleepwalking into climate catastrophe by asking them to make new emissions pledges at a climate summit in New York this month...
Environment
Advanced Biofuels Power Up Amid Resistance
The first of three big commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol plants comes online in Iowa in a bid to prove the fuel's promise as a solution to climate change
Environment
Scientists Drive to Create More Resilient Turf Grass for Golf
Idyllic settings and lush greens at golf courses are the product of a global research effort working hard to prepare the industry for global warming
Environment
Lightning at Venice Beach Shows California Faces Weird Weather
Could drought be destabilizing California weather?
Environment
Rising Heat Wilts Wheat Crop
Satellite imaging reveals the need to change farming in South Asia as higher average temperatures hit
Environment
Heavy Rains Soak North American Grain Belt [Video]
While some of the West suffers in drought, other parts of the U.S. breadbasket suffer from too many storm clouds
