Stories by The Daily Climate

A glimpse of future ocean chemistry shows how it transforms entire ecosystems

Communities in rural Georgia may soon get a reprieve from the pollution associated with coal-fired power plants

Coal-fired power is losing its grip in the U.S. and the Northeast is leading the way, as part one of this two part series explores

For 26 years forests around Chernobyl have been absorbing radioactive elements, but a fire would send them skyward again--a concern as summers grow longer, hotter and drier

Limiting pollution in China's richer provinces has shifted polluting facilities to less prosperous areas with fewer rules

In Europe and North America, lakes are warming, which is bad news for water quality and fish

New research suggests Earth may warm more slowly

Turkey hunting in the Lone Star State has dried up along with the state's water

Global warming will bring more killer heat waves to the Big Apple, according to a new study

North America's largest mountain range has lost significant amounts of snow cover since 1980 thanks in part to climate change

The Sahel region has seen drought and downpours intensify but scientists still cannot predict the long-term trend

Expanding agriculture in the Amazon rainforest could have climate effects that cut food production

Fifteen Major League Baseball teams bring players to Arizona for spring training every year where the athletes are exposed to a lung disease that's on the rise as the region's climate warms and dries

The British government has been collecting plutonium as a future fuel for future reactors

With spring practices underway, football players are 11 times more likely to suffer heat illnesses than all other high school sports combined

Charcoal and other forms of black carbon do not, as previously thought, stay where they are buried

Ocean waters are clean enough again to support oysters but global warming could undermine recent gains

Ohio State glaciologist Lonnie Thompson has spent a career unlocking climate secrets frozen at the top of the world's highest mountain ranges

Margaret Thatcher, who passed away on April 8, saw global warming as a threat

German researchers suggest linking solar, wind and biogas plants could help avoid electricity shortages

As part of a national contest, teams of high school students argue adaptation is the only viable response to global warming whereas another team calls for geoengineering

U.S. coal giants' exports to Europe and Asia are up, and with that global greenhouse gas emissions rise, even if U.S. emissions are falling

Researchers say they have found a clear link between climate change and the spread of diarrhea and similar diseases in one African country. But the nature of the link may be unexpected

At least one third of logging occurs in winter, when frozen forests can bear the heavy equipment