Stories by The Daily Climate

The eruption in Iceland naturally fertilized the ocean but failed to prod plankton to suck up much more carbon dioxide

A University of New Hampshire civil engineer thinks infrastructure must be designed to fail safely

The U.S. National Academy of Sciences suggests it will be "extremely challenging" to cut emissions and oil use by 80 percent by 2050

The poor and minority communities bear most of the health burden from coal-fired power plants

Cow whisperers, gene jockeys and the old-guard wrangle the lingering impacts to farms and ranches from this year's drought—and brace for a less predictable future

Climatologist Michael Mann has sued two organizations that have accused him of improperly manipulating data

Activist Bill McKibben starts a climate road show in a bid to raise awareness about the need to address global warming now

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

As harvest season gets under way, farmers find that drought-stressed crops are susceptible to toxins and contaminants, further reducing yields

Using field trips, editorial cartoons and even parental objections, four innovative teachers are bringing global warming out of the science classroom

The science of global warming has opened rifts in U.S. classrooms like evolution before it, but teaching it differently may improve science literacy overall

Scientists used to think the Amazon was too wet to burn, but a warming Atlantic Ocean is drawing moisture away from the rainforest

A global effort to turn off the lights for an hour has yet to catch on in America

Hunted to near extinction, the swan is taking advantage of warmer, longer summers to expand its range and numbers

Historians search for those behind climate change contrarianism has documented the evolution of those raising doubts

This year's rash of severe weather is changing climate science. As policymakers call for better information, scientists are scrambling to understand the link between increasing emissions and natural disaster

New findings show that variations in cloud cover cannot explain temperature changes as a result of global climate change

The Inspector General of the National Science Foundation has closed its investigation into climatologist Michael Mann after failing to find any evidence of misconduct

In making a case against CO₂ as a greenhouse gas, the Galileo Movement relies on irrelevant facts while omitting pertinent ones

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

Power and water are interconnected and that has serious consequences for the American West as it grapples with climate change

A report concludes that each ton of CO2 emitted inflicts almost 45 times more "social cost" than the federal government estimates

Candidates of either party who take an environmental stance on climate can gain the votes of some citizens while not alienating others, according to a Stanford University survey

The armadillo is moving north thanks to climate change, as are mice and other mammals