The Sciences
Is There a Future for Airships?
A safer generation of airships, otherwise known as dirigibles, is trying to usher in a low-carbon future for air cargo
Stories by The Daily Climate
Sustainability
Ice Cores from Greenland Unlock Ancient Climate Secret
Paleoclimatologist James White finds stark warnings about the potential for rapid climate change hidden in ancient ice
Health
Climate Change Extends Allergy Season in North America
Pollen season is lengthening in proportion to warming observed in North America
Sustainability
Advancing Alaskan Glacier Holds Clues to Global Sea Level Rise
Scientists aim to find out why an Alaska glacier is ignoring all climate signals as it advances to the sea--and what that means for sea levels around the world.
Sustainability
Testing the Waters with Tidal Energy
Tidal power may be destined to remain a niche player in the U.S. energy portfolio, but the low-carbon energy source has one key advantage over wind and solar--it's as dependable as the moon's phases...
The Sciences
Can Faith Slow Climate Change?
As the moral implications of climate change become more apparent, faith communities around the world are taking action, both personal and political
Sustainability
Is the U.S. Government Underestimating the Cost of Climate Change?
A multi-agency effort to nail down the social cost of carbon emissions ignores wrenching climate impacts such as ocean acidification and makes efforts to curb emissions seem disproportionately expensive, economists say...
Sustainability
U.S. Forests Soak Up Carbon Dioxide, but for How Long?
Forests play a key role in offsetting U.S. emissions of greenhouse gases, but that ability may shrink as the climate changes
Sustainability
How Should San Francisco Plan for Sea-Level Rise?
A 1,400-acre swath of salt flats along the western edge of San Francisco Bay has become the latest site for a development dispute that promises to become increasingly common in coastal U.S...
Health
Greenhouse Gas Emission Cuts Promise Health Benefits
New analyses predict health savings from more aggressive reductions in the greenhouse gas emissions causing climate change
Sustainability
In the Market for Pollution: Carbon Trade or Carbon Con?
In the carbon market, a good deal for the environment needs to also be a good deal for the bottom line. Vouching for the environmental credibility isn't easy: Who verifies the verifiers?...
Sustainability
In the Market for Pollution: Selling the Blue Sky
In the carbon market a good deal for the environment needs to also be a good deal for the bottom line. Vouching for the environmental credibility isn't easy: Who verifies the verifiers?...
Sustainability
Making a Market for Pollution
What does it take to trade in a commodity that cannot be seen or touched--and isn't even a commodity in the U.S.? The first in a three-part series
Sustainability
Survey Probes Americans' Incorrect Opinions on Energy Efficiency
Flipping off the lights is not the best way to save energy
Sustainability
Tropical Glaciers in Indonesia May Disappear by the End of the Decade
Glaciers in one of the world's last tropical ice caps will be gone within a matter of years
Sustainability
Can Cell Phones Speed Adaptation to Climate Change?
Low-tech approach spreads climate news in rural countries
Health
Spread of Deadly Cryptococcal Disease in U.S. Northwest Linked to Global Warming
Cryptococcal infection, once thought to be an exclusively tropical disease, has killed 60 people in the Pacific Northwest as of July, and health experts suspect climate change is involved...
Sustainability
Can Climate Change Cause Conservation?
A unprecedented effort to set aside huge swathes of Canada's boreal forest includes--for the first time--global warming mitigation as a key objective
Sustainability
Warming Waters Exacerbate Dwindling New England Fisheries
Curbs on fishing may not be enough to help fish populations deal with the changes wrought by global warming
Health
Scientists Quantify Global Warming's Threat to Public Health
From heat stress to sewage overflows, climate change promises to bring extreme weather that will challenge the ill-prepared U.S. public health infrastructure
