Water
How Water Finally Became a Climate Change Priority
A collaboration helped convince policy makers at COP27 to finally prioritize water as a critical resource affected by climate change. It was a win long in the making
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Climate Change
The Right Words Are Crucial to Solving Climate Change
Speaking to people’s priorities can build the will needed to implement climate solutions
Paleontology
Monkeylike Animals Once Lived in the Arctic, New Fossils Show
Two newly identified primatelike mammals once lived in the Arctic, which could help us understand how species there today may adapt as the climate heats up
Climate Change
Temperatures in One of Earth’s Coldest Corners Are the Highest in 1,000 Years
Temperatures in north-central Greenland are the highest in at least a millennium, contributing to ice melt that is raising global sea levels
Climate Change
Global Carbon Removal Efforts Are Off Track for Meeting Climate Goals
Carbon removal is an “unavoidable” part of global climate action, but a new report finds that current efforts aren’t enough to meet the warming limits set by the Paris climate agreement...
Fossil Fuels
Why Capturing Methane Is So Difficult
Oil and gas facilities will soon be charged for releasing methane, but technologies to capture the potent greenhouse gas are still relatively new and untested
Climate Change
Exxon’s Own Models Predicted Global Warming—It Ignored Them
Scientists working for the oil giant Exxon in the 1970s and 1980s estimated temperature increases with remarkable accuracy. Those findings could now be used as evidence in climate litigation...
Oceans
Oceans Break Heat Record for Fourth Year in a Row
The world’s oceans hit their warmest levels on record for the fourth consecutive year in 2022, fueling sea-level rise and contributing to climate disasters
Weather
Why California Is Being Deluged by Atmospheric Rivers
California has been hit by repeated storms fueled by torrents of moisture called atmospheric rivers that will only intensify in a warming climate
Climate Change
Double Disaster: Wildfires Followed by Extreme Rainfall Are More Likely with Climate Change
These events can cause devastating landslides and flash floods
Climate Change
Half of All Mountain Glaciers Are Expected to Disappear by 2100
Even if the world meets its most ambitious climate targets, about half of all mountain glaciers will melt away by the end of the century
Arts
Poem: ‘Weight’
Science in meter and verse
Climate Change
Will Global Emissions Plateau in 2023? Four Trends to Watch
A slow economy, clean energy spending, electric vehicles and heat pumps could offset coal combustion to level carbon emissions
Conservation
A New Map Tracks the World’s Largest Glaciers
A visualization compares the forms of Earth’s largest flows of ice
Climate Change
Are Home Insurers Abandoning Communities Vulnerable to Climate Change?
The U.S. Department of the Treasury makes an unprecedented move to find out if home insurers are abandoning communities vulnerable to climate change
Climate Change
Financial Firms May Have to Reveal Their Climate Risk
If regulators finalize proposed rules, financial firms may have to reveal their climate-related risks, and public companies may have to disclose greenhouse gas emissions
Climate Change
Perfectly Preserved Insects and Plants Point to Warm Greenland Future
A mile-long ice sample extracted by the U.S. military while it was studying whether to arm Greenland with nuclear missiles during the cold war is yielding insights into the Greenland ice sheet’s future in a warming world...
Climate Change
U.S. Energy Emissions Set to Rise for Second Straight Year
Increasing demand for natural gas and oil has offset emissions reductions associated with coal and pushed U.S. energy emissions higher for a second consecutive year
Climate Change
Arctic Lakes Are Disappearing Fast, and Scientists Are Just Figuring Out Why
In an ominous sign of global warming, melting permafrost underneath Arctic lakes lets them drain into the ground
Climate Change
Cleaner Jet Fuel Is Poised for Takeoff
Sustainable aviation fuel is poised for exponential growth thanks to increased investment and policy support, according to industry officials
