Fossil Fuels
If Electric Vehicles Don’t Cut CO2 Fast Enough, These Fuels Might Help
Department of Energy researchers say gasoline might have to be substituted with biofuels to ensure that climate targets are achieved
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Climate Change
How the U.S. Is Preparing for Europe’s Carbon Tariffs
More products are being added to a proposed carbon border fee, affecting billions of dollars of American goods
Climate Change
Climate Destroyers Go to Jail, Martian Travel Guide, Bee Interiority, and More
Recommendations from the editors of Scientific American
Fossil Fuels
Oil Companies Tee Up the Next Supreme Court Climate Showdown
The companies are asking the justices to step in once again in a sprawling legal fight over the industry’s climate liability
Climate Change
Carbon Credits Versus the “Big Gulp”
Reviving peatlands in the San Joaquin River Delta could prevent levee failure and lock away carbon
Climate Change
Biden Order Will Boost Heat Pumps and Building Insulation
Invoking the Defense Production Act could help reshape the economics around building decarbonization
Climate Change
Attribution Science Linking Warming to Disasters Is Rapidly Advancing
Event attribution is one of the fastest developing areas of climate science since it began 20 years ago
Animals
Meerkats Are Getting Climate Sick
For meerkats in the Kalahari Desert, rising temperatures spark deadly outbreaks of tuberculosis.
Climate Change
Sweltering India Turns to Superheating Coal for Cooling
The need to use coal to boost power supplies illustrates the challenge of quickly increasing renewable energy to avoid bigger climate impacts
Climate Change
Record Methane Spike Boosts Heat Trapped by Greenhouse Gases
NOAA’s Annual Greenhouse Gas Index finds that greenhouse gases trapped nearly 50 percent more heat last year than they did in 1990
Pollution
U.S. Emissions Rise 4 Percent as Drivers Log a Record Number of Miles
Drivers tallied 753 billion miles in the first three months of the year, the highest total on record
Weather
As 2022 Hurricane Season Looms, a Current That Fuels Monster Storms Is Very Warm
The Loop Current in the Gulf of Mexico has fueled major storms such as Hurricane Katrina
Weather
Florida Lab to Mimic Category 6 Hurricanes with 200-Mile-per-Hour Wind
With what will be one of the world's most advanced hurricane simulators, researchers will be able to reproduce wind, rain and storm surge
Climate Change
Deadly Heat in India and Pakistan ‘Highly Unlikely’ without Climate Change
A weeks-long heat wave in India and Pakistan was 30 times more likely because of human-caused warming
Climate Change
California Faces Summer Blackouts from Climate Extremes
Energy planners are working to increase the grid’s reliability to keep the power on during droughts, wildfires and heat waves
Climate Change
Climate-Fueled Heat Waves Will Hamper Western Hydropower
Earlier snowmelt can leave less water available to generate power during the height of summer
Climate Change
If Sea Ice Melts in the Arctic, Do Trees Burn in California?
A new study links sea ice decline with increasing wildfire weather in the Western U.S.
Natural Disasters
Climate Change Caused $4 Billion of Typhoon’s Damage
A new wave of attribution research links the economic cost of weather events to climate change
Climate Change
‘Reef Balls’ Gain Traction for Shoreline Protection
Structures first deployed as artificial reefs are being used in the Northeast to combat the force of waves as ocean levels rise
Natural Disasters
Climate Change Doubled the Likelihood of Devastating South African Floods
Hundreds of people were killed and thousands of homes destroyed in Durban after torrential rains unleashed flooding
