Climate Change
Inside the Race to Find Earth’s Oldest Ice
A global race is on to drill for the oldest known layers of Antarctic ice so researchers can peer back in time to a warmer climate to better understand the planet’s hotter future
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Climate Change
15 Million People Are at Risk from Bursting Glacial Lakes
At least 15 million people worldwide live in the flood paths of lakes that form as mountain glaciers melt and that can abruptly burst their banks
Climate Change
Rainmaking Experiments Boom Amid Worsening Drought
Scientists and companies are scrambling to find new ways to squeeze more rain from the skies as climate change intensifies drought
Climate Change
We Can’t Solve Our Climate Problems without Removing Their Main Cause: Fossil-Fuel Emissions
“Realists” argue that climate plans need to accommodate oil and gas, but that only perpetuates the climate crisis
Climate Change
A Climate Scientist Is Evaluating the U.S.’s Spy Programs
President Joe Biden named an expert on paleoclimatology to a White House intelligence panel
Climate Change
War, Politics, Business Make Meeting 1.5 Degrees C Target Unlikely
The transformative social change needed to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius isn’t happening fast enough, experts say in a new report
Climate Change
More Airports to Use Greener ‘Glide’ Approach to Landing
A growing number of U.S. airports are trying swoop landings rather than staircase descents, a method that saves fuel, cuts emissions and reduces noise
Climate Change
AI Predicts Warming Will Surpass 1.5 C in a Decade
New research from artificial intelligence projects that global warming will hit the threshold of 1.5 degrees Celsius somewhere between 2033 and 2035
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
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
