The U.S. government is celebrating some success at reining in emissions of a potent greenhouse gas called SF 6 , which traps 25,000 times more heat than CO 2 does over a century-long timescale...
Scientists are on a mission to save parasites—not to kill them. Climate change is already doing an increasingly good job at the latter, and that could be a big problem for the world...
Interest is building in using solar geoengineering to combat climate warming, but experts warn it could have broad—and inequitable—impacts
Smoke from the catastrophic 2019–2020 fires in Australia unleashed ozone-eating chlorine molecules into the stratosphere
The vast and deep Southern Ocean complicates efforts to single out the role of climate change in declining sea ice
NOAA will use a converted Air Force bomber to search the upper atmosphere for substances that could help the U.S. reflect sunlight away from Earth
A near-record amount of snow in California could ease some water restrictions after years of climate-change-fueled drought
Plastic coverings, gravity snow guns and painted rocks could slow ice melt in high mountains
Fires in North America and Eurasia spewed record-shattering amounts of CO2 in 2021
Climate change is likely at least partially to blame for an uptick in the size and frequency of algal blooms in parts of the world’s oceans
A panel of independent experts urged international leaders to set rules for the stratosphere and solar geoengineering
Instead of sucking planet-warming carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, some scientists are looking to capture it from the oceans
Successfully mitigating the impacts of climate change will rely heavily on innovation in science and technology.
Thousands of miles of fiber-optic cable lining the seafloor are vulnerable to sea-level rise, storms and other climate impacts, research shows
Here’s why the Amazon rain forest is key to protecting Earth from the detrimental effects of climate change
Home buyers are paying excessive prices after ignoring flood risk and the costs of insurance and repairs, a new study finds
Antarctica’s massive Thwaites Glacier is melting more slowly than previously thought but also may be more susceptible to even small amounts of ice loss
The U.S. government must fund water-saving efforts in Mexico if it wants to quell the nation’s drug violence
India is at an energy crossroads: if it chooses fossil fuels, it could undermine global climate targets
A start-up called Living Carbon is planting millions of “photosynthesis enhanced” poplar seeds across the U.S. with the aim of providing carbon credits
