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7 Answers to Climate Contrarian Nonsense
Climate Change

7 Answers to Climate Contrarian Nonsense

Evidence for human interference with Earth’s climate continues to accumulate

By John Rennie
The Arctic Is Breaking Climate Records, Altering Weather Worldwide
Climate Change

The Arctic Is Breaking Climate Records, Altering Weather Worldwide

The Arctic climate is shattering record after record, altering weather worldwide

By Jennifer A. Francis
Global Warming: How Hot, Exactly, Is It Going to Get?
Climate Change

Global Warming: How Hot, Exactly, Is It Going to Get?

The latest climate models are giving disturbing answers

By Kate Marvel
Thawing Permafrost Would Accelerate Global Warming
Climate Change

Thawing Permafrost Would Accelerate Global Warming

Thawing Arctic tundra will likely speed up climate change for a century or more. The question is: How drastically?

By Ted Schuur
Yes, Climate Change Is Making Severe Weather Worse
Climate Change

Yes, Climate Change Is Making Severe Weather Worse

Recent disasters show how climate change is making winter storms, flooding rains and summer heat waves more extreme

By Jennifer Francis
Surrendering to Rising Seas
Climate Change

Surrendering to Rising Seas

Coastal communities struggling to adapt to rising seas are beginning to do what was once unthinkable: retreat

By Jen Schwartz
Yes, Climate Change Did Influence Australia's Unprecedented Bushfires
Climate Change

Yes, Climate Change Did Influence Australia's Unprecedented Bushfires

Such an extreme fire season is at least 30 percent more likely because of global warming, a new analysis finds

By Andrea Thompson
How Climate Change Is Making It Harder to Predict Outbreaks
Climate Change

How Climate Change Is Making It Harder to Predict Outbreaks

Climate change is accelerating the spread of disease—and making it much harder to predict outbreaks

By Lois Parshley
U.S. Military Develops Strategies to Prevent Climate Wars
Climate Change

U.S. Military Develops Strategies to Prevent Climate Wars

The U.S. military is taking steps to limit the chance that worsening droughts, rising seas and melting Arctic ice will hasten uprisings that threaten national interests

By Andrew Holland
Increasingly Acidic Oceans Are Causing Fish to Behave Badly
Environment

Increasingly Acidic Oceans Are Causing Fish to Behave Badly

Ocean acidification may alter the behaviors of underwater creatures in disastrous ways

By Danielle L. Dixson
A New Reality Up North
EARTH

A New Reality Up North

Climate change is dramatically altering life at the top of the world

By Mark Fischetti and Katie Peek
Scientists Are Taking Extreme Steps to Help Corals Survive
Environment

Scientists Are Taking Extreme Steps to Help Corals Survive

Scientists are urgently transplanting, fertilizing and enhancing corals to help them adapt to warmer oceans, but rebuilding entire reefs will be daunting

By Rebecca Albright
Threatened Forests Cannot Move, So Scientists Are Relocating Their Genes
Environment

Threatened Forests Cannot Move, So Scientists Are Relocating Their Genes

Trees can't walk to a better place as climate worsens. So scientists are relocating helpful genes instead

By Hillary Rosner
"Positive Cities" Can Improve the Planet as Well as People's Lives
Conservation

"Positive Cities" Can Improve the Planet as Well as People's Lives

Urban areas can improve the planet as well as people's lives if we design them to be much more resourceful with energy, water, food and minerals

By William McDonough
Fossil-Fuel Subsidies Must End
Climate Change

Fossil-Fuel Subsidies Must End

Despite claims to the contrary, eliminating them would have a significant effect in addressing the climate crisis

By Geoffrey Supran, Peter Erickson, Doug Koplow, Michael Lazarus, Peter Newell, Naomi Oreskes and Harro van Asselt
Scrubbing Carbon from the Sky  
EARTH

Scrubbing Carbon from the Sky  

Can we remove enough CO2 from the atmosphere to slow or even reverse climate change?

By Richard Conniff
How to Set a Price on Carbon Pollution
Environment

How to Set a Price on Carbon Pollution

A smart combination of math and policy choices can determine a practical tax that will cut CO2 emissions 

By Gilbert E. Metcalf
Without Government, the Marketplace Will Not Solve Climate Change
Climate Change

Without Government, the Marketplace Will Not Solve Climate Change

Whether or not the world reaches an international emissions agreement, the U.S. government holds the real solution

By Naomi Oreskes

Departments

  • This Was the Decade We Knew We Were Right

  • From the Editor

    Our Planet, Our Choice

  • Advances

    Warming Will Cost Rich and Poor Countries Alike

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