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Climate

Buying carbon credits to fight climate change? Here’s what to know

Carbon credits sold on the voluntary market are under scrutiny for not offsetting greenhouse gas emissions as claimed.

Earth

Wildfires and farm fertilizer use are fueling ozone pollution

Fires and agricultural soils can rival cars and factories in emitting chemicals that lead to ozone, making it hard to meet air quality standards.

Climate

Some trees are coping with extreme heat surprisingly well

Rising temperatures could reduce trees' ability to photosynthesize. Scientists are trying to figure out just how close we are to that point.

Animals

Some sea turtles are laying eggs earlier in response to climate change

A 1-degree-Celsius change in water temperature prompts sea turtles in Northern Cyprus to lay eggs nearly a week earlier on average.

Climate

Warming is chasing cloud forests steadily uphill

Cloud forests are biodiversity hot spots and crucial water sources. But climate change and deforestation are shrinking their range, new data show.

Climate

Even desert cities could pull drinking water from the air 

Water harvesting from foggy air provided up to 5 liters of water a day in a yearlong Chilean desert experiment.

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Historical writings reveal how people weathered the Little Ice Age

Records from 500 years ago document floods, famine and death in 16th century Transylvania due to wild weather swings during the Little Ice Age.

Climate

Just a small rise in global temperatures could be deadly

As early as mid-century, an area of land that adds up to the size of the U.S. could hit temperatures hazardous for human health.

Climate

Can geoengineering plans save glaciers and slow sea level rise?

As climate change melts West Antarctica’s glaciers, scientists are proposing bold ideas to avoid devastating sea level rise. Will they work?

Animals

Hotter cities? Here come the rats

Well, rats. A study of 16 cities shows that higher ambient temperatures and loss of green space are associated with increasing rodent complaints.

Climate

Yes, you can blame climate change for the LA wildfires

Weather data show how humankind’s burning of fossil fuels made the hot, dry, windy weather more likely, setting the stage for the Los Angeles wildfires.

Climate

Unearthed ice may be the Arctic’s oldest buried glacier remnant

Thanks to climate change, thawing permafrost in the Canadian Arctic has revealed the buried remnant of a glacier that’s 770,000 years old.