Climate

Climate

Here are 3 big ideas to combat climate change, with or without COP

As action from the U.N.’s huge COP30 international meeting falls short, smaller groups are banding together to find ways to fight climate change.

Climate

Life-saving research on extreme heat comes under fire

The Trump administration’s cuts to heat research come at a time when climate change is making extreme heat waves more common and intense.

Plants

A special shape shift helps a shrub thrive in blistering heat

A microscope reveals an algae-like adaptation that might future-proof crop photosynthesis in extreme heat.

Animals

Mosquitoes infiltrated Iceland. Will they survive the winter?

Mosquitoes have reached Iceland, a place once thought too harsh for them to survive. Climate change may play a role in this shift.

Climate

Hurricane Melissa spins into a monster storm as it bears down on Jamaica

The story of Atlantic hurricanes is treading a familiar — and frightening — path: Climate change is fueling huge, slow-moving, rain-drenching storms.

Animals

Polar bears provide millions of kilograms of food for other Arctic species

A new study shows how much food polar bears leave behind — and how their decline threatens scavengers across the Arctic.

Climate

Australia’s tropical forests now emit CO₂, clouding the COP30 talks

These tropical forest CO₂ emissions may warn of similar shifts in other regions, a key topic for COP30 climate talks in Brazil.

Climate

As wildfires worsen, science can help communities avoid destruction

Blazes sparked in wild lands are devastating communities worldwide. The only way to protect them, researchers say, is to re-engineer them.

Climate

Coral collapse signals Earth’s first climate tipping point

The global die-off of coral reefs signals a critical shift in Earth’s climate system with global environmental consequences along with economic ones.

Climate

Antarctic krill eject more food when it’s contaminated with plastic

Antarctic krill don’t just sequester carbon in their poop; they also make carbon-rich pellets out of leftovers. But microplastics may throw a wrench in the works.

Paleontology

Crystallized dino eggs provide a peek into the tumultuous Late Cretaceous

Definitively dating the age of a clutch of fossil dinosaur eggs at a famous site in China may let scientists link eggshell features to environmental shifts at the time.

Animals

Just like humans, many animals get more aggressive in the heat

From salamanders to monkeys, many species get more violent at warmer temperatures — a trend that may shape their social structures as the world warms.