Climate

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

Environment

A podcast challenges us to reassess our relationship with wildfires

United by Fire lays out key insights from the two largest blazes in Colorado history, the Cameron Peak and East Troublesome fires of 2020.

Climate

2024 was Earth’s hottest year on record, passing a dangerous warming threshold

Global temperatures were the hottest on record in 2024; it was the first year where the average temperature topped 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial times.

Paleontology

Humans, not climate change, may have wiped out Australia’s giant kangaroos

About 40,000 years ago, giant kangaroos vanished Down Under. Dental analyses suggest a varied diet, meaning climate change was not the main cause.

Climate

California wildfire season should be over. So why is L.A. burning?

In some parts of California, fire season is now year-round due to rising heat and little rain. High winds and dry conditions are fueling L.A.’s infernos.