Climate

Climate

As CO₂ increases, rice loses B vitamins and other nutrients

Field experiments add vitamins to list of nutrients at risk from a changing atmosphere.

Earth

Keeping global warming to 1.5 degrees C helps most species hold their ground

Holding global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius by 2100 could help protect tens of thousands of insect, plant and vertebrate species.

Animals

These caterpillars march. They fluff. They scare London.

Oak processionary moths have invaded England and threatened the pleasure of spring breezes.

Climate

Globetrotting tourists are leaving a giant carbon footprint on the Earth

Globetrotters are responsible for about 8 percent of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions.

Climate

Bull sharks and bottlenose dolphins are moving north as the ocean warms

Rising temperatures are making ocean waters farther north more hospitable for a variety of marine species.

Climate

Heat waves are roasting reefs, but some corals may be resilient

The latest research on coral reefs clarifies the devastation of heat waves and looks at how coral might be able to adapt to warming waters.

Climate

Rising CO₂ levels might not be as good for plants as we thought

A 20-year experiment spots a reversal in the way two kinds of plants take up extra carbon from the atmosphere.

Climate

Cargo ships must cut their emissions in half by 2050

A new international agreement places a cap on greenhouse gas emissions from international cargo ships.

Oceans

Ocean heat waves are becoming more common and lasting longer

Over the last 100 years, the world’s oceans have sweltered through a rising number of heat waves.

Earth

Efforts to contain Mississippi floods may have made them worse

Intensive management of the Mississippi River has increased the size of its largest floods, suggests a new study.

Health & Medicine

Are we ready for the deadly heat waves of the future?

As heat waves become more common, cities try to respond.

Climate

Seafloor map shows why Greenland’s glaciers melt at different rates

A new high-res look at the seafloor shows how ledges and dips affects whether relatively warm ocean water reaches the ice.