
Climate
A new UN report lays out an ethical framework for climate engineering
The report’s release, which coincides with COP28, weighs the ethics of using technological interventions to mitigate climate change.
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The report’s release, which coincides with COP28, weighs the ethics of using technological interventions to mitigate climate change.
Removing methane from the atmosphere requires different technology from removing carbon dioxide. Scientists are taking on the challenge.
Siberian reindeer herders and scientists are working together to figure out how to predict rain-on-snow events that turn tundra into deadly ice.
A new study is the most comprehensive analysis yet of the evolution of “true crabs.”
Grassland and shrubland fires destroyed nearly 11,000 homes in the contiguous United States from 1990 to 2020.
The planet’s average temperature was about 1.3 degrees Celsius higher than the 1850–1900 average, a new report finds.
Rising seas usually spell trouble for mangroves. But the first survey of the Howick Islands in 50 years finds that mangroves there have expanded a lot.
Coral reefs are in global peril, but scientists around the world are working hard to find ways to help them survive the Anthropocene.
A partnership between scientists and farmers suggests how llama herding can mitigate some of the impacts of climate change.
Coral reefs around the world are in trouble. But these reefs in the Galápagos Island Marine Reserve have yet to be damaged by humans.
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