Ocean heat is at record levels, with major consequences
Kevin Trenberth, University of Auckland
The world witnessed record-breaking climate and weather disasters in 2021, from destructive flash floods that swept through mountain towns in...
Removing greenhouse gases from the air
These machines scrub greenhouse gases from the air – an inventor of direct air capture technology shows how it works
Klaus Lackner, Arizona State University
Two centuries...
Global warming affecting western and eastern states differently
2021’s climate disasters revealed an east-west weather divide, with one side of the country too wet, the other dangerously dry
Shuang-Ye Wu, University of Dayton
Alongside a...
Tornadoes and climate change
What a warming world means for deadly twisters and the type of storms that spawn them
John Allen, Central Michigan University
The deadly tornado outbreak that tore...
California’s water supplies are in trouble
California’s water supplies are in trouble as climate change worsens natural dry spells, especially in the Sierra Nevada
Roger Bales, University of California, Merced
California is preparing...
US planning for wind energy expansion
Biden calls for a big expansion of offshore wind – here’s how officials decide where the turbines may go
David Cash, University of Massachusetts Boston
The Biden...
Thawing Alaska permafrost is accelerating bridge deterioration
Rural Alaska has a bridge problem as permafrost thaws and crossing river ice gets riskier with climate change
Guangqing Chi, Penn State; Davin Holen, University of...
NASA Study Finds Tropical Forests’ Ability to Absorb Carbon Dioxide Is...
JPL.NASA.gov
The finding comes out of an effort to map where vegetation is emitting and soaking up carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
Earth’s trees and plants...
Environmental DNA: ecologists powerful new tool
Scientists at work: We use environmental DNA to monitor how human activities affect life in rivers and streams
Marie Simonin, Inrae and Emily S. Bernhardt, Duke...
Exposure to toxic dust causing chronic health conditions for 9/11 survivors
9/11 survivors’ exposure to toxic dust and the chronic health conditions that followed offer lessons that are still too often unheeded
Roberto Lucchini, Florida International University
The...
