Corals are starting to bleach as global ocean temperatures hit record highs
Ian Enochs, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The water off South Florida is over 90 degrees Fahrenheit (32 Celsius) in mid-July, and scientists are already...
Hurricanes push heat deeper into the ocean than scientists realized, boosting...
Noel Gutiérrez Brizuela, University of California, San Diego and Sally Warner, Brandeis University
When a hurricane hits land, the destruction can be visible for years...
Avoid Harmful Algae and Cyanobacteria
Harmful algae and cyanobacteria, sometimes called blue-green algae, can produce toxins (poisons) that can make people and animals sick and affect the environment. Learn...
El Niño is back – that’s good news or bad news,...
Bob Leamon, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
El Niño is officially here, and while it’s still weak right now, federal forecasters expect this global disrupter...
6 feet of snow in Buffalo: What causes lake-effect storms like this?
Michael A. Rawlins, UMass Amherst
It’s hard for most people to imagine 6 feet of snow in one storm, like the Buffalo area saw over...
Bees face many challenges – and climate change is ratcheting up...
Jennie L. Durant, University of California, Davis
The extreme weather that has battered much of the U.S. in 2022 doesn’t just affect humans. Heat waves,...
Arctic is warming nearly four times faster than the rest of...
Jonathan Bamber, University of Bristol
The Earth is approximately 1.1℃ warmer than it was at the start of the industrial revolution. That warming has not...
Climate change is making flooding worse: 3 reasons the world is...
Frances Davenport, Colorado State University
Heavy rainfall turned into dangerous flooding in rugged Appalachia in late July, sweeping away homes and killing at least 25...
Farm runoff causing devastating algae blooms and dead zones in the...
To reduce harmful algal blooms and dead zones, the US needs a national strategy for regulating farm pollution
Donald Boesch, University of Maryland Center for Environmental...
What is committed warming?
A climate scientist explains why global warming can continue long after emissions end
Julien Emile-Geay, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
By now, few people...
