Artist drawing of futuristic air scrubbers as tall metal cylinders

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...
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Rapidly rising ocean temperatures a serious threat

Coral reef scientists raise alarm as climate change decimates ocean ecosystems vital to fish and humans Sam Purkis, University of Miami The Chagos Archipelago is one of...
Photo of man fishing near coal-fired power plant

How poisonous mercury gets from coal-fired power plants into the fish...

How poisonous mercury gets from coal-fired power plants into the fish you eat Gabriel Filippelli, IUPUI People fishing along the banks of the White River as it...
Photograph of the SWOT satellite being built in Clean room

International Satellite to Track Impacts of Small Ocean Currents

NASA - Jet Propulsion Laboratory The Surface Water and Ocean Topography mission will explore how the ocean absorbs atmospheric heat and carbon, moderating global temperatures...
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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...
Map of North Eastern U.S. showing massive heat dome encompassing several dozen states

Heat dome, a term you will be hearing more often in...

What is a heat dome? A meteorologist explains the weather phenomenon baking the northeast quarter of the US William Gallus, Iowa State UniversityHeat domes, like the...
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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...

Stopping Global Extinction

'Revolutionary change' needed to stop unprecedented global extinction crisis Michelle Lim, University of Adelaide We are witnessing the loss of biodiversity at rates never before seen...

Monkey Fossils Point to a Warmer Ancient World

Monkey fossils found in Serbia offer clues about life in a warmer world millions of years ago Joshua Allan Lindal, University of Manitoba Sparse trees cast...
Photo of deceased turtle.

Microplastics a growing threat to sea turtles

Newly hatched Florida sea turtles are consuming dangerous quantities of floating plastic David Duffy, University of Florida and Catherine Eastman, University of Florida Plastic pollution has...

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