Wildfires in Northern Forests Broke Carbon Emissions Records in 2021
Boreal forests store huge amounts of carbon, but the warming and drying climate is leading them to burn bigger, hotter and more frequently.
By Emma Foehringer Merchant
Science
Advances in knowledge about climate change and the effects of warming on our world and way of life.
A New White House Plan Prioritizes Using the Ocean’s Power to Fight Climate Change
By Bob Berwyn
New IPCC Report Shows the ‘Climate Time Bomb Is Ticking,’ Says UN Secretary General António Guterres
By Bob Berwyn
Washington’s Treasured Cherry Blossoms Prompt Reflection on Local Climate Change
By Emma Ricketts
California, Battered by Atmospheric Rivers, Faces a Big Melt This Spring
By Bob Berwyn
Can the New High Seas Treaty Help Limit Global Warming?
By Delaney Dryfoos, Bob Berwyn
Why Saving the Whales Means Saving Ourselves
By Kiley Bense
Increasingly Large and Intense Wildfires Hinder Western Forests’ Ability to Regenerate
By Bob Berwyn
Two Volcanologists on the Edge of the Abyss, Searching for the Secrets of the Earth
By Kiley Bense
60 Scientists Call for Accelerated Research Into ‘Solar Radiation Management’ That Could Temporarily Mask Global Warming
By Bob Berwyn
Scientists Examine Dangerous Global Warming ‘Accelerators’
By Bob Berwyn
Nursing Florida’s Ailing Manatees Back to Health
By Amy Green, WMFE
Antarctic Researchers Report an Extraordinary Marine Heatwave That Could Threaten Antarctica’s Ice Shelves
By Bob Berwyn
Wildfire Smoke May Worsen Extreme Blazes Near Some Coasts, According to New Research
By Emma Foehringer Merchant
Destroying ‘Forever Chemicals’ is a Technological Race that Could Become a Multibillion-dollar Industry
By Chloe Johnson, Star Tribune
Confronting California’s Water Crisis
By Liza Gross
US Emissions of the World’s Most Potent Greenhouse Gas Are 56 Percent Higher Than EPA Estimates, a New Study Shows
By Phil McKenna
The Red Sea Could be a Climate Refuge for Coral Reefs
By Bob Berwyn
