Science
Advances in knowledge about climate change and the effects of warming on our world and way of life.
Global Warming Surges Well Past 1.5-Degree Mark in 2024
By Bob Berwyn
The Unusually Strong Force Behind the Apocalyptic Fires in Los Angeles
By Umair Irfan, Vox
To Save the Great Salt Lake, Farmers Will Have to Grow Less Alfalfa
By Wyatt Myskow
Elevated Levels of Radium Found in Western Pennsylvania’s Freshwater Mussels
By Kiley Bense
The Year in Climate: Record Heat, an Election, a Push for Justice and Reasons for Hope
By Dan Gearino, ICN Staff
These Graphics Help Explain What Climate Change Looked Like in 2024
By Paul Horn
Not Living Fast and Dying Young: Why Older, Bigger Animals Matter
By Georgina Gustin
How an Unlikely Coalition of Climate Activists and a Gas Utility Are Weaning a Boston Suburb Off Fossil Fuels
By Phil McKenna
The Sunbelt’s Growing Population Faces Increasing Climate Hazards
By Wyatt Myskow
Decades After It Disappeared, Wild Rice Is Booming Again on the Upper Mississippi River
By Madeline Heim, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Arctic Tundra Shifts to Source of Climate Pollution, According to New Report Card
By Marianne Lavelle
Decline of Reflective Low Clouds May Have Contributed to Recent Record Heat
By Bob Berwyn
Seagrasses Capture Carbon 35 Times Faster Than Tropical Rainforests. Scientists Are Working to Save Them
By Teresa Tomassoni
In Parts of New York City, a Vexing Mix of Stormwater and Sewage Have Made Flooding the ‘New Normal’
By Lauren Dalban
California Water Experts Prepare for Climate Whiplash
By Liza Gross
Turning Kazakhstan Into a Beef-Producing Machine, the American Way
Story and photos by Georgina Gustin
