Science
Advances in knowledge about climate change and the effects of warming on our world and way of life.
North America’s Biggest Food Companies Are Struggling to Lower Their Greenhouse Gas Emissions
By Georgina Gustin
‘Grim Outlook’ for Thwaites Glacier
By Bob Berwyn
New Study Suggests Major Climate Reports May Be Underestimating Drought Risks
By Bob Berwyn
Low Boom, High Pollution? NASA Readies for Supersonic Test Flight
By Marianne Lavelle, Kiley Bense
The Key to Fix California’s Inadequate Water Storage? Put Water Underground, Scientists Say
By Caroline Marshall Reinhart
How to Talk to Anxious Children About Climate Change
By Nina Dietz
Another Midwest Drought Is Causing Transportation Headaches on the Mississippi River
By Kristoffer Tigue
‘Weather Whiplash’ Helped Drive This Year’s California Wildfires
By Caroline Marshall Reinhart
A Combination of Heat and Drought Walloped Virginia Vegetable Farmers
By Sean Sublette
Big Cities Disrupt the Atmosphere, Often Generating More Rainfall, But Can Also Have a Drying Effect
By Bob Berwyn
Hope for North America’s Most Endangered Bird
By Amy Green
As Climate Threats to Agriculture Mount, Could the Mississippi River Delta Be the Next California?
By Cassandra Stephenson, Illan Ireland and Phillip Powell, Tennessee Lookout
The Deteriorating Environment Is a Public Concern, but Americans Misunderstand Their Contribution to the Problem
By Katie Surma
As Tornado Alley Shifts East, Bracing for Impact in Unexpected Places
By Kiley Bense
Algal Blooms Ravaged New York’s Finger Lakes During Final Week of August
By Peter Mantius
Can the ‘Magic’ and ‘Angels’ That Make Long Trails Mystical for Hikers Also Conjure Solutions to Environmental Challenges?
By Bing Lin