Science
Advances in knowledge about climate change and the effects of warming on our world and way of life.
Warmer California Winters May Fuel Grapevine-Killing Pierce’s Disease
By Liza Gross
Covid-19 Cut Gases That Warm the Globe But a Drop in Other Pollution Boosted Regional Temperatures
By Bob Berwyn
Q&A: Is Elizabeth Kolbert’s New Book a Hopeful Look at the Promise of Technology, or a Cautionary Tale?
By Katelyn Weisbrod
Warming Trends: Composting the Dead to Help Soils and the Climate, Musk’s Contest to Clean Carbon From the Atmosphere and Posters for Holidays on Flooded Shorelines
By Katelyn Weisbrod
A New Study Closes the Case on the Mysterious Rise of a Climate Super-Pollutant
By Phil McKenna
Nine Years After Filing a Lawsuit, Climate Scientist Michael Mann Wants a Court to Affirm the Truth of His Science
By Marianne Lavelle
Warming Trends: GM’S EVs Hit the Super Bowl, How Not to Waste Food and a Prize for Climate Solutions
By Katelyn Weisbrod
In California, a Warming Climate Will Help a Voracious Pest—and Hurt the State’s Almonds, Walnuts and Pistachios
By Liza Gross
For a City Staring Down the Barrel of a Climate-Driven Flood, A New Study Could be the Smoking Gun
By Bob Berwyn
A Surge From an Atmospheric River Drove California’s Latest Climate Extremes
By Bob Berwyn
As Warming Oceans Bring Tough Times to California Crab Fishers, Scientists Say Diversifying is Key to Survival
By Liza Gross
Climate Change Ravaged the West With Heat and Drought Last Year; Many Fear 2021 Will Be Worse
By Judy Fahys
Warming Trends: Airports Underwater, David Pogue’s New Book and a Summer Olympic Bid by the Coldest Place in Finland
By Katelyn Weisbrod
Animals Can Get Covid-19, Too. Without Government Action, That Could Make the Coronavirus Harder to Control
By Liza Gross
Global Ice Loss on Pace to Drive Worst-Case Sea Level Rise
By Bob Berwyn
Warming Trends: A Catastrophe for Monarchs, ‘Science Moms’ and Greta’s Cheeky Farewell to Trump
By Katelyn Weisbrod
