Science
Advances in knowledge about climate change and the effects of warming on our world and way of life.
A New Report Is Out on Hurricane Ian’s Destructive Path. The Numbers Are Horrific
By Amy Green
Potent Greenhouse Gases and Ozone Depleting Chemicals Called CFCs Are Back on the Rise Following an International Ban, a New Study Finds
By Phil McKenna
Promising to Prevent Floods at Treasure Island, Builders Downplay Risk of Sea Rise
By Kristi Coale, San Francisco Public Press
Pacific Walruses Fight to Survive in the Rapidly Warming Arctic
By Kiley Bense
‘Rewilding’ Parts of the Planet Could Have Big Climate Benefits
By Bob Berwyn
America’s Forests Are ‘Present and Vanishing at the Same Time’
By Kiley Bense
Climate Change Enables the Spread of a Dangerous Flesh-Eating Bacteria in US Coastal Waters, Study Says
By Jon Hurdle
Wildfires in Northern Forests Broke Carbon Emissions Records in 2021
By Emma Foehringer Merchant
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
