Science
Advances in knowledge about climate change and the effects of warming on our world and way of life.
How Wildfire Smoke from Australia Affected Climate Events Around the World
By Bob Berwyn
Climate Change Forces a Rethinking of Mammoth Everglades Restoration Plan
By Amy Green
Eleven Chemical Plants in China and One in the U.S. Emit a Climate Super-Pollutant Called Nitrous Oxide That’s 273 Times More Potent Than Carbon Dioxide
By Phil McKenna
Can Iceberg Surges in the Arctic Trigger Rapid Warming at the Other End of The World?
By Bob Berwyn
An Agricultural Drought In East Africa Was Caused by Climate Change, Scientists Find
By Georgina Gustin
As Extreme Fires Multiply, California Scientists Zero In on How Smoke Affects Pregnancy and Children
By Emma Foehringer Merchant
Intensifying Cycle of Extreme Heat And Drought Grips Europe
By Bob Berwyn
Where There’s Plastic, There’s Fire. Indiana Blaze Highlights Concerns Over Expanding Plastic Recycling
By James Bruggers
Climate Change Wiped Out Thousands of the West’s Most Iconic Cactus. Can Planting More Help a Species that Takes a Century to Mature?
By Wyatt Myskow
More Than a Decade of Megadrought Brought a Summer of Megafires to Chile
Story and photos by James Whitlow Delano
Global Warming Could Drive Pulses of Ice Sheet Retreat Reaching 2,000 Feet Per Day
By Bob Berwyn
California Snowpack May Hold Record Amount of Water, With Significant Flooding Possible
By Emma Foehringer Merchant
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
