Science
Advances in knowledge about climate change and the effects of warming on our world and way of life.
From Michigan to Nebraska, Midwest States Face an Early Wildfire Season
By Kristoffer Tigue
California’s Latino Communities Most at Risk From Exposure to Brain-Damaging Weed Killer
By Liza Gross
Sinking Coastal Lands Will Exacerbate the Flooding from Sea Level Rise in 24 US Cities, New Research Shows
By Moriah McDonald
Geoengineering Faces a Wave of Backlash Over Regulatory Gaps and Unknown Risks
By Kiley Price
Earlier Springs Have Cascading Effects on Animals, Plants and Pastimes
By Kiley Price
Petrochemicals Are Killing Us, a New Report Warns in the New England Journal of Medicine
By Liza Gross
Rewilding Japan With Clearings in the Forest and Crowdfunding Campaigns
Photos and story by James Whitlow Delano
Q&A: What’s So Special About a New ‘Eye in the Sky’ to Track Methane Emissions
Interview by Aynsley O’Neill, Living on Earth
MIT’s Sloan School Launches Ambitious Climate Center to Aid Policymakers
By Phil McKenna
New Study Shows Planting Trees May Not Be as Good for the Climate as Previously Believed
By Moriah McDonald
Q&A: California Nurse and Environmental Health Pioneer Barbara Sattler on Climate Change as a Medical Emergency
By Liza Gross
Alabamians Want Public Officials to Mitigate Landslide Risk as Climate Change Makes Extreme Precipitation More Frequent
By Lee Hedgepeth
The Livestock Industry’s Secret Weapons: Expert Academics
By Georgina Gustin
In Florida, Skyrocketing Insurance Rates Test Resolve of Homeowners in Risky Areas
By Amy Green
Could ‘Microfactories’ Pave a New Path Forward for Plastic Recycling?
By Wyatt Myskow
A New EDF-Harvard Satellite Will Monitor Methane Emissions From Oil and Gas Production Worldwide
By Phil McKenna