Science
Advances in knowledge about climate change and the effects of warming on our world and way of life.
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
‘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
