Science
Advances in knowledge about climate change and the effects of warming on our world and way of life.
Natural Gas Samples Taken from Boston-Area Homes Contained Numerous Toxic Compounds, a New Harvard Study Finds
By Hannah Loss
Rediscovered Reports From 19th-Century Environmental Volunteers Advance the Research of Today’s Citizen Scientists in New York
By Rachel Rodriguez
Scientists Are Pursuing Flood-Resistant Crops, Thanks to Climate-Induced Heavy Rains and Other Extreme Weather
By Grace van Deelen
Warming Trends: Putting Citizen Scientists to Work, Assuring Climate-Depressed Kids That the Future is Bright, and Deploying Solar-Hydrogen Generators
By Katelyn Weisbrod
Protecting Mexico’s Iconic Salamander Means Saving one of the Country’s Most Important Wetlands
By Myriam Vidal
A ‘Living Shoreline’ Takes Root in New York’s Jamaica Bay
By Hannah Loss
Warming Trends: How Hairdressers Are Mobilizing to Counter Climate Change, Plus Polar Bears in Greenland and the ‘Sounds of the Ocean’
By Katelyn Weisbrod
California Considers ‘Carbon Farming’ As a Potential Climate Solution. Ardent Proponents, and Skeptics, Abound
By Emma Foehringer Merchant
In An Unusual Step, a Top Medical Journal Weighs in on Climate Change
By Victoria St. Martin
Why the Chesapeake Bay’s Beloved Blue Crabs Are at an All-Time Low
By Aman Azhar
Feeding Cows Seaweed Reduces Their Methane Emissions, but California Farms Are a Long Way From Scaling Up the Practice
By Grace van Deelen
From Spring to Fall, New York Harbor Is a Feeding Ground for Bottlenose Dolphins, a New Study Reveals
By Daelin Brown
As Animals Migrate Because of Climate Change, Thousands of New Viruses Will Hop From Wildlife to Humans—and Mitigation Won’t Stop Them
By Victoria St. Martin
Warming Trends: Butterflies Bounce Back, Growing Up Gay Amid High Plains Oil, Art Focuses on Plastic Production
By Katelyn Weisbrod
Warmer Nights Caused by Climate Change Take a Toll on Sleep
By Victoria St. Martin
Warming Trends: Laughing About Climate Change, Fighting With Water and Investigating the Health Impacts of Fracking
By Katelyn Weisbrod