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Bob Berwyn

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Bob Berwyn an Austrian-based freelance reporter who has covered climate science and international climate policy for more than a decade. Previously, he reported on the environment, endangered species and public lands for several Colorado newspapers, and also worked as editor and assistant editor at community newspapers in the Colorado Rockies.

In the West, Signs in the Snow Warn That a 20-Year Drought Will Persist and Intensify

By Bob Berwyn, Judy Fahys

More lightning from storms in the warming north could spark more wildfires that release more carbon dioxide and devastate ecosystems, a new study found. Credit: Ezra Acayan/Getty Images

Projected Surge of Lightning Spells More Wildfire Trouble for the Arctic

By Bob Berwyn

The sun starts to rise behind Britain's largest offshore wind farm on July 19, 2006 in Norfolk, England. Credit: Matt Cardy/Getty Images

Should Solar Geoengineering Be a Tool to Slow Global Warming, or is Manipulating the Atmosphere Too Dangerous?

By Bob Berwyn

The US Wants the EU to Delay Imposing Trade Penalties on Carbon-Intensive Imports, But Is Considering Imposing Its Own

By Marianne Lavelle, Bob Berwyn

Aerial view of a flooded area in the village of Queja, in San Cristobal Verapaz, Guatemala on Nov. 7, 2020. Credit: Esteban Biba/Pool/AFP via Getty Images

With Lengthening Hurricane Season, Meteorologists Will Ditch Greek Names and Start Forecasts Earlier

By Bob Berwyn

The Greenland Ice Sheet, which has enough frozen water to raise sea levels by 20 feet, melted away completely at least once about 1 million years ago, new research shows. Credit: Joshua Brown

Long-lost Core Drilled to Prepare Ice Sheet to Hide Nuclear Missiles Holds Clues About a Different Threat

By Bob Berwyn

Rolling waves in the sea at Woolacombe, North Devon, UK. Credit: Tim Graham/Getty Images

Climate Change is Weakening the Ocean Currents That Shape Weather on Both Sides of the Atlantic

By Bob Berwyn

Medium-sized avalanches on the East Wall at Arapaho Basin Ski Area, Colorado triggered by the ski patrol are marked by clouds of snow dust. Credit: Bob Berwyn

As Deaths Surge, Scientists Study the Link Between Climate Change and Avalanches

By Bob Berwyn

Two Iranian men wearing protective face masks walk along the Azadi (Freedom) Square in western Tehran during a polluted air, following the Covid-19 outbreak in Iran, on January 12, 2021. Credit: Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Covid-19 Cut Gases That Warm the Globe But a Drop in Other Pollution Boosted Regional Temperatures

By Bob Berwyn

Siphon pipes lead up the mountain to Laguna Palcacocha, a swollen glacial lake in the Andes mountain range in the Ancash Region of Peru on Wednesday, July 12, 2017. The siphons were installed to reduce the volume of the lake and to try and prevent a dam rupture but were damaged in the recent icefall an only two still work. Credit: Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images

For a City Staring Down the Barrel of a Climate-Driven Flood, A New Study Could be the Smoking Gun

By Bob Berwyn

Construction crews work at the scene where a section of Highway 1 collapsed into the Pacific Ocean near Big Sur, California on Jan. 31, 2021. Credit: Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images

A Surge From an Atmospheric River Drove California’s Latest Climate Extremes

By Bob Berwyn

The Jökulsárlón glacial lake is seen in Iceland in 2015. New research shows that Earth's ice is melting faster than ever. The annual melt rate grew from 0.8 trillion tons in the 1990s to 1.3 trillion tons by 2017. Credit: Bob Berwyn

Global Ice Loss on Pace to Drive Worst-Case Sea Level Rise

By Bob Berwyn

U.S. President Joe Biden prepares to sign a series of executive orders, including rejoining the Paris Climate Agreement, at the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office just hours after his inauguration on January 20, 2021 in Washington, DC. Biden became the 46th president of the United States earlier today during the ceremony at the U.S. Capitol. Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

The US Rejoins the Paris Agreement, but Rebuilding Credibility on Climate Action Will Take Time

By Bob Berwyn

People stand on a green roof in Saxony, Germany. Credit: Sebastian Kahnert/dpa-Zentralbild/picture alliance via Getty Images

Global Efforts to Adapt to the Impacts of Climate Are Lagging as Much as Efforts to Slow Emissions

By Bob Berwyn

As the climate in the Rocky Mountains warmed at about double the average global rate in recent decades, rapidly spreading bark beetle outbreaks left millions of trees red and dead, part of an intensifying cycle of global warming impacts that decreases the amount of carbon dioxide forests can take out of the atmosphere. Credit: Bob Berwyn

Many Overheated Forests May Soon Release More Carbon Than They Absorb

By Bob Berwyn

Anthony Aco and Troy Sacaguin, left to right, check out the thermometer at Calvary Church in Woodland Hills as it registers 117 degrees Fahrenheit on Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020 in Woodland Hills, California. Credit: Al Seib/Los Angeles Times

2020 Ties 2016 as Earth’s Hottest Year on Record, Even Without El Niño to Supercharge It

By Bob Berwyn

Icebergs near Ilulissat, Greenland. Climate change is having a profound effect in Greenland with glaciers and the Greenland ice cap retreating.

Many Scientists Now Say Global Warming Could Stop Relatively Quickly After Emissions Go to Zero

By Bob Berwyn

Paulet Island, near the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula, 2009. Melting icebergs can disrupt wildlife and, on a massive scale, the climate.

Giant Icebergs Are Headed for South Georgia Island. Scientists Are Scrambling to Catch Up

By Bob Berwyn

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