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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.

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

Patrick King and Soncia King walk through flood waters from Hurricane Delta toward their home (R) which they were still repairing from damage from Hurricane Laura on October 10, 2020 in Lake Charles, Louisiana. C

The Atlantic Hurricane Season Typically Brings About a Dozen Storms. This Year It Was 30

By James Bruggers, Bob Berwyn

Protesters gather in Paris during the COP 21 climate negotiations in December 2015.

Five Years After Paris, Where Are We Now? Facing Urgent Choices

By Bob Berwyn

In this aerial view from a drone water carves a winding channel down the surface of the melting Longyearbreen glacier during a summer heat wave on Svalbard archipelago on July 31, 2020 near Longyearbyen, Norway. Credit: Sean Gallup/Getty Images

Annual Report Card Marks Another Disastrous Year for the Arctic

By Bob Berwyn

Secretary General António Guterres speaks during a press conference at the United Nations in New York City on Nov. 20, 2020. Credit: EuropaNewswire/Gado/Getty Images

United Nations Chief Warns of a ‘Moment of Truth for People and Planet’

By Bob Berwyn

A view of Lombok Island, Indonesia, with Mount Rinjani or Gunung Rinjani which is an active volcano.

Planning for a Climate Crisis Helped a Small Indonesian Island Battle Covid-19

By Bob Berwyn

Tourists are seen playing with falling maple leaves at a Mughal garden during the autumn season in Kashmire on Nov. 12, 2020.

When Autumn Leaves Begin to Fall: As the Climate Warms, Leaves on Some Trees are Dying Earlier

By Bob Berwyn

The coal-fired Navajo Generating Station near Page, Arizona. Credit: plus49/Construction Photography/Avalon/Getty Images

Covid-19 Shutdowns Were Just a Blip in the Upward Trajectory of Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions

By Bob Berwyn

A satellite view of Northwestern Greenland in the Arctic Circle on Aug. 12, 2019 in Pituffik, Greenland. Credit: Orbital Horizon/Copernicus Sentinel Data 2019/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

Warm Arctic, Cold Continents? It Sounds Counterintuitive, but Research Suggests it’s a Thing

By Bob Berwyn

Hurricane Dorian tracks towards the Florida coast on Sept. 1, 2019 in the Atlantic Ocean. Credit: NOAA via Getty Images

In a Warming World, Hurricanes Weaken More Slowly After They Hit Land

By Bob Berwyn

Two new studies are adding to the knowledge about how clouds impact the climate. Credit: Bob Berwyn

Seeing Clouds Clearly: Are They Cooling Us Down or Heating Us Up?

By Bob Berwyn

Demonstrators hold banners during a rally near the Eiffel Tower in Paris on Dec. 12, 2015 on the sidelines of the COP21, the UN conference on global warming. Credit: Francois Guillot/AFP via Getty Images

No Matter Who Wins, the US Exits the Paris Climate Accord the Day After the Election

By Bob Berwyn

Melting permafrost cliffs near Zyryanka, Russia are crumbling into the Kolyma River, unleashing tons of organic soil sediments that can release CO2 and methane to the atmosphere. Analyzing those sediments from deposits on the ocean floor helps show how fa

New Climate Warnings in Old Permafrost: 'It’s a Little Scary Because it’s Happening Under Our Feet.'

By Bob Berwyn

A planned restoration of the forest, meadows and wetlands in this floodplain near Leipzig, Germany, will boost biodiversity by improving wildlife habitat, and bolster climate mitigation by increasing carbon storage. Credit: Hendrik Schmidt/picture allianc

Targeted Ecosystem Restoration Can Protect Climate, Biodiversity

By Bob Berwyn

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