Scientists confirm that East Antarctica’s biggest glacier is melting from below
Earlier this year, we learned some worrisome climate news. Although Antarctic scientists have been most concerned about loss of ice in the western part of Antarctica, a study in Nature Geoscience...
View ArticleAfrica’s most iconic predator — the lion — is declining almost everywhere
The lion is among Africa’s most iconic wildlife — right up there with elephants, rhinos and giraffes — and also one of the continent’s top predators. But despite its status as one of the world’s most...
View ArticleBleaching and disease are devastating the biggest coral reef in the...
The world’s coral reefs are currently in the grip of a massive global bleaching event — only the third such event in recorded history. Thanks to unusually warm water brought on by the effects of climate
View ArticleCorporations have paid more than $57 billion in environmental, health and...
Eight large parent corporations — along with their subsidiaries — shelled out more than $1 billion in penalties related to environmental, health and safety violations since 2010, according to a new...
View ArticleClimate change is doing some very strange things to the waters off New England
A new scientific study says that rapidly warming waters off the New England coast have had a severe consequence — the collapse of a cod fishery that saw too many catches even as overall cod numbers...
View ArticleIn a wild El Nino year, another rare extreme: Tropical Cyclone Chapala nears...
A very odd atmospheric event has been unfolding in the Arabian Sea for the past several days — although as with many stories involving tropical cyclones (what we call hurricanes in the United States),
View ArticleEl Niño could kill hundreds of homeless Californians who refuse to leave...
Forecasters say this year’s El Niño promises to be one of the strongest ever, with the potential to unleash a devastating wave of flash floods and mudslides upon drought-stricken California in coming...
View ArticleSurprising study finds that solar energy can also cause climate change (a...
Large solar arrays could have some surprising side effects, according to a new study, including causing changes in the local climate. On a global scale, these changes will be minor compared to what
View ArticleThis could be the biggest sign yet that the battery revolution is here
We may be getting a real time glimpse of a world that energy visionaries have long awaited — one featuring a large scale merger between clean energy technologies, like wind and solar, and large batteries
View ArticleGreenhouse gases hit new milestone, fueling worries about climate change
New scientific data released on Monday confirmed 2015’s place as a milestone year for the Earth’s environment, with both temperatures and greenhouse gases crossing symbolic thresholds with ominous...
View ArticleScientists say a plague of sea stars is devastating Pacific coral reefs
As if the world’s coral reefs didn’t have enough problems — killer rising ocean temperatures, crazy bleaching events and oil slicks comprised of sunscreen from sunbathers that denude them, they are now
View ArticleNext up from climate change: More polar bears on land, potentially running...
In recent years, polar bears have become the lovable poster children for climate change in the Arctic. And as their preferred sea ice habitat continues to diminish year after year, thanks to warming...
View ArticleNew research reignites concerns that pesticides are harming bees
A common pesticide could hinder bumblebees’ ability to pollinate plants, says a new study — and that could be a big problem for both agriculture and the natural ecosystems that depend on the bees for...
View ArticleNew study finds ‘no substantive evidence’ of a global warming ‘pause’
Even as Lamar Smith (R-Tx.), chairman of the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, continues to investigate a high profile study from federal scientists debunking the idea of a global warming
View ArticleThe northern spotted owl is in danger again. And this time it’s from another owl
The Pacific Northwest forest apparently isn’t big enough for the both of them. Across that gorgeous emerald range, federally protected northern spotted owls and invasive barred owls are in a nasty turf
View ArticleEl Nino’s extreme effects: Corals around this island aren’t just bleaching —...
This year’s El Niño event is shaping up to be one of the strongest in recorded history, and its effects are making themselves apparent across the globe in the form of droughts, floods and changes in local
View ArticleObama just released the biggest energy efficiency rule in U.S. history
They dribble out regularly — Energy Department rules or “standards” that require ever improving levels of energy efficiency for dishwashers, refrigerators, and much more. On Thursday, though, the...
View ArticleBy cutting down forests, humans may be giving themselves malaria
A surprising factor may be contributing to the spread of malaria in Malaysia, new research has found. In a new study, published Friday in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases, scientists argue that
View ArticleAerial imaging shows the dramatic effects drought has had on millions of...
A combination of laser-imaging technology and satellite data has shed new light on the devastating impacts of California’s ongoing drought. In a study published Monday in Proceedings of the National...
View ArticleMozambique park sees wildlife numbers grow in wake of war
Lions are getting pregnant and the waterbuck population is soaring at one of Mozambique’s main national parks, once the scene of fighting during a civil war which virtually wiped out the park’s lions,
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