Land areas had their second-warmest November on record in 2024, according to NOAA, and global ocean temperatures were also ...
To protect themselves, some cities and towns are working to create or restore what are called living shorelines, natural coastal features like reefs, dunes, and marshes filled with vegetation. These ...
The nonprofit, which provides free legal and educational support to researchers facing harassment and intimidation for their work, is preparing for a protracted struggle to defend climate scientists ...
Scientists are working to breed drought- and heat-tolerance traits into common beans from tepary beans, which are native to the Sonoran Desert in Mexico and the U.S.
Marin: “Globally, we estimated that between January 2022 and June 2024, so two-and-a-half years, extreme weather events disrupted the education of over 400 million students.” Sergio Venegas Marin of ...
The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, which includes the Gulf Stream, is vital to Earth's climate. Its weakening could spell disaster.
Some high school students spend summers lifeguarding or bagging groceries. But in Thornton Township, Illinois, some students get paid to spend their summers learning the skills they’ll need for jobs ...
The contiguous-U.S. warmth of autumn 2024 was extraordinarily widespread. Every one of the lower 48 states but Oregon had a ...
This year, the holidays (Chanukah, Christmas, Kwanza, and New Year) fall between a sobering election, a disappointing climate conference, and an ominous inauguration. To get a recipient’s attention ...
Supermarket fridges and freezers are a significant source of global warming pollution. And according to the Climate Friendly Supermarket Scorecard, few stores are doing enough to address the problem.
Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) It’s the holiday season, and we’re thinking about how ...
Intense wildfires can endanger lives, destroy homes, cause hazardous air quality hundreds of miles away, and contribute to global warming. When trees and plants burn, they emit carbon dioxide and ...