An aggregation of recent climate news feeds:
2021-12-13 The demise of a West Antarctic glacier poses the world’s biggest threat to raise sea levels before 2100 — and an ice shelf that’s holding it back from the sea could collapse within three to five years, scientists reported December 13 at the Amer …›
2021-12-09 By Ayurella Horn-Muller (Climate Central), Brendan Rivers (ADAPT), and Danielle Uliano (WJXT) The Lincolnville Museum and Cultural Center recently raised its air conditioning units 18 inches to pro …›
2021-12-08 Wildfire smoke and urban air pollution bring out the worst in each other. As wildfires rage, they transform their burned fuel into a complex chemical cocktail of smoke. Many of these airborne compounds, including ozone, cause air quality to plummet …›
2021-12-06 Virginia’s Tangier Island is rapidly disappearing. Rising sea levels are exacerbating erosion and flooding, and could make the speck of land in the Chesapeake Bay uninhabitable within the next few decades. For years, island residents, policy makers …›
2021-12-02 The Southern Ocean is still busily absorbing large amounts of the carbon dioxide emitted by humans’ fossil fuel burning, a study based on airborne observations of the gas suggests. The new results counter a 2018 report that had found that the ocean …›
2021-11-30 When it comes to storing carbon in the ground, fungi may be key. Soils are a massive reservoir of carbon, holding about three times as much carbon as Earth’s atmosphere. The secret behind this carbon storage are microbes, such as bacteria and som …›
2021-11-29 Hurricane Lizards and Plastic SquidThor HansonBasic Books, $28 As a conservation biologist, Thor Hanson has seen firsthand the effects of climate change on plants and animals in the wild: the green macaws of Central America migrating along with …›
2021-11-19 It’s hard to imagine what Earth might look like in 2500. But a collaboration between science and art is offering an unsettling window into how ongoing climate change might transform now-familiar terrain into alien landscapes over the next few centur …›
2021-11-18 Over decades, centuries and millennia, the steady skyward climb of redwoods, the tangled march of mangroves along tropical coasts and the slow submersion of carbon-rich soil in peatlands has locked away billions of tons of carbon. If these na …›
2021-11-16 When North Carolina residents Susan McGuirk and her husband bought a holiday house on a large waterfront plot in Wingate, in Maryland’s Dorchester County, the stately old home hadn’t been …›
2021-11-15 It started with polar bears. In 2012, polar bear DNA revealed that the iconic species had faced extinction before, likely during a warm period 130,000 years ago, but had rebounded. For researchers, the discovery led to one burning question: Could p …›
2021-11-12 In a remote corner of Brazil’s Amazon rainforest, researchers have spent decades catching and measuring birds in a large swath of forest unmarred by roads or deforestation. An exemplar of the Amazon’s dazzling diversity, the experimental plot was …›
2021-11-09 By John Upton, Climate Central and Maanvi Singh, The Guardian The Dixie fire ranked as the second-largest California wildfire on record - surpassed only by the million-acre-plus August Complex fire …›
2021-11-05 Global temperatures are rising and so, it seems, is part of the sky. Atmosphere readings collected by weather balloons in the Northern Hemisphere over the last 40 years reveal that climate change is pushing the upper boundary of the troposphere — …›
2021-11-02 By Ayurella Horn-Muller (Climate Central), Brendan Rivers (ADAPT) and Danielle Uliano (WJXT) At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic and during the ensuing economic slowdown, Jacksonville …›
2021-10-26 This year was supposed to be a turning point in addressing climate change. But the world’s nations are failing to meet the moment, states a new report by the United Nations Environment Programme. The Emissions Gap Report 2021: The Heat Is On, rel …›
2021-10-14 The amount of sunlight that Earth reflects back into space — measured by the dim glow seen on the dark portions of a crescent moon’s face — has decreased measurably in recent years. Whether the decline in earthshine is a short-term blip or yet a …›
2021-10-12 PICTURING OUR FUTURE | KEY CONCEPTS | METHODOLOGY Today’s climate and energy choices shape tomorrow’s shorelines New Climate Central research shows that under the current …›
2021-10-07 Each year since 2015, Science News has featured the work of outstanding early- and mid-career scientists in our SN 10: Scientists to Watch list. They’re nominated by Nobel laureates and members of the National Academy of Sciences, and are recognized …›
2021-10-04 By John Upton, Kelly Van Baalen, Scott Kulp, Climate Central and Selena Vasquez, Joe Martucci, The Press of Atalntic City This story was produced through a partnership between Press of …›
2021-10-04 By Caitlin Looby, Climate Central and Clarisa Diaz, Quartz Both of these fields are at risk This story was produced through a partnership between Quartz and Climate Central. …›
2021-09-23 By Caitlin Looby, Climate Central and Amber Alexander, NBC WHO 13 Des Moines IOWA — Jean Eells dug into the earth on her farm after the fall harvest and discovered a problem. It was 2016 and …›
2021-09-15 By Priyanka Runwal, Climate Central and Elisa Raffa, Fox 46 Charlotte This story was produced through a partnership between FOX 46 Charlotte and Climate Central. (FOX 46 CHARLOTTE) …›
2021-08-19 By Priyanka Runwal, data and science reporter, Climate Central and Lori Valigra, Bangor Daily News A man crosses the street in downtown Biddeford on a scorching Thursday, Aug. 12, 2021.&nb …›
2021-08-10 Kate Ng meets the people who have become increasingly aware of the impact of climate change following extreme weather events and rising pollution levels …›
2021-07-14 Urban heat islands are metropolitan places that are hotter than their outlying areas, with the impacts felt most during summer months. About 85% of the U.S. population lives in metropolitan areas. Pav …›
2021-07-14 By Joe Martucci, Press of Atlantic City and Victoria Bouloubasis, Climate Central A sign marks the height of the flooding inside Atlantic City's Vagabond Kitchen + Tap House durin …›
2021-07-08 Scientists have discovered heat-resistant corals in the Red Sea - but this is only the beginning of sustainable regeneration in the area …›
2021-07-06 By Lori Valigra and John Upton The city of Bath, nestled on the western banks of the Kennebec River, is especially endangered by climate change and rising sea levels. Credit: Tro …›
2021-07-02 By John Upton (Climate Central), Amber Alexander This segment and story were produced through a partnership between Climate Central and NBC Who13 Des Moines. Derek Gruis d …›
2021-06-28 By Clarisa Diaz, Quartz and John Upton Towering wind turbines already speckle seas across Europe and Asia and a boom in construction is expected to bring an economic bonanza to the US East …›
2021-06-23 By John Upton and Clarisa Diaz To address global warming the White House has stated that president Biden’s green energy plan aims to set the US on a course toward achieving “net …›
2021-05-27 By Elisa Raffa, Fox 46 Charlotte and Charles Wohlforth—Climate Central Three years later, some survivors of Hurricane Florence still aren’t home, but the damage was not evenly …›
2021-05-19 Everywhere, bees are dying. But it’s not too late to take action to help boost their populations …›
2021-05-03 The future could be bad, or it could be better. You can help decide. …›
2021-04-21 By Ayurella Horn-Muller (Climate Central) and Kenton Gewecke (KOMU 8) Asthmatics hit hard as pollen growing seasons get longer. This story was produced through a partnership …›
2021-04-06 By Jodie Fleischer, Katie Leslie, Teneille Gibson, Steve Jones (NBC Washington) and John Upton, Kelly Van Baalen, Allison Kopicki (Climate Central) To read the complete report, including flood risk a …›
2021-01-29 By Ayurella Horn-Muller (Climate Central) and Christopher Gloninger (NBC Boston) and Ale Zimmermann (NBC Boston) contributed reporting In East Boston, affordable housing un …›
2021-01-13 First published by The Washington Post/Capital Weather Gang (January 12, 2021) Speed kills. That’s why firing bullets from a gun is more dangerous than tossing them by hand. Why skydivers us …›
2020-12-15 WLRN 91.3 FM | By Ayurella Horn-Muller and Jenny Staletovich The Villa Maria affordable housing building in Miami Beach | Jenny Staleovich / WLRN News This story and the accompanying audio seg …›