Science
A trillion cicadas will emerge in the next few weeks. This hasn’t happened since 1803.
They’re a little early, thanks to climate change.
Read MoreCan the harsh conditions of space breed more resistant crops for Earth?
To make crops resilient to climate change, scientists are exposing seeds to cosmic radiation, extreme temperatures, and low gravity.
Read MoreAn early-life wildfire exposure sickened these monkeys for decades
Could the same be happening to us?
Read MoreClimate Extremes Slammed Latin America and the Caribbean Last Year. A New UN Report Details the Impacts and Costs
Extreme climate shocks, intensified by global warming, killed hundreds of people and devastated livelihoods and ecosystems across Latin America and the Caribbean in 2023, scientists with the World Meteorological Organization said earlier this week when they released the annual state of the climate report for the region. Drought, heat, wildfires and extreme rainfall, as well […]
Read MoreThe world is obsessed with forests’ climate benefits. Here’s the problem.
People depend on forests for food and income. Offset projects can kick them out.
Read MoreThe Gulf Coast is home to one of the last healthy coral reefs. It’s surrounded by oil.
The history of the oil industry is etched into the coral’s rocky skeleton.
Read MoreNature can’t run without parasites. What happens when they start to disappear?
Climate change is affecting parasites, but not in the way you’d expect.
Read MoreAcross the US, Awe Unites During the Darkness of a Total Solar Eclipse
ROLAND, Ark.—First came the gasps. As the final sliver of sunlight disappeared behind the persistent moon, eclipse viewers at the Pinnacle Mountain State Park visitors’ center outside Little Rock were left in awe. Nancy Carr had driven six hours from McCalla, Alabama, just outside Birmingham, to view the spectacle. As the sun’s corona began its […]
Read MoreClimate change is rewiring fish brains — and probably ours, too
Acidifying oceans are leading to sensory loss in fish. Scientists fear people might be next.
Read MoreZambians Feel the Personal Consequences of Climate Change—and Dream of a Sustainable Future
CHONGWE, Zambia—Benson Chipungu sits in a leather armchair and reaches for the remote to switch off the news. Pieces of fabric hang over the windows, darkening the room against the heat. A gas-powered hand-plough is parked in the corner. On the floors behind his chair, dozens of ears of corn are spread out, a display […]
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