Tag: climate change
The extraordinary return of sea otters to Glacier Bay
Perry Williams, Colorado State University and Mevin Hooten, Colorado State University
Human beings have a long history of persecuting apex predators such as...
Are fossil fuel companies telling investors enough about the risks of...
Paul Griffin, University of California, Davis and Amy Myers Jaffe, University of California, Davis
Prior to President Donald Trump taking office, there was a push...
Scientist at work: Tracking muskoxen in a warming Arctic
Joel Berger, Colorado State University
Our Earth has unimaginable diversity, from seascapes 8,000 meters below the ocean’s surface to landscapes 8,000 meters above it. Its...
How can we predict the hottest year on record when weather...
Michael A. Rawlins, University of Massachusetts Amherst
NASA and NOAA jointly reported that 2016 was the warmest year on record. That’s no surprise, as the...
The global impact of air conditioning: big and getting bigger
Lucas Davis, University of California, Berkeley
With a heat wave pushing the heat index well above 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 Celsius) through much of the...
The Paris Agreement:…
The Paris Agreement: the first local global environmental pact
David Cash, University of Massachusetts Boston
Nearly 200 national governments have committed to make cuts in greenhouse...
Paris has already given us a modest climate deal – now...
Peter Christoff, University of Melbourne
Today, in a renovated aircraft hanger in northern Paris, climate negotiators representing some 195 countries start to hammer out a...
A melting Arctic demands more – not less – research on...
Jennifer Francis, Rutgers University
The Arctic is melting rapidly. Who cares? Anyone who is concerned about the rising price of food, lives near the coast,...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
