Tag: climate change
Corals are starting to bleach as global ocean temperatures hit record highs
Ian Enochs, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The water off South Florida is over 90 degrees Fahrenheit (32 Celsius)...
What this year’s El Niño means for wheat and global food supply
David Ubilava, University of Sydney
The World Meteorological Organization has declared the onset of the first El Niño event...
What is a heat dome? An atmospheric scientist explains the weather...
William Gallus, Iowa State University
A heat dome occurs when a persistent region of high...
Hurricanes push heat deeper into the ocean than scientists realized, boosting...
Noel Gutiérrez Brizuela, University of California, San Diego and Sally Warner, Brandeis University
When a hurricane hits land, the...
If humans went extinct, what would the Earth look like one...
Carlton Basmajian, Iowa State University
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages....
Protecting the ocean: 5 essential reads on invasive species, overfishing and...
Jennifer Weeks, The Conversation
Humans rely on the ocean for many things, including food, jobs, recreation and stabilization of...
It’s not just climate – we’ve already breached most of the...
Steven J Lade, Australian National University; Ben Stewart-Koster, Griffith University; Stuart Bunn, Griffith University; Syezlin Hasan, Griffith University, and Xuemei Bai, Australian...
More than two dozen cities and states are suing Big Oil...
Honolulu has lost more than 5 miles of its famous beaches to sea level rise and storm surges. Sunny-day flooding during high...
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...
