Tag: climate change
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,...
From Smokey Bear to climate change: the future of wildland fire...
John Bailey, Oregon State University
Current conditions in the West demonstrate that our US fire management system is struggling and approaching a state of crisis....
Rather than make energy more expensive, it’s time to invest in…
Robert Paarlberg, Harvard University
Democrats (myself included) enjoy ridiculing Republicans who deny the scientific consensus behind climate change. But we then deny the inconvenient truth...
EXPLORING NATURE
Research about global fishing shows value of detailed environmental data, which...
Mark Axelrod, Michigan State University
To help people who are affected by pollution and other environmental harms, it’s common...
