An Arctic Elegy
What happens when the Bering Sea loses its ice?
To save the reefs, save the trees and the soil they grow in
Soil from the surface can smother reefs. A new study creates a map of corals most susceptible to runoff from land
Serendipitous data reveals a previously unknown ecosystem under Arctic ice
Fish gas bladders interfere with sonar, and we can use that interference to study Arctic fish stocks
White pine blister rust's habitat range is changing with the climate
New study in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks demonstrates the complexity of changing plant-pathogen interactions
Space futurism is stupid
There is no reason to think that billionaires like Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk know what's best for humanity
The wealthy are hoarding livable homes as climate change makes land uninhabitable
How climate change floods, boils, and leaves gentrification in its wake
Extinction risks in a rapidly warming planet depend on previous slow temperature swings
Considering "climate memory" changes the risk calculation as much as an organism's geographic range or abundance
The American West's sagebrush sea is rapidly vanishing
Once considered a rangeland weed, this plant is the cornerstone of America’s desert ecosystems
Why schools should be the center of a Green New Deal
Underfunded schools have left students to boil in the heat or drink lead-tainted fountain water. The GND should help
The Permian Basin is ground zero for a billion-dollar surge of zombie oil wells
Inactive wells leak methane and can poison drinking water
Ocean heatwaves like "The Blob" cause lasting damage to marine ecosystems
Recent research details The Blob's effects on the Alaska pollock fishery
The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over the green algae blooms swirling around the Baltic Sea
European Space Agency, (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2019) on Wikimedia Commons.
Some algal blooms produce methane, thanks to cyanobacteria
Methane is a potent greenhouse gas
What’s happening in Texas is climate nihilism
The disastrous blackouts are the government admitting they don't care if some people die
Elon Musk's climate change prize is empty and worthless
Those who control vast sums of money could easily fund real changes and simply choose not to
In Miami, environmental injustice and the ocean tides rise alongside luxury housing
The city's economic divide leaves everyone but the rich vulnerable to climate change, a scene that will play out around the world in the coming decades
This is how climate change is reshaping the entire planet
The ocean is acidifying, Western Europe will chill, crops will fail, and that's just the start
Are invasive insects better equipped for climate change than native species?
Separately, climate change and invasive species are two huge threats to biodiversity worldwide. What happens when they combine?
Most people don't really understand how climate change works
How climate works, how it's being altered, and what the future can hold
Painting the blades of wind turbines helps birds avoid them
A Norwegian study found avian fatalities fell 70 percent after painting one blade black