The ex-oil executive trying to wean us off fossil fuels
Samantha Cooper once helped power the oil industry. Now she’s fighting to end its hold on our future…
200,000 Leaky Barrels of Radioactive Waste Are Lying at the Bottom of the Atlantic
Not a great thing to have in your living room. Photo: From the Nautile submersible We humans create…
Moderate earthquake shakes Japan, injuring more than 30 in the Tokyo region
TOKYO — A moderate earthquake rattled eastern Japan, including the Tokyo area, early Sunday, injuring more than 30…
Centuries Ago, Europeans Were Plagued by Constant Flooding, With 16 Major Events That Killed Thousands Over the Course of Just Three Years
When researchers went looking for information about the legendary Magdalena Flood, they were surprised to discover that it…
Warming potential of atmospheric black carbon modulated by particulate matter
Szopa S., et al. in Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis (eds Masson-Delmotte, V. et al.) Ch.…
Sovereignty, farming and fishing: Iceland votes on its future with the EU | Iceland
For a long time, the prospect of becoming the third generation to run his family farm was an…
Manhattan-sized ice island breaks off Greenland’s Petermann Glacier
An international team of researchers, led in part by the University of Ottawa, has documented a major calving…
A Relentless Storm Pattern Is Making Arctic Sea Ice Disappear Faster
Aerial view of newly formed sea ice in the Arctic. Credit: Alfred Wegener Institute / IceCam / Stefan…
Antarctica gained 766 billion tons of ice in just 22 months
After decades of losses, satellites recorded a massive Antarctic ice gain between 2021 and 2023, but researchers say…
Number of Australians missing in Nepal’s deadly floods rises again, as Albanese deploys more personnel | Nepal-Tibet flood disaster
The number of Australians who were reported missing in the catastrophic Nepal flooding disaster has risen to 41,…
Meet Delaney Peterson, the Florida student who turned recycled foamed glass into an artificial habitat for Oysters | World News
Meet Delaney Peterson, the Florida student who turned recycled foamed glass into an artificial habitat for Oysters. Image…
Why poetry is a powerful form of climate communication
For too long, climate communication has relied on the belief that if we stick with the science and…