Ancient DNA Rewrites Story of Enigmatic ‘American Cheetah’
For several decades, paleontologists have described Miracinonyx trumani — an extinct species of cheetah-like felid that roamed the…
Antarctica Gained a Record 695 Billion Tons of Ice in Just Two Years
A rare surge in Antarctic snowfall temporarily added hundreds of billions of tons of ice to East Antarctica,…
Colorado seeks more regulation of Suncor refinery to reduce pollution
When an orange burst of flames shot hundreds of feet from a flare at Suncor Energy’s Commerce City…
Colorado River plan brings temporary relief but not long-term water security
PHOENIX (AP) — On the outskirts of Phoenix, a small town with a huge reliance on the Colorado…
Huge iceberg breaks apart from Greenland’s Petermann Glacier
1. Satellites watched it happenChevron Down (European Space Agency) A gigantic chunk of Greenland just broke free, and…
Plant life in the warming Arctic alters lush knee-high jungle
TOOLIK LAKE, Alaska (AP) — With no tall trees reaching to the sky, Alaska’s North Slope tundra can…
The next ‘Big One’: The world in inching towards more catastrophic climate events
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The world inches closer to catastrophic climate events
NEW YORK (AP) — In the opening scene of American writer Kim Stanley Robinson’s “The Ministry for the…
Earth’s forests took 100,000 years to recover from the last climate shock — this one is moving 10 times faster
The fossil record preserves this same fragmented leaf litter. Comparing the shapes of thousands of epidermal cells with…
Florida builds to adapt amid threats of sea level rise and worsening storms
One day there was a roof. The next morning it was gone. Jeffrey Huber still remembers the day…
Fat Marmot Week aims to raise awareness and funds for rodent research
GOTHIC, Colo. (AP) — Last winter was tough for marmots living high in the Colorado mountains, where researchers…
How Africa Is Battling Climate Change and the Coming ‘Super’ El Niño
Welcome to Foreign Policy’s Africa Brief. The highlights this week: African countries respond to climate change-driven wildfires, drought,…