Wind speeds over the Southern Ocean have been increasing over the past three decades and those stronger winds are boosting birds in the area to faster flying speeds, according to new research. The wind speed shift is linked to climate change in the study, which was published in the latest issue of Science. The impact,…
The Environmental Protection Agency for the first time is making available detailed information on sources of greenhouse gas emissions, from the Mount Sinai Hospital heating plant in Manhattan to the nation’s largest coal-burning power plant in Georgia. The agency unveiled a searchable computerized map that allows users to identify the nation’s major stationary sources of…
If you’ve wondered where to look for signs that Earth is entering a geological epoch of our own making, the Anthropocene, a good place to start is the growing body of research concluding that what was once seen as an inevitable descent into the next ice age has been put off for a very long…
Over the past decade, as news on the looming threat from global warming has continued unabated and become increasingly dire, public opinion has stayed static or become more indifferent to the need to take drastic action. Most polls paint a worrying picture for scientists, environmentalists and activists: that attitudes have not just remained static over…
The International Society for Science & Religion recently posted a long essay by Sir John Houghton on “Global Warming, Climate Change and Sustainability: A Challenge to Scientists, Policymakers and Religious Believers”
During the world’s biggest mass extinction, Earth seemed pretty close to a description of hell—fiery, smoky, and explosive—created by massive volcanic eruptions, according to research dug up in China. In geologic terms, it was surprisingly quick, and it may provide a scary lesson about climate change for our future, authors of the new study say.
We can be certain about some things. For a start, the planet is warming, and human activity is largely responsible. But how much is Earth on course to warm by? What will the global and local effects be? How will it affect our lives? In these articles, Michael Le Page sifts through the evidence to…
From the 2009 Terry Lectures at Yale University by Nancy Ellen Abrams and Joel Primack.