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Rainforest in Transition: Is the Amazon Transforming before Our Eyes?
The Amazon rainforest is in flux, thanks to agricultural expansion and climate change. In other words, humans have “become...
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Evolution Defenders to Fight Climate Skeptics
A national organization best known for its defense of teaching evolution has added climate change to its agenda in...
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Climate Change Skepticism Seeps into Science Classrooms
A flash point has emerged in American science education that echoes the battle over evolution, as scientists and educators...
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Simple Measures Could Reduce Global Warming, Save Lives
Simple, inexpensive measures to cut emissions of two common pollutants will slow global warming, save millions of lives and...
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Birds Flying Faster Due to Climate Change
Wind speeds over the Southern Ocean have been increasing over the past three decades and those stronger winds are...
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Newly Discovered Particle Could Help Cool Earth
Elusive molecules in the Earth’s atmosphere may be helping to cool the planet more efficiently than scientists previously thought,...
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Online Map Shows Biggest Greenhouse Gas Emitters
The Environmental Protection Agency for the first time is making available detailed information on sources of greenhouse gas emissions,...
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Ecologists Should Learn to Look on the Bright Side
Debates continue to wage between those who argue that doom needs to be leavened by hope and others who...
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The Next Ice Age and the Anthropocene
If you’ve wondered where to look for signs that Earth is entering a geological epoch of our own making,...
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Extinction Rate Likely Higher Than Predicted
As climate change progresses, the planet may lose more plant and animal species than predicted, a new modeling study...