Climate

  1. Climate

    The ‘super’ El Niño is over, but La Niña looms

    The 2015–2016 El Niño has officially ended while its meteorological sister, La Niña, brews.

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  2. Climate

    Volcanic rocks help turn carbon emissions to stone — and fast

    A pilot program in Iceland that injected carbon dioxide into basaltic lava rocks turned more than 95 percent of the greenhouse gas into stone within two years.

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  3. Earth

    Spy satellites reveal early start to Antarctic ice shelf collapse

    Declassified spy satellite images reveal that Antarctica’s Larsen B ice shelf began destabilizing decades earlier than previously thought.

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  4. Climate

    Readers share climate change concerns

    Readers respond to the April 16, 2016, issue of Science News with thoughts on climate change, prairie dogs and more.

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  5. Climate

    U.S. weather has gotten more pleasant, but will soon worsen

    Warmer winters have made U.S. weather more pleasant since 1974 thanks to climate change, but that will soon change.

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  6. Climate

    Climate probably stopped Mongols cold in Hungary

    Mongol cavalry was no match for cold, wet climate in medieval Hungary, researchers think.

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  7. Climate

    Climate-cooling aerosols can form from tree vapors

    Climate-cooling, cloud-seeding aerosols can form in the atmosphere without the sulfuric acid spewed from fossil fuel burning, new research suggests.

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  8. Animals

    Antibiotics in cattle leave their mark in dung

    Treating cattle with antibiotics may have side effects for dung beetles, microbes and greenhouse gases.

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  9. Astronomy

    Young sun’s super solar flares helped set early Earth up for life

    Super solar flares may have provided early Earth with planet-warming and life-building molecules.

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  10. Climate

    Zapping clouds with lasers could tweak planet’s temperature

    Breaking up the ice particles inside cirrus clouds could make them reflect more light, turning them into a tool to combat global warming.

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  11. Oceans

    The Arctic Ocean is about to get spicier

    Variations in the saltiness and temperature of seawater of the same density, called spiciness, could increase as the Arctic Ocean warms.

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  12. Health & Medicine

    Zika, psychobiotics and more in reader feedback

    Readers respond to the April 2, 2016, issue of Science News with thoughts on Zika virus, planetary science, microbes in mental health and more.

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