Climate

Climate

Arctic sea ice may melt faster in coming years due to shifting winds

A complex dance between Arctic wind patterns and the Atlantic has limited the flow of warmer water north in recent years. That may be about to change.

Climate

Emperor penguins lost thousands of chicks to melting ice last year

In 2022, groups of emperor penguins in western Antarctica lost almost all their chicks to receding sea ice, signaling the threat of climate change.

Climate

How one device could help transform our power grid

As coal-fired power plants are retired, grid-forming inverters may be key to a future that relies on solar and wind power.

Climate

Some leaves in tropical forests may be getting too hot for photosynthesis

Climate change may be forcing some tropical leaves to stop photosynthesis and die. It’s still unclear what effect this will have on entire forests.

Climate

Nature’s changing colors makes climate change visible

The world’s color palette is shifting in response to climate change. Seeing these changes in nature firsthand is a powerful communication tool.

Plants

The fastest-evolving moss in the world may not adapt to climate change

The genus Takakia has the largest number of fast-evolving genes of any moss, a study finds. But it’s losing ground in the warming Himalayas.

Climate

Extreme ocean heat off Florida has ebbed. But for marine life, the danger remains

After the recent heat wave, corals have received too much heat too early in the summer, and other sea life could see lingering effects too.

Climate

Extreme heat taxes the body in many ways. Here’s how

Climate change is bringing longer, humid heat waves and hotter nights. Here's how our bodies try to beat the heat and what happens when they can't.

Health & Medicine

Climate change puts children’s health at risk now and in the future

Heat waves, wildfires and other climate-related effects on the environment are particularly hard on children’s physical and mental health.

Climate

July 2023 nailed an unfortunate world record: hottest month ever recorded

Roughly 6.5 billion people, or 4 out of 5 humans, felt the touch of climate change via hotter temperatures during July.

Climate

Cow poop emits climate-warming methane. Adding red algae may help

Adding a type of methane-inhibiting red algae directly to cow feces cut down methane emission from the poop by about 44 percent, researchers report.

Climate

Here’s how much climate change increases the odds of brutally hot summers

Climate change made 2023’s record-breaking heat waves in the United States, Mexico, China and southern Europe much more likely, new simulations show.