Fed up with a lack of action on climate change, some young climate scienists are researching solar geoengineering despite pushback from other scientists. via @insideclimatenews.org
Scientists have long predicted ecosystems would shift in response to warming, with some species moving out and others moving in. But a major new study has found the rate of turnover is declining, suggesting nature may be losing its ability to self-repair.
Humans launched a record number of objects into space last year, from satellites to probes to crewed spacecraft.
Scientists see new risks in the growing number of satellites amassing overhead.
The repeal of the "endangerment finding" is unlikely to survive legal challenge, writes Harvard law professor Jody Freeman.
Regardless, she says, the climate fight needs new strategies for when the political balance shifts.
Amid a solar boom last year, China saw its emissions drop, even as demand for energy rose.
As humpback whales recover, researchers are gaining a richer understanding of these wondrous creatures.
A new study reveals it may take years for humpbacks to learn how to successfully serenade a mate.
Some manufacturers have made it deliberately hard to repair household goods, pushing consumers to buy new products rather than fix old ones.
A new E.U. directive will require companies to provide affordable repairs, helping to slash waste and emissions.
While artificial intelligence has ushered in a new era of more accurate weather forecasting, A.I. models may still struggle to predict freak storms.
This week, a historic blizzard blanketed the Northeast in snow, and a conventional weather model outperformed A.I. in predicting the storm.
Hot, dry, windy conditions are increasingly arising in multiple regions at the same time, setting the stage for simultaneous wildfires around the world, a study shows. via @vox.com
A lawsuit in France will decide if oil giant Total must curb its production of fossil fuels to keep its emissions in check. The case is being closely followed by African campaigners who are rallying against a controversial pipeline backed by the oil giant.
For years, baboons have roamed the suburbs of Cape Town, sneaking into houses in search of food.
Now, officials have a plan to rein in conflicts between the primates and people — but like most things baboon-related, it is sparking heated controversy.
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Forest clearing in the Brazilian Amazon is on pace to hit a record low this year, officials say.
Scientists have found microplastics in the bellies of Antarctic midges, the only insects found exclusively in Antarctica.
Last week, the Trump administration declared the federal government has no legal authority to regulate greenhouse gases, its latest move aimed at weakening regulations and boosting fossil fuels.
And yet, analysts continue to see waning fortunes for miners and drillers.
The hot, dry, windy conditions that gave rise to fires in Patagonia last month were made three times more likely by warming, an analysis found. via @theguardian.com
In China, the rapid buildout of wind and solar power is pushing coal into decline.
To aid the shift to renewables, China is now upgrading its vast fleet of coal plants to serve as a complement to wind and solar, rather than a source of baseload power.
Scientists say the risk of "hothouse Earth" is greater than once believed.
Warming is gaining pace, threatening a cascade of tipping points that destabilize the climate.
Russian attacks on coal and gas power plants have left Ukraine shivering during a brutal winter.
To cope, Ukraine is adding solar and wind power. While a single missile can cripple a coal plant, dozens may be needed to take out a wind farm.
For the first time in at least a century, a gray wolf has been found in Los Angeles County. Its arrival is a milestone in the return of the long-embattled predator.
As the planet warms, seas will rise around the world — but not in Greenland, where they are projected to fall by several feet, according to a new study.
President Trump has made access to Greenland’s vast reserves of minerals a focus of ongoing negotiations.
But experts say the U.S. is underestimating the challenges of finding, extracting, and transporting rare earth minerals in a rapidly warming Arctic.
As the Arctic warms and shipping traffic grows, noise from ships is interfering with the ability of narwhals to hunt and communicate. via @insideclimatenews.org
This year China's solar capacity will outstrip its coal capacity for the first time, according to an industry group.
The grasslands of western India are, in the popular imagination, the remains of woodlands lost under British rule — areas to be reforested, not conserved.
But an analysis of medieval songs and stories reveals the grasslands predate British colonization.
A rare desert plant is flourishing at a solar farm near Las Vegas, new research finds.
The study is the latest to show how, under the right circumstances, solar arrays can be a boon to nature. via @grist.org
In parts of the Arctic, polar bears are in decline as sea ice disappears.
But on the Norwegian island of Svalbard, bears have actually managed to grow more plump even as ice melts away.
With warming set to pass the critical 1.5-degree goal, scientists say the world is on course to hit tipping points — from the melting of ice sheets to the death of the Amazon rainforest — that can not be reversed.
European leaders pledged Monday to build 100 gigawatts of offshore wind, enough to power more than 50 million households.
As Europe faces a hostile Russia and an increasingly bellicose U.S., experts see deepening risks in its reliance on imported fossil fuels.
