Earth has a cow problem. Cow agriculture is one of the largest emitters of climate-warming methane to the atmosphere. But adding a type of red algae known for its methane-inhibiting properties to…
Category: Climate
Here’s how much climate change increases the odds of brutally hot summers
The recent, record-breaking heat waves that have scorched the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, China and southern Europe were made dramatically more likely due to human-caused climate change, researchers report July…
What’s causing this summer’s extreme heat waves?
The dog days of summer are upon us. Brutal heat waves are roasting regions around the globe, smashing records with unrelenting severity. In the southwest United States and northern Mexico, devastating heat…
Last week was the hottest ever recorded — here’s why we keep smashing records
Global temperatures are shattering records as El Niño and climate change compound. On July 3, the planet sweltered as the average global temperature reached 17.01° Celsius (62.62° Fahrenheit), the highest ever recorded,…
Canada’s Crawford Lake could mark the beginning of the Anthropocene
Scientists are one step closer to defining a new chapter in geology, one in which humans have become the dominant driver of Earth’s climate and environment. Out of 12 locations around the…
The snow forest of North America may be about to shrink
One of nature’s woody behemoths — the North American snow forest — may soon begin shrinking. The continent’s boreal forest reposes in subarctic latitudes, spanning much of Alaska and Canada. Scientists had…
Why is the North Atlantic breaking heat records?
In the past few weeks, sea-surface temperatures in some parts of the North Atlantic Ocean have soared to record heights. The anomalous warming is occurring in a large swath stretching almost one-third…
Wildfire smoke is blanketing the U.S. East Coast. It won’t be the last time
Even as the thick clouds of smoke from wildfires raging in eastern Canada, which blanketed the U.S. East Coast in a dangerous orange haze, begin to dissipate, researchers are warning it’s a…