Dec 11 The Arctic is experiencing its ‘most unprecedented transition in history.’ Here’s why By Nsikan Akpan 2018 is the second warmest year for the Arctic in a century, plus other takeaways from this year's Arctic Report Card. Continue reading
Dec 10 These 2017 weather disasters were worsened by climate change By Nsikan Akpan Extreme weather in one region often begets weather disasters on a global scale, which is one theme that runs through this year's "Explaining Extreme Events from a Climate Perspective" report. Continue reading
Dec 10 When these frogs move to cities, they change the way they flirt By Vicky Stein As more humans move into concrete jungles, other animals, like túngara frogs, are joining them — and adjusting their behaviors along the way. Continue reading
Dec 09 Watch 4:40 U.S., China tension take center stage at UN climate talks On Monday, diplomats from 200 countries will arrive at a United Nations led meeting in Poland to try to figure out how to implement the Paris Agreement on climate adaptations. But as Somini Sengupta reports for The New York Times,… Continue watching
Dec 09 Watch 8:45 Brexit may divert power from these ocean energy advances By Hari Sreenivasan, Sam Weber, Connie Kargbo As Scotland moves ahead with bringing tidal energy from an emerging technology to a commercial reality, Brexit could shake up the ocean power industry. To end a two-part series on advances in this field, Hari Sreenivasan heads to an ocean… Continue watching
Dec 09 Freshwater is getting saltier, threatening people and wildlife By Tim Vernimmen, Scientific American Road de-icing, industrial activity and other culprits are pushing salt levels in rivers and streams to alarming levels. Continue reading
Dec 06 Why coastal Carolina may never recover from its intensifying hurricanes By Nsikan Akpan Coastal hurricanes are leaving behind toxic algal blooms, a new silent threat to water quality. It is one of three ways that these storms are changing North Carolina for good. Continue reading
Dec 05 Watch 7:51 The robots are coming. Will they work with us? In the latest installment of our Future of Work series, Miles O’Brien visits MIT’s Interactive Robotics Laboratory to understand the “new species” of robots scientists are designing to work alongside humans safely. Though the devices often excel at repetitive tasks,… Continue watching
Dec 05 Opinion: WhatsApp skewed Brazilian election, showing social media’s danger to democracy By Luca Belli, The Conversation Brazil’s WhatsApp election scandal should be a wake-up call particularly for other developing world democracies. Continue reading
Dec 05 Greenland’s ice sheet is melting at its fastest rate in 350 years By Yale Environment 360 “From a historical perspective, today’s melt rates are off the charts.”… Continue reading