Apr 04 Watch 7:30 UN climate report warns governments are falling short on lowering planet's temperature By William Brangham, Alexis Cox, Tommy Walters The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change laid out its latest report Monday stressing the critical need to implement dramatic cuts in greenhouse gasses to head off the worst impacts of climate change. Dave Roberts writes a newsletter and… Continue watching
Apr 04 We have the tools to save the planet from climate change. Politics is getting in the way, new IPCC report says By Isabella Isaacs-Thomas The report itself was delayed by negotiations over language and key issues, illustrating how each nation's priorities can thwart timely progress. Continue reading
Apr 04 WATCH: IPCC warns Earth is 'firmly on track toward an unlivable world' By Frank Jordans, Seth Borenstein, Associated Press A new report from the UN's top body of climate scientists is warning that temperatures will go beyond a key danger point unless countries worldwide cut greenhouse emissions faster than they are currently committed to doing. Continue reading
Apr 01 How scientists finally completed the human genomic puzzle By Gabrielle Hartley, The Conversation When the Human Genome Project announced that they had completed the first human genome in 2003, it came with a catch — they weren’t actually able to put together all the genetic information. There were gaps: unfilled, often repetitive regions… Continue reading
Mar 31 WATCH: NASA astronomer discusses new star discovery by Hubble telescope By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press Astronomers have discovered the farthest star yet, a super-hot, super-bright giant that formed nearly 13 billion years ago at the dawn of the cosmos. Continue reading
Mar 30 Move over, Icarus. Hubble finds Earendel, the farthest star from Earth By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press Astronomers have discovered the farthest star yet, a super-hot, super-bright giant that formed nearly 13 billion years ago at the dawn of the cosmos. Continue reading
Mar 30 NASA astronaut returns to Earth, ending record-breaking spaceflight By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press A NASA astronaut is back on Earth after a yearlong, record-setting spaceflight. Continue reading
Mar 25 How did vampire bats get a taste for blood? Scientists have drawn the answer By Christina Larson, Associated Press Scientists have figured out why vampire bats are the only mammals that can survive on a diet of just blood. Continue reading
Mar 25 East Antarctica ice shelf size of New York City collapses amid accelerated melt By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press Scientists are concerned because an ice shelf the size of New York City collapsed in East Antarctica, an area that had long been thought to be stable. Continue reading
Mar 25 When it comes to sucking up carbon emissions, 'the ocean has been forgiving.' That might not last By Isabella Isaacs-Thomas The ocean helps relieve our atmosphere of a lot of the excess carbon dioxide we've pumped into it. Here's how its "twilight zone" makes that happen, and how the impacts of climate change make it harder for the ocean to… Continue reading