The Big Apocalyptic Bird Story Everyone Read This Week May Have Missed Some Necessary Nuance
Patrick Pleul/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images This story was originally published by Undark and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. When a major new study on North American bird populations appeared in the journal Science last week, it included all the trappings of a typical scientific paper, along with one, less conventional addition: The study also came with its own…
Tufted Puffins, Gray Wolves, and Grizzlies: 9 Species Likely Screwed Thanks to Trump’s Endangered Species Rollbacks
A grey wolfDennis Fast/Zuma Trump’s war on wildlife continued this week when new rules went into effect that weaken protections for plants and animals listed under the Endangered Species Act, a powerful environmental law responsible for saving the bald eagle, humpback whale, and brown pelican from extinction. The Trump administration announced the final set of rules last…
Arctic Ice Is Melting Faster Than Expected. These Scientists Have a Radical Idea to Save It.
Krista Kahl/Ice911 Tiny glass beads might seem an unlikely hero in the fight against climate change, but they may end up playing an outsize role in tackling one of the natural world’s most dire predicaments. A group of researchers have found that millions of these spheres spread in a layer across swaths of Arctic ice…
Rising Seas Aren’t Even the Scariest Part of Climate Change in the Oceans
Mlenny, Getty Climate change has already taken an irreversible toll on our oceans and frozen places, warns a major new report from the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Much of the carbon pollution we’ve pumped into the air has gone directly into the world’s seas: They have absorbed 90 percent of the excess heat from the…
Listen to Greta Thunberg’s Searing Testimony to the United Nations
(Drew Angerer/Getty) Sixteen-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg delivered a searing statement to world leaders at Monday’s United Nations Climate Action Summit in New York. “You are still not mature enough to tell it like it is,” Thunberg said, her voice shaking. “You are failing us, but the young people are starting to understand your…
World Leaders Are Gathering for a UN Climate Summit Today
Album/ZUMA This story was originally published by The Guardian and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The world may have hit a hopeful “turning point” in the struggle to tackle the climate crisis despite escalating greenhouse gas emissions and the recalcitrance of major emitters Brazil and the US, according to the United Nations secretary general. On Sunday,…