A Science Journal Funded by Peter Thiel Is Running Articles Dismissing Climate Change and Evolution
But Inference, which bills itself as a “quarterly review of the sciences,” was offering me a chance to write about a topic of my own choosing (subject to their approval). They also promised to pay me “appropriately” for my work, and the timing would have been great for book promotion. So I replied. While I…
If You Thought the Polar Vortex Was Bad, What’s Happening Now Is Genuinely Shocking
Temperatures in Chicago are expected to plunge 20 degrees below zero.chrip0/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A deadly cold snap is hitting the Midwest, plunging roughly 200 million people into one of the most frigid weeks on record. Parts of Iowa, Minnesota, and Illinois will see temperatures plunge up…
Here’s an Especially Terrifying New Danger from the Rise in Wildfires
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by YaleEnvironment360. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Early in the evening of August 12, 2017, heat and smoke from an intense wildfire burning in the forests of British Columbia began mushrooming skyward, sucking up ash, blazing wood and vegetation,…
Bees Are Facing Yet Another Existential Threat
Honeybees pollinate more than $15 billion worth of fruits, nuts and vegetables a year, largely in California, according to the US Department of Agriculture.Frank May/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by Reveal and produced in collaboration with the Food & Environment Reporting Network, an independent nonprofit news…
Trump’s Shutdown Has Led to a “Slow Strangling” of American Science
Approximately 90 percent of NSF’s 2,100-person workforce is furloughed, an agency spokeswoman said. At least 250 postdoctoral research fellows have gone without their stipends. The agency has had to cancel job interviews for key positions, including head of the Office of Information and Resource Management. And it was unable to send staff to a number…
While Trump Fiddles, More Americans Than Ever Are Worried About Climate Change
stockstudioX/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by The Guardian. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Americans’ concerns about climate change have surged to record levels, new polling shows, following a year marked by devastating storms, wildfires and increasingly dire warnings from scientists. A total…