Arctic Temperatures Are Rising So Fast Computers Don’t Believe They’re Real
Early this month, while preparing a report on US climate, experts at the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) noticed something odd: They were missing data from Utqiaġvik for all of 2017, and some of 2016. It turns out the temperatures recorded at Utqiaġvik over that time were warmer than had ever seen before. So…
Study: Fracking Can Stunt the Growth of Your Baby
Kanawa_Studio/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The practice of drilling into the ground to release natural gas—known as hydraulic fracturing or fracking—first made national headlines in 2011 when drinking water taps in fracking towns in Pennsylvania began catching fire because flammable methane was seeping into water supplies. Since then, fracking has been linked…
Trump Doesn’t Care About Climate Change. But a New Study Explains Why the Business Community Should.
This story was originally published by HuffPost and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Surging temperatures and risings seas already threaten to upend industries from real estate to agriculture to insurance, leaving coastal properties swamped, outdoor workers overheated, and policies vulnerable to catastrophic new risks. Add manufacturing to that list. One extra day of temperatures above 90 degrees Fahrenheit…
Add Alaska Native Tribes to the Long List of Casualties From the Republican Tax Plan
Art Wolfe/Zuma Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by The Guardian and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. For tribal people in northern Alaska, a Republican tax overhaul that was hastily cobbled together in congressional backrooms 3,000 miles away has raised fears that their entire way of life…
In Texas, a Slow, Grinding, Frustrating Recovery 3 Months After Harvey
A man stands in his still damaged home the week before ThanksgivingDavid J. Phillip/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Three months after Hurricane Harvey made landfall as a Category 4 storm in Rockport, Texas, bringing four feet of rain to Houston and the surrounding area, the recovery process for those who live…
Bitcoin Is Terrible for the Environment
Imago/Zuma Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by New Republic and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. “Bitcoin is the World’s Hottest Currency, but No One’s Using It,” the Wall Street Journal proclaimed on Saturday. The day prior, the digital currency had surged past $10,000 per coin—and then past $11,000, too. But…