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…
This Is How Badly Monsanto Wants Farmers to Spray Its Problematic Herbicide
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The drama (background here) surrounding Monsanto’s latest blockbuster genetically modified soybean product grinds on. The enormous seed/pesticide company announced recently that it’s offering farmers a cash reward to spray its proprietary version of an herbicide called dicamba, so long as they spray it on Monsanto’s soybeans…
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…
The 2017 Fire Season Has Been More Expensive Than Any on Record. And It’s Only Going to Get Worse.
Fire in Fallbrook, CASteven K. Doi/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by High Country News and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The 2017 fire season was the nation’s costliest, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which houses the Forest Service.…