Climate

Environment

Is climate change fanning megafires?

Climate studies predict that a warmer world will up the risk of megafires. Now, scientists are studying real blazes for the fingerprint of a warming climate.

Climate

Eastern Pacific records its most energetic hurricane season

The eastern Pacific Ocean has been cranking out storms. Now it’s reached its most active season on record.

Climate

Fingerprint of climate change shows up in some extreme weather

Scientists have long predicted that climate change will worsen extreme weather. Now, they have tools to help measure that impact.

Science & Society

Half a degree can make a world of difference

Limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius versus 2 has big benefits, says a new report from the IPCC.

Climate

Explainer: The furious eye(wall) of a hurricane or typhoon

The eyewall is the most intense part of a hurricane. Here’s what drives its fury.

Climate

Hurricane Michael slams into Florida, then speeds north

The 2018 hurricane season just brought Michael, another rapidly strengthening hurricane, to the U.S. coast. This one hit land with surprising power.

Climate

Wilder wildfires? Computing helps predict their path and fury

Math probes how wildfires feed on the air around them to erupt into devastating conflagrations.

Climate

Is Hurricane Florence one sign of new climate trend?

Despite making landfall as a mere Category 1 tempest, Hurricane Florence proved a beast. And there were warnings it would be as it rapidly strengthened at sea.

Science & Society

Climate change sets people on the move

As their homelands experience uncomfortable changes to weather, many people have begun migrating to places with a better climate.

Earth

Scientists find an easier way to trap carbon dioxide in rock

Scientists have found a much faster and easier way to trap CO2 in minerals. If they can scale it up, it might one day help to slow climate change.

Earth

Explainer: Where fossil fuels come from

Despite one oil company famously using an Apatosaurus as its logo, oil, gas and coal don’t come from dinosaurs. They do, however, come from a long time ago.

Earth

Explainer: CO₂ and other greenhouse gases

Carbon dioxide is just one of several chemicals that contribute to the greenhouse effect. Nitrous oxide, methane and CFCs are other big contributors.