Climate

Climate

Climate change threatens future Winter Olympics

Higher temperatures, less snow mean many former Winter Olympics sites soon will no longer qualify to host future games, concludes a new analysis.

Climate

A meteor explodes over Michigan

Here’s how scientists tracked down the source of a heavenly explosion over rural Michigan, last week.

Physics

Explainer: Winds and where they come from

Temperature and pressure are critical factors affecting why the wind blows where it does. Understanding the nature of wind can teach us a lot about weather.

Climate

Scientists at last link some extreme weather to human activities

Scientists say that research shows several of 2016’s extreme weather events would never have happened without the help of human-caused climate change.

Climate

Wacky winter dumps snow on every single U.S. state

Here’s a look at the meteorology behind the unusual winter weather that hit the United States in late 2017 and early 2018.

Earth

Giant volcanoes lurk beneath Antarctic ice

One of the largest volcanic areas on Earth was recently discovered hiding beneath West Antarctic’s ice sheet. What does it spell for the future of that ice?

Ecosystems

Here’s why scientists have been fertilizing the Arctic

For more than 30 years, scientists have been fertilizing small parcels of Arctic tundra. Here’s what happens when you push an ecosystem to the brink.

Climate

Revisit 2017’s most important stories

The year was full of major scientific events and discoveries, from the finding of a new continent to a solar eclipse witnessed by millions.

Environment

Tropics may now emit more carbon dioxide than they absorb

Analyses of satellite images suggest that degraded forests now release more carbon than they store.

Climate

Thawing mosses tell a climate change tale

Plants long entombed beneath Canadian ice are now emerging. They’re telling a story of warming unprecedented in the history of human civilization.

Earth

‘Watermelon’ snow is helping melt glaciers

Microbes that paint snow pink are accelerating the melting of ice fields in Alaska.

Tech

Is weather control a dream or nightmare?

Weather control is largely fiction for now, although people are unintentionally changing their weather. And that might not be a good thing.