Climate
- Climate
Explainer: Why a tornado forms
Tornadoes start with a thunderstorm. But they also require other ingredients, such as instability.
- Environment
Fungi as carbon keepers
A common type of fungus stores most of a forest floor’s carbon underground.
- Ecosystems
Predators as climate helpers
In lakes and streams, fish and insects can help protect aquatic plants that gobble up greenhouse gas.
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- Climate
Climate’s troublesome kids
The recurring climate events El Niño and La Niña trigger long-lived changes to weather around the world.
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- Chemistry
Explainer: Ocean acidification
Here’s why shellfish and other animals in the sea suffer when the ocean is forced to absorb too much carbon dioxide.
- Climate
The high life
The sky is full of microscopic life, some of which might even trigger rain or snow.
- Climate
Evolution of a Frankenstorm
Huge, late October hurricane turned into a superstorm that savaged much of the eastern United States.
- Climate
Watching our seas rise
Satellites, coral reefs, ancient Roman fishponds and sinking cities help us understand how humans are changing sea level.
- Climate
Seal scientists
Elephant seals help climate scientists understand deepwater heating around Antarctica.
- Climate
A record Arctic melt
Satellites show summer 2012 sea ice covering the Arctic Ocean shrunk to a record low.
