Migratory seabird deaths linked to hurricanes
Stronger and more frequent hurricanes may pose a new threat to the sooty tern, a species of migratory seabird found throughout the Caribbean and Mid-Atlantic, a new study reveals. Although sooty terns are neither rare nor endangered, they have long been used by scientists as an indicator species to determine the health of the region’s marine environment.
Glaciers Rapidly Shrinking and Disappearing: 50 Years of Glacier Change in Montana
It’s now “inevitable” that the contiguous United States will lose all of its glaciers within a matter of decades, according to scientists who have revealed the precipitous shrinkage of dozens of glaciers in Montana.
Change in a Major Pacific Weather Pattern Will Likely Intensify Warming
The Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation (IPO), a major atmospheric and meteorological pattern in the mid-Pacific Ocean, is now switching into a positive phase that will likely boost Pacific Ocean temperatures and accelerate global warming, according to new research.
Striking Photos Show The People v. Climate Change; National Geographic
An incredibly complex web of cause and effect that’s global in scope, climate change is like light itself: enormously present, yet difficult to directly perceive. The Your Shot community shared their best photos in response to our #MyClimateAction challenge.
Trump wants to leave the Paris agreement. That would be a huge mistake.
Trump is getting closer to exiting the Paris climate agreement. But, even if Trump announces his intention to withdraw, the lengthy divorce process and other stipulations in the deal mean that the U.S. would remain in the pact at least until November 2020 — around the same date as the next U.S. presidential election.
The great climate silence: we are on the edge of the abyss but we ignore it
Our best scientists tell us insistently that a calamity is unfolding, that the life-support systems of the Earth are being damaged in ways that threaten our survival. Yet in the face of these facts we carry on as usual. So today the greatest tragedy is the absence of a sense of the tragedy.
The Battle Against Trump’s Assault on Climate Is Moving to the Courts
As the Trump administration sets about dismantling the Obama legacy on climate change and energy, the legal struggle is intensifying. Trump’s team faces major obstacles, including lawsuits by states and activists and a key Supreme Court ruling on greenhouse gases.
Believe you can stop climate change and you will
If we believe that we can personally help stop climate change with individual actions — such as turning the thermostat down — then we are more likely to make a difference, according to new research.
Climate March draws massive crowd to D.C. in sweltering heat
On what could be a record-hot day, tens of thousands of demonstrators assembled in Washington on Saturday for the next installment of the regular protests that now mark the Trump era.