“These rivers are pretty much untouched, and yet this is happening here. It’s a new reality of climate change.”
Category Archives: Nature
New Map Reveals Where This ‘Super’ El Niño Will Hit Hardest, and It’s Not Pretty
The strongest El Niño on record will shift weather patterns across the globe, but some places will be hit harder than others.
How Vulnerable Is the US if This Super El Niño Hits as Hard as Predicted?
The strongest El Niño on record has arrived. Experts worry the U.S. isn’t prepared for its impacts.
178 Fossil Fuel Giants Have Already Locked In Centuries of Warming
Even if they stopped emitting tomorrow, their past emissions will keep raising global temperatures, new research shows.
This Super El Niño Could Cause 3,500 Extra Deaths in the US, Report Warns
A new report describes this year’s El Niño as a “postcard from the future,” delivering unusually warm temperatures that will become normal in just a few decades.
Something Deep Inside Earth Keeps Messing With the Length of Our Days
One Earth day rarely adds up to exactly 24 hours. Scientists found one (of many) reasons why.
Humanity Could Irreversibly Alter Earth After Breaching 7 of 9 Safe Limits, Scientists Warn
A planetary “health check” shows that many of Earth’s critical systems have entered dangerous territory.
Early Earth Was a Molten, Asteroid-Blasted Hellscape. Scientists Now Know When That Changed
A new study narrows the timeline for the emergence of life on Earth.
A Nor’easter in September? Here’s When and Where It Could Hit
Forecasters are eyeing a potentially strong nor’easter that could hit later this week.
Geologists Are Hunting for Camouflaged ‘Rock Glaciers’ Vital to Global Freshwater Supplies
A new study of found hidden glaciers equivalent to “roughly 600 Olympic-sized swimming pools,” and its secrets may help fight future droughts.
North Korea’s Underground Nuclear Tests Are Reactivating Dormant Earthquake Fault Lines
Scientists recorded 1,399 local quakes since North Korea began its underground nuclear tests—a spike unlike anything the region has seen since seismic activity was first catalogued there.
This Atlantic Hurricane Season Could Break a Record That Has Stood for 175 Years
Not a single hurricane has formed in the Atlantic basin yet this year.
Satellites Reveal America’s Top 15 Methane Super-Emitters
A new report ranks the highest emitting methane sources from three major oil and gas basins in the U.S.
The South Can’t Shake This Record-Breaking Heat. Here’s Why
The strongest heat dome on the planet is currently smothering the southern United States.
This Lake Was the Last of Its Kind in Canada. And It Just Vanished
The breakup of Canada’s last intact ice shelf caused the freshwater lake to drain away in just a few months.
El Niño Is Just a Fraction of a Degree Away From Becoming the Strongest on Record
Sea surface temperatures in a key region of the tropical Pacific are on the cusp of history.
Earth May Be Hoarding a Secret Water Stash 1,800 Miles Beneath Our Feet
The water, should it exist, dates back to our planet’s earliest days.
Polar Ice Sheets Have Lost 11 Trillion Tons of Ice—and ‘Speeding’ Glaciers Are Driving the Loss
New research suggests that Antarctica and Greenland have lost more than 11 trillion tons of ice since the 1970s, and the main driver isn’t surface melting.
You Won’t Believe What People Dropped Into Yellowstone’s Hydrothermal Vents This Year
“Among all that debris have been a lot of interesting items, some wacky, some yucky, and others… puzzling?”
Scientists Say Antarctica’s Lost ‘Supermountains’ May Have Fueled an Explosion of Life on Earth
Millions of years ago, continental collisions created enormous mountains in what’s now Antarctica. As they eroded, Earth’s life thrived from their nutrient-rich deposits.