A lot fewer emperor penguins next year. “Catastrophic breeding failure.”
The British Antarctic Survey reports on one consequence of thinning sea ice after one of the warmest winters on record. Out of five known breeding […]
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Texas expects record-setting power usage this week.
Reuters reports on a hot, hot summer that is pulling more electricity from the Texas state grid than ever before: AccuWeather forecast high temperatures in […]
SONG: In the Years Before A/C
SONG: “In the Years Before A/C” [Download] . ARTIST: grant. SOURCE: National Park Service, 1 May 2023, “National Park archeologists find remains of an underwater […]
Volcanic bacteria can eat CO2. Lots of it, and fast.
The Guardian introduces us to a new group of cyanobacteria that live in volcanic hot springs in Italy and America’s Rocky Mountains and that feast […]
Baseball hitters are getting more home runs, thanks to climate change.
Science reports on some unexpected consequences of a slightly warmer planet. In the statistics-heavy game of baseball, hitters have been averaging more home runs than […]
Despite their public stance, Exxon’s internal science team had a clear view on climate change.
Ars Technica looks at the way Exxon executives decided to bury their own company’s very accurate findings on petroleum and climate: Exxon’s scientific climate work […]
Greenland is melting faster than we thought, and the sea is rising in response.
Science News reveals the discovery of ice flows off Greenland’s melting that had been hidden until now. Researchers say the amount of sea-level rise due […]
Mammal ancestors survived a mass extinction – but got killed off by drought.
Live Science considers the fate of the shovel lizard Lystrosaurus, a plant-eating creature from 251 million years ago who survived the Permian-Triassic mass extinction, but […]
Gas flares don’t burn off as much methane as they should – to the tune of 3 million cars’ worth of pollution.
Science News looks gas flares, the open flames used to burn off leaking natural gas and to convert methane to CO2 directly at oil fields. […]
SONG: False Social Reality
SONG: “False Social Reality” [Download] . ARTIST: grant. SOURCE: Nature Communications 23 Aug 2022, “Americans experience a false social reality by underestimating popular climate policy […]
“False social reality”: More people care about climate change than you think. A LOT more.
Nature looks at a “false social reality” that shapes our government policy – a persistent, mistaken belief across the population that underestimates support for climate-change […]
Sunken megaliths revealed by Spanish drought.
The Guardian reports on a crisis for Spanish farmers and water utilities that has turned into a boon for archaeologists – and tourists – as […]
Reptiles evolve to conquer climate change, again and again (when they didn’t all die).
Jerusalem Post covers research by Harvard University, University of Alberta, and North Carolina Museum of Natural History that reveals the long history of reptiles, who […]
Saving the beach with some stick-and-palm-frond engineering.
Reuters reports from Senegal on a new anti-erosion project that uses dirt-cheap, pollution-free materials to defend an island from Atlantic swells that threaten to wash […]
Polar bears without sea ice (a story of hope).
Nature reports on polar bears who appear to be adapting to climate change by altering their hunting strategies to survive in a world without sea […]