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Scientists Make First-Ever Observation of Warm Water Undercutting Antarctica’s ‘Doomsday Glacier’

The climate crisis is causing ice in Antarctica to melt faster than at any other time in recorded history. And scientists just found another troubling sign for Antarctic ice. Record warm water is surging under an Antarctica glacier that’s fate is intertwined with the millions of people who live along the coast. Needless to say,…

Climate Change Dharna Noor Feb 3

“You Have No Idea How Hard I’m Fighting to Keep Politics Out of Science.” New Emails Reveal NOAA’s Turmoil During Sharpiegate

A new set of documents obtained by the Washington Post and other media outlets reveal the turmoil that shook the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) last September when President Donald Trump mistakenly tweeted that Hurricane Dorian posed a threat to Alabama. Dorian was not, in fact, a threat to the state, but that did…

Earther Jody Serrano Feb 1

US Carbon Emissions Are on Track to Fall a Shameful 4 Percent by 2050

To meet the goals set in the Paris Climate Accord and avert climate catastrophe, UN scientists say nations must cut their greenhouse gas emissions to half of their 2018 levels by 2030 and aim for net zero emissions by 2050. That means cutting emissions by 7.6 percent every year for the next decade. But according…

Climate Change Dharna Noor Jan 31

Coal May Find New Life Outside the Energy Market If This Bill Passes

Coal is dead, gone, fin. RIP, right? Well, not if Republicans have their way. It seems the GOP has accepted that coal just won’t survive in the energy market, so they’re now trying to find a place for it elsewhere in our economy. On Wednesday, Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney introduced the “Creating Opportunities and Leveraging…

Climate Change Yessenia Funes Jan 31

The Climate Crisis May Have Helped Spawn Massive Locust Swarms in East Africa

East Africa is currently plagued with locust swarms of biblical proportions, but these swarms aren’t the act of an angry god. According to UN scientists, they may be a result of the human-caused climate crisis. Hundreds of millions of these spooky creatures are flying across East Africa. The swarms are the worst to hit Ethiopia…

Earth Science Dharna Noor Jan 31

If Trump Wants His Racist Border Wall, He’ll Have to Start Taking Climate Change Seriously

Ha ha ha. Donald Trump’s impermeable wall ain’t so impermeable, after all. Not even these high walls of racist fury can withstand good ol’ Mother Nature: The Washington Post reported Thursday that the president’s beloved border wall between the U.S. and Mexico would need to leave portions wide open every summer to prevent flash floods…

Environmental Justice Yessenia Funes Jan 31

Cool Discovery Could Finally Explain Gigantic Ice Rings Found on Siberian Lake

The appearance of large ice rings on Lake Baikal in southern Siberia has confounded scientists since they were first discovered in the early 2000s. Recent investigations into the ice rings have resulted in a plausible explanation, but there’s still much to learn about these unusual features. Russia’s Lake Baikal is the world’s largest and deepest…

Earth Science George Dvorsky Jan 31

These Maps Paint a Dark Future for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge If Trump Has His Way

The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is one of the last pristine landscapes in America. Tucked along the northern border of Alaska and Canada, the nearly 20 million acres of wilderness is home to a variety of wildlife species, including the Porcupine caribou herd, which visits the refuge’s coastal plain every summer where mothers give birth…

Environmental Justice Yessenia Funes Jan 31

‘Goosebumps’: Researchers Capture First Video From Under Antarctica’s Most Endangered Glacier

Thwaites Glacier is one of the most remote parts of the Antarctic (which is saying a lot) and yet its fate is intimately tied with millions of people around the world. The glacier is the bulwark against ice stored on West Antarctica. If it collapses, it could destabilize the region’s ice and send sea levels…

Climate Change Brian Kahn Jan 30

EPA Is Getting Sued Over the Toxic Chemicals Used To Clean Up Oil Spills

Ten years ago, BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded, spilling 200 million gallons of crude into the Gulf of Mexico. It was the worst oil spill in history. In the months following, emergency responders dumped millions of gallons of chemical dispersants into the Gulf to help clean up the spill, but that didn’t get rid…

Environmental Justice Dharna Noor Jan 30

Pablo Escobar’s Horny Hippos Won’t Stop Shitting All Over Colombia

When the Colombian National Police killed cocaine kingpin and narcoterrorist Pablo Escobar in 1993, they seized his enormous estate, including his sculpture garden, car collection, small airports, and personal zoo. They shipped most of the zoo animals off to other zoos, but they left dude’s four hippos to fend for themselves. But then those hippos…

Conservation Dharna Noor Jan 30

An Intense Heat Wave Has Fire Danger Rising Again in Australia

Australia just can’t seem to catch a break. The Bureau of Meteorology issued a severe weather update Thursday noting that the current heat wave that began on the northwestern part of the continent earlier this week is making its way southeast, toward the region where the bushfires continue to burn. This is bad, bad news…

Earth Science Yessenia Funes Jan 30

The Climate Crisis Is About Right and Wrong

The World Economic Forum’s annual Davos gathering gives world leaders and rich people the chance to talk about their worst ideas and beliefs. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin really took the cake this year. While Greta Thunberg was explaining the urgent need to phase the global economy out of fossil fuels, noted asshole Mnuchin was defending…

Climate Change Dharna Noor Jan 30

Women Face ‘Pervasive’ Violence in the Face of the Environmental Crisis, Report Finds

Environmental destruction like deforestation, mining, and climate change aren’t just bad for ecosystems. They pose serious risks to women around the world, and a new report shows just how pervasive and even deadly those risks are. I’m talking about some of the most egregious forms of violence there are: sexual assault, human trafficking, and death.…

Environmental Justice Yessenia Funes Jan 29

How Likely Is The Worst-Case Climate Scenario?

As a climate reporter, I’m not used to reporting any remotely good news on a global scale. But according to a new comment in Nature, things might be looking up a bit. This (potential) good news is super technical, but it’s also super important. To describe the future of our planet under different circumstances, climate…

Climate Change Dharna Noor Jan 29

French Oil Giant Ranked As Climate Leader the Same Week It’s Sued for Climate Negligence

A group of local governments and nonprofits in France filed an unprecedented suit against Total SA on Tuesday. They say Total isn’t doing nearly enough to take the existential threat of climate change seriously. It’s the latest in an increasingly crowded litigation space that has seen oil companies so far avoid any repercussions for wreaking…

Climate Change Dharna Noor Jan 29

A New Type of Aurora Has Been Discovered by Citizen Scientists

A collaboration between physicists and citizen scientists has led to the discovery of a previously unknown form of Northern Lights. Dubbed “the dunes,” the spectacular auroral form is providing new insights into Earth’s upper atmosphere. New research published today in AGU Advances describes the auroral dunes, which appear as undulating, green-tinged waves in the night…

Earth Science George Dvorsky Jan 28

Over 55 Climate Scientists Call BS on Joe Biden’s Claim No Scientists Support Bernie Sanders’ Climate Plan

Over 55 scientists have signed an open letter rebuking Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden’s claim that the climate plan rival contender Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders supports, the Green New Deal, isn’t supported by anyone in the scientific field. Sanders has proposed spending $16.3 trillion through 2030 to radically reshape the U.S.…

Climate Change Tom McKay Jan 28

Powerful Earthquake Jolts Caribbean Near Jamaica

On Tuesday afternoon, a major magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck off the coast of Jamaica. The shaking could reportedly be felt on land and tsunami warnings went up for Belize, the Cayman Islands, Cuba, Honduras, Mexico, and Jamaica. The U.S. Geological Survey issued a report on the quake just before 2:30 p.m. local time. It was…

Earth Science Brian Kahn Jan 28

Australia’s Bushfire Crisis Has Spread to the Nation’s Capital

Bushfires are still scorching Australia and the crisis is far from over. On Tuesday, a bushfire dubbed the Orroral Fire started in a national park near the capital city of Canberra quadrupled in size and quickly grew by hundreds of acres an hour. The latest update from the New South Wales Rural Fire Service shows…

Climate Change Dharna Noor Jan 28

Scientists Make First-Ever Observation of Warm Water Undercutting Antarctica’s ‘Doomsday Glacier’

“You Have No Idea How Hard I’m Fighting to Keep Politics Out of Science.” New Emails Reveal NOAA’s Turmoil During Sharpiegate

US Carbon Emissions Are on Track to Fall a Shameful 4 Percent by 2050

Coal May Find New Life Outside the Energy Market If This Bill Passes

The Climate Crisis May Have Helped Spawn Massive Locust Swarms in East Africa

If Trump Wants His Racist Border Wall, He’ll Have to Start Taking Climate Change Seriously

Cool Discovery Could Finally Explain Gigantic Ice Rings Found on Siberian Lake

These Maps Paint a Dark Future for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge If Trump Has His Way

‘Goosebumps’: Researchers Capture First Video From Under Antarctica’s Most Endangered Glacier

EPA Is Getting Sued Over the Toxic Chemicals Used To Clean Up Oil Spills

Pablo Escobar’s Horny Hippos Won’t Stop Shitting All Over Colombia

An Intense Heat Wave Has Fire Danger Rising Again in Australia

The Climate Crisis Is About Right and Wrong

Women Face ‘Pervasive’ Violence in the Face of the Environmental Crisis, Report Finds

How Likely Is The Worst-Case Climate Scenario?

French Oil Giant Ranked As Climate Leader the Same Week It’s Sued for Climate Negligence

A New Type of Aurora Has Been Discovered by Citizen Scientists

Over 55 Climate Scientists Call BS on Joe Biden’s Claim No Scientists Support Bernie Sanders’ Climate Plan

Powerful Earthquake Jolts Caribbean Near Jamaica

Australia’s Bushfire Crisis Has Spread to the Nation’s Capital

FCC Exempts Netgear from Foreign-Made Router Ban For Some Reason

Jamie Dornan Is Your New Aragorn in ‘The Hunt for Gollum’

Trump’s Fed Pick Is Knee Deep in Tech and Crypto Investments

The First Trailer for ‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ Takes Terror Stateside

The Trump Phone Still Looks Like Total Trash

‘Masters of the Universe’ Really, Really Wants to Be the Next ‘Barbie’

Samsung’s Micro RGB TVs Provide So Much Color It May Be Too Much

The Crypto Bros Want to Get Their Hands on Anthropic’s ‘Super Dangerous’ Model

Sony Inzone H6 Air Review: A Perfect Case for Open-Back Gaming Headsets

Anker’s EufyMake E1 Finally Brings Printers Out of the Dark Ages

The Soundboks Mix Is Going to Make You the Most Popular Guy at the Park

Asus Zenbook A16 Review: Start Considering Snapdragon on PC, for Real

Aqara Thermostat Hub W200 Review: Almost Better than My Ecobee

HP Omen Max 45L Review: 4K60 Gaming Has Never Been So Easy

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