Thousands of UK Students Skipped School Today to Demand Action on Climate Change
Kids in the U.K. skipped school Friday—all in the name of saving the world.
Greenland's Melt Will Drive Up Sea Levels…But Also Give Us Sand
Greenland is rapidly melting. Blame it on climate change. This is no good news, but a new paper points out an…
Russian Authorities Declare State of Emergency After 'Mass Invasion' of Polar Bears in Remote Settlement
Russian authorities have declared a state of emergency in the remote, sparsely populated Novaya Zemlya islands in the…
Spooky New Photos Show the Alien Creatures of the Deep Ocean
The research vessel Falkor has recently completed a three-week mission off the coast of Costa Rica, during which it…
AOC Just Dropped Her Green New Deal Proposal—Here's What's Inside
The first draft of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s hotly-anticipated Green New Deal proposal has finally arrived—and it’s…
Key West Votes to Ban Sunscreens That Harm Coral Reefs
Skincare aficionados and beachgoers alike may have to think twice before slathering on their favorite sunscreen if…
America Had a Wet, Hot 2018
On Tuesday, NOAA and NASA released their much-anticipated analyses of global climate trends for 2018. As we expected,…
Michigan's New Governor Issues Orders to Bring Justice to Flint
Rhonda Anderson has spent the last eight years feeling hopeless about environmental issues. As the regional organizer…
Climate Change Is Causing Earth's Oceans to Change Color
Climate change is turning the planet into something alien. As a striking case in point, a new study predicts that the…
Students Are Preparing for the First Major U.S. Climate Strike Next Month
Alexandria Villasenor doesn’t remember a world without climate change. When she was eight, Folsom Lake, the reservoir…
January Was Officially Australia's Hottest Month Ever
Australia had an intense January, complete with heat waves, wildfires, jelly invasions, and seriously sweaty nights. So…
An 'Unprecedented' Epidemic Is Wiping Out the West Coast's Sea Stars
In 2013, marine scientists witnessed a real-life, aquatic version of Contagion. Over the summer, divers in Monterey,…
Kamala Harris Is All in on the Green New Deal
Support for a Green New Deal is quickly becoming the climate litmus test for Democratic presidential hopefuls. In a CNN…
Tasmania Is Burning Up and Things Could Get Worse This Week
Australia’s blistering heat wave began in December and has only intensified since then. So far the country has had recor…
Bounty Hunters, Monkey Clones, and the Green New Deal: Best Gizmodo Stories of the Week
January 2019 is nearly over and—for now—so is the month-plus federal government shutdown that blanketed national parks i…
Australia Continues to Fry Under Scorching Heat Waves
The second heat wave in two weeks in Southern Australia continued to punish the region, with temperatures in Melbourne…
Record-Setting Ice Hole Drilled in Antarctica
Using a hot-water drill, British scientists have dug a 7,060-foot borehole through the Antarctic ice sheet. The…
The Wild Dunes of Indiana Are in a Fight to Survive
Indiana is better known for sprawling suburbs and cornfields, but near the shores of Lake Michigan, these landscapes…
The U.S. Government Needs to Start Taking Climate-Fueled Migration Seriously, GAO Warns
A number of U.S. departments that work overseas have been dealing with a serious problem since Donald Trump took…
How MLK’s Vision Helped Lay the Groundwork For a Green New Deal
More than 50 years have passed since the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Since then, we’ve come a long way…