EartherClimate ChangeEartherClimate ChangeBillions Of People Could Face Unlivable Temperatures By 2100, Study FindsBy 2100, about 22% of the world will be pushed out of a "climate niche" where humans can thrive, new research finds.ByAngely MercadoPublishedMay 24, 2023Comments (11)
EartherEnvironmental JusticeEartherEnvironmental JusticeThe Laws That Took Down Mobsters Are Being Turned Against Big OilCities in New Jersey and Puerto Rico say oil companies are behind a conspiracy to deceive the public.ByKate Yoder, GristPublishedMay 20, 2023Comments (6)
EartherEarth ScienceEartherEarth ScienceEl Niño Is Coming—and Global Economies Could Lose TrillionsEl Niño's effects on GDP worldwide can be felt for years after the climactic shift is over, a new study finds.ByAngely MercadoPublishedMay 18, 2023Comments (6)
EartherClimate ChangeEartherClimate ChangeAn Early Heat Wave Is Roasting the Pacific NorthwestIf this is a sign of what's to come, the U.S. West is in for another dangerously hot summer.ByAngely MercadoPublishedMay 15, 2023Comments (18)
EartherEarth ScienceEartherEarth ScienceAll Signs Point to El NiñoAfter three years of La Niña, changes are afoot. Here's what an El Niño would mean for weather across the U.S.ByAngely MercadoPublishedMay 2, 2023Comments (15)
EartherClimate ChangeEartherClimate ChangeStudy Finds Shockingly Fast Sea Level Rise Around U.S. Southeast and Gulf CoastThe U.S. coastline is changing rapidly, as new research shows.ByAngely MercadoPublishedApril 10, 2023Comments (33)
EartherClimate ChangeEartherClimate ChangeClimate Change Is Making Baseball WorseBaseball players are hitting more home runs. Is it sheer talent, or warmer air?ByLauren LefferPublishedApril 7, 2023Comments (27)
EartherClimate ChangeEartherClimate ChangeSee Stunning Photos of How Climate Change Is Altering Our WorldThese winning photos are part of a campaign to force Canon to change its tune on climate.ByMolly TaftPublishedMarch 27, 2023Comments (2)
EartherClimate ChangeEartherClimate ChangeNew IPCC Report: ‘Rapidly Closing Window of Opportunity’ to Reverse Climate ChangeThe new Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report is a "survival guide for humanity."ByMolly TaftUpdatedMarch 21, 2023Comments (45)
EartherClimate ChangeEartherClimate ChangeTexas Education Officials Want to Rewrite Climate Science in State TextbooksInstead of connecting global warming to rising emissions, conservatives in the state want schools to ascribe the…ByAngely MercadoPublishedMarch 16, 2023Comments (21)
EartherEnergyEartherEnergy2022's Emissions Tell the Story of a Hot, Violent YearAn increase in renewables staved off the worst-case scenario, but emissions still rose thanks to extreme weather and…ByAngely MercadoPublishedMarch 2, 2023Comments (2)
EartherClimate ChangeEartherClimate ChangeCool It, George Soros (Not Literally)The billionaire expressed interest in geoengineering to block sunlight, as scientists cautiously advise more…ByMolly TaftPublishedMarch 1, 2023Comments (29)
EartherEarth ScienceEartherEarth ScienceResearchers Observe Large Cracks Throughout Antarctica's 'Doomsday Glacier'A robot swam under Thwaites glacier and found that melting is happening faster in these cracks.ByAngely MercadoPublishedFebruary 16, 2023Comments (14)
EartherClimate ChangeEartherClimate ChangeEco-Crime Pays: New Scheme Lets You Trade ‘Industrial Sabotage’ for Carbon CreditsFinally, amid all the greenwashing and vague tree-planting plans, there's a way to monetize blowing up a pipeline.ByLauren LefferPublishedFebruary 15, 2023Comments (22)
EartherClimate ChangeEartherClimate ChangePhysicists Propose Blasting Moon Dust Into Space to Fix Climate ChangeWe could cut fossil fuel use. Or we could put cannons on the Moon and shoot enough dust into orbit to block out the…ByLauren LefferPublishedFebruary 11, 2023Comments (67)
EartherClimate ChangeEartherClimate ChangeThe ‘Last Ice Area’ Is Already DisappearingScientists race to study Arctic lakes before they are lost forever.ByAvery Schuyler Nunn, GristPublishedFebruary 10, 2023
EartherClimate ChangeEartherClimate ChangeHeartland Institute Sends 8,000 Teachers Climate Denial 'Textbook'"The 1990s called. They want their scientific misinformation back."ByBlanca Begert, GristPublishedFebruary 6, 2023Comments (11)
EartherClimate ChangeEartherClimate ChangeAI Says Earth Will Hit Critical Global Warming Thresholds Faster Than We ThoughtArtificial neural networks trained on climate data say we're going to cross critical thresholds in the mid 21st…ByAngely MercadoPublishedFebruary 1, 2023Comments (20)
EartherClimate ChangeEartherClimate ChangeMexico Bans Solar Geoengineering After Startup StuntMake Sunsets said it released sulfur-filled balloons in Baja California Sur to counteract global warming. The…ByLauren LefferPublishedJanuary 19, 2023Comments (10)
EartherClimate ChangeEartherClimate ChangeExtra Dust in the Atmosphere Could Be Hiding the True Effects of Climate ChangeAn increase in atmospheric dust could be cooling Earth. Without it, global warming might be even worse.ByLauren LefferPublishedJanuary 19, 2023Comments (1)