Climate

Climate

Here’s how some sea-loving trees ended up far from the coast

This “relict ecosystem” that’s more than thousands of years old moved inland due to warming and a rise in sea levels.

Climate

Research on climate and more brings trio the 2021 physics Nobel Prize

Syukuro Manabe and Klaus Hasselmann pioneered work on simulations of Earth’s climate. Giorgio Parisi probed complex materials.

Climate

Warming cities may see more rain — and frequent flooding

Scientists are seeking to understand why and how to mop up excess precipitation.

Climate

Explainer: Urban heat islands and how to cool them

Cities transform landscapes covered in plants to ones covered in heat-absorbing asphalt and concrete. But ways exist to cool these urban heat islands.

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Stores and malls buy into ponds and rain gardens for flood control

An extra bonus: These rainy-day ponds clean up that dirty water running off parking lots.

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New UN climate report finds no time for denial or delay

It links extreme weather around the globe to Earth’s changing climate.

Climate

‘Zombie’ wildfires can reemerge after wintering underground

Climate change may make these not-quite-dead blazes more common. Scientists are learning to predict where a zombie might emerge.

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U.S. records reveal the last 30 years were the hottest on record

New ‘climate normals’ show that average temperatures increased notably just since 1990.

Climate

‘Tree farts’ make up about a fifth of greenhouse gases from ghost forests

Heat-trapping gases from dead trees play an important role in the environmental impact of “ghost” forests.

Animals

Common parasite may help mussels survive heat waves

By whitening shells, the organism helps the shellfish stay cool on sunny days, a new study suggests.

Climate

Let’s learn about lightning

Around 100 times a second, every hour of every day, lightning strikes somewhere on Earth. It’s beautiful — and deadly.

Climate

Climate may have sent drift of the North Pole toward Greenland

This mid-1990s shift in the pole’s movement was driven by glacial melt. And that was triggered in part by climate change, a new study reports.