Climate

Earth

Scientists find an easier way to trap carbon dioxide in rock

Scientists have found a much faster and easier way to trap CO2 in minerals. If they can scale it up, it might one day help to slow climate change.

Earth

Explainer: Where fossil fuels come from

Despite one oil company famously using an Apatosaurus as its logo, oil, gas and coal don’t come from dinosaurs. They do, however, come from a long time ago.

Earth

Explainer: CO₂ and other greenhouse gases

Carbon dioxide is just one of several chemicals that contribute to the greenhouse effect. Nitrous oxide, methane and CFCs are other big contributors.

Climate

Analyze This: How hot will it get?

Temperatures are rising because of human-caused climate change. But some places will get hot faster than others.

Climate

Climate change intensified Hurricane Florence, study finds

A new study finds that a warmer climate fattened up Florence. The result: Once it made landfall it would now drop lots more rain and over a broader region.

Climate

Hawaii’s record 2018 rains may foretell wetter times ahead

Another rainfall record was set in Hawaii. But how does this stack up to other rain records across the United States?

Climate

Scientists Say: Climate

Climate is the atmospheric conditions that are typical to a general area over a long period of time.

Climate

When the moon throws shade, the weather can change

Scientists have been puzzled about how a solar eclipse can impact weather. Here’s some of what they learned during the August 2017 event.

Climate

Antarctica’s melting speeds up

Antarctica’s ice has been melting faster in the last five years. This has raised the world’s oceans almost 8 millimeters on average.

Climate

Tropical cyclones are getting more sluggish

Hurricanes and other storms are traveling more slowly than they used to. That might mean even more rainfall for communities they batter.

Climate

Hurricane Maria’s Puerto Rican death toll skyrockets 72-fold

The death toll had been just 64 — and then scientists launched household surveys. Those showed the “official” toll was off by more than 4,500.

Oceans

Ocean heat waves are on the rise — and killing coral

Ocean heat waves are becoming hotter and more frequent. And one can be blamed for the 2016 coral deaths on the Great Barrier Reef.