Scientific American

How Hurricane Ida Got So Big So Fast

Robin Lloyd — Tue, 31 Aug 2021 18:30:00 GMT

An eddy in the Gulf of Mexico and some heavy vapor played key roles

The Technology to Reach Net Zero Carbon Emissions Isn't Ready for Prime Time, But ...

Daniel T. Schwartz — Tue, 24 Aug 2021 18:00:00 GMT

It’s already under development in research labs

Experts Clash over Cost of Carbon

Maxine Joselow, E&E News — Tue, 24 Aug 2021 16:00:00 GMT

The debate could influence an impending courtroom battle

Carbon Dividends: A Win-Win for People and for the Climate

James K. Boyce — Mon, 23 Aug 2021 13:00:00 GMT

Putting a price on emissions and sending the proceeds to the public is a sound environmental and economic strategy

What the Acrid Smoke from Wildfires Can Teach Us

Blanche Verlie — Fri, 20 Aug 2021 17:00:00 GMT

Among other things, it can make those who experience it understand that climate change is visceral and palpable

Ozone Hole Would Have Killed Plants and Raised Global Temperatures

Chelsea Harvey, E&E News — Fri, 20 Aug 2021 16:00:00 GMT

Without the Montreal Protocol, more solar radiation would have destroyed plants, lessening the CO₂ they absorb

Wake-Up Call: Climate Change Threatens Rice Farming

Sara Schonhardt, E&E News — Wed, 18 Aug 2021 18:30:00 GMT

Half the world’s population relies on rice as a primary food

Climate Hawks Could Take Over Two U.S. Financial Agencies

Avery Ellfeldt, E&E News — Tue, 17 Aug 2021 16:15:00 GMT

The intent is to blunt the impact of climate change on the U.S. financial system

A Key Step for Limiting the Global Temperature Rise to 1.5 Degrees Celsius

Rebecca M. Peters — Sat, 14 Aug 2021 16:00:00 GMT

The International Energy Agency needs to make that goal the centerpiece of its World Energy Outlook

Paleoclimate Data Raise Alarm on Historic Nature of Climate Emergency

Katarina Zimmer — Thu, 12 Aug 2021 21:15:00 GMT

The new Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report uses data from our planet’s distant past to better understand current warming

Are 'Green Banks' Really Better for the Environment?

Avery Ellfeldt, E&E News — Thu, 12 Aug 2021 17:15:00 GMT

Consumers can indeed lower their financial carbon footprint once they know how to navigate the hype

How Much Worse Will Thawing Arctic Permafrost Make Climate Change?

Jordan Wilkerson — Wed, 11 Aug 2021 15:15:00 GMT

Global warming is setting free carbon from life buried long ago in the Arctic’s frozen soils, but its impact on the climate crisis is unclear

Let's Start Naming Climate-Related Disasters for Polluters and Their Enablers

Drew Shindell — Wed, 11 Aug 2021 13:00:00 GMT

The Marathon Oil Megadrought has a nice ring to it, don’t you think?

Walling Off One Coastal Area Can Flood Another

Robin Meadows — Wed, 11 Aug 2021 10:45:00 GMT

Seawalls and levees may simply shift rising water elsewhere—often into disadvantaged communities

Here's How Climate Change Will Stress Your Homeland

Sara Schonhardt, E&E News — Tue, 10 Aug 2021 16:30:00 GMT

Hotter Asia, drier Alps, stormier U.S., saltier island nations

Earth Is Warmer Than It's Been in 125,000 Years

Jeff Tollefson, Nature magazine — Mon, 09 Aug 2021 15:00:00 GMT

A landmark assessment from the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change says greenhouse gases are unequivocally driving extreme weather, but nations can still prevent the worst impacts

New Climate Report Will Detail Grim Future of Hotter, Extreme Weather and Rising Seas

Jeff Tollefson, Nature magazine — Fri, 06 Aug 2021 15:45:00 GMT

The first assessment from the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change in eight years will sound the alarm on soaring temperatures and other effects of unchecked carbon pollution

Tree by Tree, Scientists Try to Resurrect a Fire-Scarred Forest

April Reese — Thu, 05 Aug 2021 10:45:00 GMT

To return native trees to the landscape, researchers must make them hardy enough for a hotter, drier climate

Meet the New Yorkers Mapping the City's Heat Islands

Chelsea Harvey, E&E News — Wed, 04 Aug 2021 18:45:00 GMT

Similar work in San Francisco, Atlanta and other locations is revealing which parts of a city get hottest and why

The Best Way to Tax Carbon at the Border

Sara Schonhardt, E&E News — Mon, 02 Aug 2021 19:30:00 GMT

Legislators need to ensure that domestic and foreign producers face the same costs and incentives

Act on Climate Emergency Now to Prevent Millions of Deaths, Study Shows

Andrea Thompson — Thu, 29 Jul 2021 18:45:00 GMT

The human toll of carbon emissions will vastly magnify climate change’s economic costs

Infrastructure Deal Whittles Down Climate Spending

Adam Aton, E&E News — Thu, 29 Jul 2021 18:00:00 GMT

The bipartisan legislation includes less funding for public transit and electric vehicles

Entire Buildings Can Be Wrapped in Jackets to Save Energy

Willem Marx — Thu, 29 Jul 2021 10:45:00 GMT

Apartment buildings, or blocks of row houses, can be upgraded in one installation

Red States Seek to Block Biden Update to Key Climate Metric

Maxine Joselow, E&E News — Wed, 28 Jul 2021 18:30:00 GMT

Ten Republican attorneys general have asked a federal court to keep a revamped social cost of carbon from taking effect

Enlist the Ocean in Combatting Climate Change, Experts and Advocates Argue

Sara Schonhardt, E&E News — Tue, 27 Jul 2021 18:15:00 GMT

“Blue carbon” taken up by marine plants and animals is mostly neglected in climate policy, they say