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Climate
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Climate-related materials.
A changing climate, growing human populations and widespread fires contributed to the last major extinction event − can we prevent another?
Emily Lindsey, University of California, Los Angeles; Lisa N. Martinez, University of California, Los Angeles, and Regan E.…
Climate Change: Obsession With Plastic Pollution Distracts Attention From Bigger Environmental Challenges
By now, most of us have heard that the use of plastics is a big issue for the…
Cities Change How Much It Rains & Where Storms Hit
Urban development changes storm patterns and rainfall amounts, two new papers suggest. The research highlights the need for…
Pope Francis On Climate Change Denial : ‘Man Is Stupid’
[infobox]“When you don’t want to see, you don’t see,” the pope says while flying over the hurricane-ravaged Caribbean.[/infobox]…
How A Large-Scale Solar Deployment May Look Like
Researchers are examining measures to ensure a reliable future power system. Deploying solar power at the scale needed…
How Earth Will Evolve 10,000 Years From Now
Climate change means the end of our world, but the beginning of another—one with a new set of…
How The World Would Be Without Ice
Portland, Oregon, may not be a coastal city, but if all of the world’s ice sheets melted, it…
Why We Are Losing Time In Saving The Oceans From Climate Change
Until recently, you might be forgiven for thinking that the oceans were a trivial component of Earth’s climate…
Even The Pope Gets It – Carbon Markets Won’t Fix The Climate
Pope Francis’s encyclical on the environment has quickly made him one of the world’s most significant figures in…
The Proof Is In The Clouds
In a few weeks, you may get to see evidence the atmosphere is changing — if you’re lucky.…
How Your City Is Solving Global Warming
Cities may only occupy about 2% of the world’s habitable land, but they are big drivers of global…
When Humans Started To Rule The Planet
A new study argues it happened all the way back when we invented farming. Signs of human impact…
Can Melbourne Lower Its Temperature By 7 Degrees?
The Australian city is using trees and water to fight the urban heat island effect. MELBOURNE, Australia —…
Green Walls For Cooling Buildings
There’s a reason that green walls show up most often in high-end office buildings and trendy condo developments:…