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Arctic Rain Will Soon Be More Common Than Arctic Snowfall
By Aryn Baker
What a Giant Map of Fungus Tells Us About Climate Change
By FRANK JORDANS / AP
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How Your Post-Thanksgiving Diet Could Help Save the Planet
Cutting out meat and dairy can shrink your carbon footprint along with your waistline
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Fusion Finally Finds Its Place in the Sun
One of my favorite bar signs is the one that promises “Free beer tomorrow.” That’s how I’ve always thought of nuclear fusion—a (theoretically) cheap, pollution-free and inexhaustible energy source, the promise of which has pretty...
By Aryn Baker
November 24, 2021
Space Junk Could Be Creating No-Go Zones for Satellites
“Dramatic increases in space collisions" are expected in a few years, a former NASA administrator told U.S. lawmakers
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November 18, 2021
Surf and Turf: How Seaweed Helps Cows Become Better Climate Citizens
Getting calories out of grass is not easy. That’s why cows and other ruminants, like goats and sheep, have multiple compartments in their stomachs to help them digest their food. One of those stomachs is...
By Aryn Baker
November 17, 2021
Monarch Butterflies Return to California After Record Low
(PACIFIC GROVE, Calif.) — There is a ray of hope for the vanishing orange-and-black Western monarch butterflies. The number wintering along California's central coast is bouncing back after the population, whose presence is often a...
By HAVEN DALEY and OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ / AP
November 17, 2021
Why It Feels So Hard to Understand What Happened at COP26
The overarching narrative emerging from COP26 is complicated, but there are some clear takeaways from the global climate conference
By Justin Worland
November 17, 2021
Nuclear Reactors Could Hold the Key to a Green Future
On a conference-room whiteboard in the heart of Silicon Valley, Jacob DeWitte sketches his startup’s first product. In red marker, it looks like a beer can in a Koozie, stuck with a crazy straw. In...
By Andrew Blum
November 16, 2021
As More Companies Make Net-Zero Pledges, Some Aren’t as Good as They Sound
As companies scramble to declare their commitments to a net-zero future, greenwashing strategies will likely become more commonplace
By Eloise Barry
November 15, 2021
Why Keeping Oil and Gas in the Ground Is Still Controversial
"Leaders from important countries have been forced to take a stance on this"
By Alejandro de la Garza
November 15, 2021
The Infrastructure Plan Is Rolling Out Electric School Buses
Assembly line workers at the Thomas Built school bus factory in High Point, North Carolina are over the moon about the new infrastructure bill—specifically Title XI, Section 71101. Buried deep in the 2,702-page document approved...
By Alejandro de la Garza
November 15, 2021
Number of People That Have Walked on Moon Will Grow: Musk
Musk is also the founder of SpaceX, which has emerged as a space leader
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November 14, 2021
COP26 Ends With Nobody Really Happy
Climate negotiators at COP26 have signed an agreement—but it's not likely to leave many countries truly satisfied.
By Justin Worland / Glasgow, Scotland
November 13, 2021
At COP26, It’s Domestic Politics, Stupid
At COP26, it has become clear that domestic politics are getting in the way of taking the action on climate change that science calls for
By Justin Worland / Glasgow, Scotland
November 12, 2021
How Gratitude Can Help Combat Climate Change
Climate change is the defining issue of our era. World leaders have come together to align on global goals, companies are judged by their environmental impact, and millions of ordinary people have marched in the...
By Andrew Serazin
November 12, 2021
Earth Has a Second Moon—For Another 300 Years, At Least
And we just learned where it came from
By Jeffrey Kluger
November 11, 2021
The Shipping Industry Sets Sail for Net-Zero Future at COP26
If the industry were a country, it would be the sixth largest CO2 emitter in the world, on par with Germany
By Aryn Baker/Glasgow, Scotland
November 11, 2021
1.5°C Climate Goal Is 'On Life Support' At COP26, Says United Nations Secretary-General
(GLASGOW, Scotland) — United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7°F) is “on life support” as U.N. climate talks enter their final days, but he added...
By SETH BORENSTEIN and FRANK JORDANS / AP
November 11, 2021
China and the U.S. Pledge to Increase Cooperation on Climate
China and the United States have pledged to increase cooperation on climate action at U.N. talks in Glasgow, China's climate envoy said Wednesday. As the talks approached a Friday deadline, Xie Zhenhua told reporters that...
By Seth Borenstein, Aniruddha Ghosal and Frank Jordans / AP
November 10, 2021
The First Draft of the COP26 Climate Agreement Shows How Far Apart Rich and Poor Nations Are On What Needs to Be Done
GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — Governments are poised to express “alarm and concern” about how much Earth has already warmed and encourage one another to end their use of coal, according to a draft released Wednesday...
By Seth Borenstein, Aniruddha Ghosal and Frank Jordans / AP
November 10, 2021
The Youngest Negotiating Team at COP26 has a Message for Other Countries
When Juan Carlos Monterrey Gómez went to his first round of U.N. climate negotiations as part of Panama’s delegation in 2015, his colleagues told him not to talk about his age, in case it made...
By Ciara Nugent/Glasgow
November 10, 2021
NASA Delays Return to Moon Until at Least 2025
The space agency had been aiming for 2024 for the first moon landing by astronauts in a half-century
By Marcia Dunn/AP
November 9, 2021
Counting a Carbon Footprint One Meal At a Time
Does knowing the carbon count of different menu items make a difference?
By Aryn Baker/Glasgow
November 9, 2021
4 Astronauts Return to Earth in Diapers
The toilet in their capsule was broken, and so the astronauts needed to rely on diapers for the eight-hour trip home.
By Marcia Dunn/AP
November 8, 2021
Sylvia Earle Wants to Let You Befriend a Lobster
"Most people only see the surface of the ocean. They don’t know what’s underneath."
By Aryn Baker
November 6, 2021
I Traveled the World to Witness the End of Winter
For a century and a half, melting snow and ice have been the most recognizable visual evidence of climate change. You can see it in the Arctic Ocean, where the first ice-free summer in two...
By Porter Fox
November 5, 2021
Nuclear Power Is COP26's Quiet Controversy
In the midst of the COP26 climate talks yesterday, U.S. and Romanian officials stepped aside for a session in the conference's Blue Zone, establishing an agreement for U.S. company NuScale to build a new kind...
By Alejandro de la Garza
November 5, 2021
We Can Beat Climate Change If We Do One Thing Fast
Now, finally, much of the world has become convinced, first-hand, that global warming is not only real but heating up more rapidly than we expected, unleashing irreversible impacts. Many people feel despair and helplessness in...
By Saul Griffith
November 4, 2021
Global Carbon Emissions Have Returned to Pre-Pandemic Levels
GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — The dramatic drop in carbon dioxide emissions from the pandemic lockdown has pretty much disappeared in a puff of coal-fired smoke, much of it from China, a new scientific study found....
By Seth Borenstein / AP
November 4, 2021
Watch: A Pet Turtle's Pursuit of Happiness in 'Snowy'
Filmmakers Kaitlyn Schwalje and Alex Wolf Lewis decided to make a movie about Snowy the pet turtle after spending Thanksgiving with him one year. Their short documentary is both an investigation into animal happiness and...
November 4, 2021
How Banks Prep for Climate Change Could Save More Than Money
One Friday afternoon a decade ago, crisis struck Japan. First came a 9.1-magnitude earthquake, the country’s largest ever recorded. That triggered a massive tsunami, which washed away entire towns. The tsunami then caused a meltdown...
By Emily Barone
November 4, 2021
A Comet May Have Exploded Over Chile 12,000 Years Ago—and it Could Happen Again
New research holds warnings for the future
By Jeffrey Kluger
November 3, 2021
Greenwashing on Facebook: How the World's Biggest Polluters Use Social Media to Obfuscate on Climate Change
Darren Woods carefully read his opening statement when he testified via video link in U.S. Congress last week, only occasionally looking up to make eye contact. Later that day, the ExxonMobil CEO made headlines when...
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A Methane Pledge Is the First Good News Out of COP26. Nothing Else Will Be as Easy
Tuesday’s announcement that more than 100 countries have joined a U.S. and E.U.-led coalition to cut 30% of methane emissions by 2030 injected a welcome burst of energy into the COP 26 meetings in Glasgow...
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November 3, 2021
The Cow That Could Feed the Planet
The cows in Farmer John’s pasture lead an idyllic life. They roam through tree-shaded meadows, tearing up mouthfuls of clover while nursing their calves in tranquility. Tawny brown, compact and muscular, they are Limousins, a...
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One Big Reason Why COP26 Actually Matters
From the outside—and sometimes from the inside also—annual U.N. climate conferences known as COPs can seem like a bunch of aimless talk. For more than three decades, the U.N. has held these conferences, and the...
By Justin Worland / Glasgow, Scotland
November 2, 2021
The Long History of Vaccinating Kids in School
Now that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recommended Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine for kids aged 5 to 11, the Biden Administration has signaled that it will rely on a “trusted messenger” to get...
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Gas Prices and Energy Bills Are Going Up. Will COP26 Help Bring Them Down Again?
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