Climate Change
Within ancient rocks in Arizona's Petrified Forest National Park, scientists have identified signs of a regular variation in Earth's orbit that influences climate. Here, one of the authors near the r ...
Waves crashing onto Chesil Beach in Dorset during the winter of 2013/14. Credit: Tim Poate/University of Plymouth Apr. 24, 2018 (Phys.org) -- Average winter wave heights along the Atlantic coast of W ...
Above: An excellent example of a well-managed strategic retreat from the coast occurred in 1999 when the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse on North Carolina’s Outer Banks was moved 2,900 feet back from an ero ...
Central bearded dragon. Credit: Greg Hume/Wikipedia/CC BY-SA 3.0 Nov. 22, 2017 (Phys.org)--A team of researchers affiliated with the University of Lincoln in the U.K. has found evidence suggesting th ...
Melting Antarctic ice can trigger effects on the other side of the globe. Credit: NASA/Jane Peterson Sept. 13, 2017 (The Conversation) -- Melting of Antarctica's ice can trigger rapid warming on the ...
Aug. 28, 2017 (Nature) -- Multiple researchers who received grants from the U.S. Department of Energy have been asked to remove references to “climate change” and “global warming” from the descriptio ...
We're not all ready to have the same conversation, but perhaps that's a good place to start July 26, 2017 (Common Dreams) -- My most recent essay, in which I discussed a highly publicized controversy ...
Fossils by Heartless Machine. In the jungles of Costa Rica, where humidity routinely tops 90 percent, simply moving around outside when it’s over 105 degrees Fahrenheit would be lethal. And the effec ...
Thermal wavelength image of a large iceberg, which has calved off the Larsen C ice shelf. Darker colors are colder, and brighter colors are warmer, so the rift between the iceberg and the ice shelf a ...
A family is evacuated during the great storm of 1953. Credit: Canterbury City Council July 7, 2017 (Phys.org) -- Scientists at the University of Southampton are warning that future coastal impact stu ...
Don your waterproof boots; we’re going to visit a planetwide flood zone.July 5, 2017 (EcoSophia.net) -- Many years ago, not long after I first got onto the internet, I created a website to try to enc ...