News & Commentary

Something's Hot in the State of Denmark

November 4, 2015 Latest NewsInternationalAlisa Opar

An 18-year survey hints at how global warming may be changing the face of Danish bugs.

INDC: The Acronym Standing Between Us and Disaster

October 29, 2015 Latest NewsUnited StatesBrian Palmer

What’s an intended nationally determined contribution?

The House Anti-Science Committee

October 28, 2015 Latest NewsUnited StatesBrian Palmer

By harassing climatologists, a notorious group of congressmen renews its war against scientists.

Biting Back

October 22, 2015 Latest NewsUnited StatesSusan Cosier

Backyard breeders are creating a new kind of hero honeybee—one that chomps off the legs of mites and saves the hive.

Is Justin Trudeau Canada’s Climate Savior?

October 20, 2015 Latest NewsCanadaBrian Palmer

The complicated environmental policies of Canada’s new prime minister.

Climate Change Is so Clingy

October 16, 2015 Latest NewsUnited StatesPerrin Ireland

Hey, Tarzan, your vines are messing with our carbon storage.

Steaking Their Claim

October 16, 2015 PerspectivesUnited StatesJeff Turrentine

Did Big Ag’s beef-loving cowboys just lasso the 2015 Dietary Guidelines? It sure does look that way.

No Debate

October 15, 2015 Latest NewsUnited StatesBrian Palmer

The brief and embarrassing history of climate change in presidential debates.

The Soil Savior

October 15, 2015 DispatchTexasJeff Turrentine

A Texas farmer is bucking tradition by putting soil health above all else. The result? Water-retaining, nutrient-rich pay dirt.

Just About Everyone vs. Gina McCarthy

October 14, 2015 ExplainerUnited StatesBrian Palmer

This is who will be attacking President Obama’s Clean Power Plan in court.

Climate Change, Ahoy!

October 13, 2015 Latest NewsAfricaBrian Palmer

A new study says the Horn of Africa is going to get hotter and drier, driving poverty and piracy.

Putting the “Green” in Green Energy

October 9, 2015 Latest NewsIndiaBrian Palmer

India says it can’t meet its carbon-reduction pledge without help. Any takers?

Heat Exchange

October 8, 2015 Latest NewsIndiaBrian Palmer

An Indian public-health official thinks the United States could learn a thing or two from her country about dealing with climate change (and vice versa).

Just How Bitter Is the Tea of the Sea?

October 2, 2015 Latest NewsUnited StatesPerrin Ireland

A new study examines the ocean’s ability to store carbon as it gets more acidic.

Batten Down the Hatches

October 2, 2015 Latest NewsUnited States, VirginiaBrian Palmer

The world’s largest naval base is a major flood risk in a warming world.

Invasion of the Body Smashers

October 1, 2015 Latest NewsInternationalJason Bittel

Thanks to warming waters off Antarctica, king crabs are plundering seas they haven’t been able to reach since the Jurassic era.

Played for a Fuel

October 1, 2015 Latest NewsUnited StatesJeff Turrentine

The fact that corn-based ethanol is renewable doesn’t make it sustainable. When will candidates stumping in Iowa admit as much?

Bring Out Your Dead

September 30, 2015 Latest NewsCanadaBrian Palmer

TransCanada makes a desperate bid to revive the persistently vegetative Keystone XL pipeline.

Hold the Applause

September 29, 2015 Latest NewsArcticBrian Palmer

Shell has left the Arctic for now, but the region isn’t safe from oil drills until the president locks the door.

Man, on the Move

September 28, 2015 DispatchInternationalMelissa Denchak

Experts say climate change will be a growing driver of global migration like the Syrian exodus into Europe.