It's Getting Too Hot for Tropical Trees to Photosynthesize, Scientists Warn
A small fraction of tropical tree leaves already pass the threshold, scientists estimate, and that number could grow under worst-case climate models.
At Least 36 Dead as Historic Hawaiian Town Destroyed by Wildfires
A huge search and rescue operation in Maui is still ongoing as fires remain out of control.
A Major Climate System Will Collapse Decades Ahead of Schedule and Unleash Devastation, Scientists Predict
The collapse would result in natural disasters and turn Western Europe into Alaska, scientists warn in new research.
Your Phone Isn't Capturing the Reality of Wildfires. Here's How.
Smartphone cameras use algorithms trained on normal landscapes, and aren't prepared to capture the colors of a climate crisis.
New York's Air Is the Worst in the World But Some New Yorkers Still DGAF
While there are serious environmental and health inequality concerns due to wildfire smoke, life at street level Manhattan remains its usual chaotic self.
China Is Digging a 10,000-Meter Hole
There are two purposes for the borehole: one is for scientific exploration and the other is to find oil and gas.
Gas Cars Aren’t Going Anywhere
Buying a gas car in 10 years will be about as difficult as buying a sedan today.
How Eco-Anxiety is Killing the Climate Movement
Our existential angst at the future of the planet refers to a real danger. But it also allows us to bury our heads in the sand.
Plants Make Sounds When Hurt, Scientists Confirm, And Now You Can Hear It
Plants make clicking sounds that animals may hear, travel 16 feet, and have now been tuned down for human ears to hear for the first time.
Big Oil Plans to Artificially Freeze the Melting Arctic to Drill More Oil
The Biden Administration approved ConocoPhillips' Willow Project this week, which will use "thermosyphons" to freeze melting permafrost.
US Government Predicted a Devastating California ‘ARkStorm’ in 2010—Is It Happening Now?
A series of rainstorms caused by atmospheric rivers—much like what is happening now—could cause "megaflooding" in California and put huge parts of the state underwater, scientists warn.