Antarctic glaciers have been melting at an accelerating pace over the past four decades thanks to an influx of warm ocean water — a startling new finding that researchers say Continue Reading
Should communities hit over and over again by natural disasters — like hurricanes, fires, earthquakes, and tornadoes — keep rebuilding? Or should they retreat from areas that are especially disaster-prone? Continue Reading
When it comes to measuring ice loss at the poles , and predicting what might happen next, scientists need as much accurate data as they can get – and a Continue Reading
A flotilla of tabular icebergs adrift in the Southern Ocean, near the outlet of the Wilkes Subglacial Basin, East Antarctica. (Christina Riesselman) Temperatures not much warmer than the planet is Continue Reading
Homes along the edge of the coast in Santa Barbara County, Calif., in 2005. (Patrick Barnard/Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center/U.S. Geological Survey) Like an ax slowly chopping at the Continue Reading
As the start of a new hurricane season looms on June 1, homeowners along this stretch of Texas coast—which Harvey pounded with 130-mile-an-hour winds before steering north to drench Houston—are Continue Reading
The ground around San Francisco Bay is sinking to meet the rising sea, another reason for Bay Area residents to worry about the impact of climate change on their region. Continue Reading
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards was elected in 2015 with substantial support from trial lawyers, and he’s now repaying them in kind. The former minority leader of the state’s House Continue Reading
Marshes near Jean Lafitte. Rising sea levels and land loss are driving back Louisiana’s coastline, and a fourth of the state’s wetlands are already gone. The West Closure Complex is Continue Reading
Fijian singers strumming ukuleles serenade delegates to the United Nations climate talks as they enter the conference hall. A traditional two-hulled sailing craft, or drua, is on display by the Continue Reading
