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Good News for Climate Change: World’s First Carbon-Capturing Plant Opens
In 628 months, there hasn’t been a cool one. That’s more than 52 years. “Global warming has made cold scarce,” writes Brian Kahn in an April 19, 2017, article published on the Climate Central
Read More »The Anthropocene: Dawn of the Age of Humans or Demise of the Earth?
It’s the beginning of a brand-new year, and—in geological terms—it may be the start of a new name for our era. The International Union of Geological Sciences, the professional organization in charge of defining periods
Read More »Video: Old Photos Allow Us to Watch Greenland Melt
Thanks to some newly discovered aerial photographs from the 1930s, we can now see the retreat of some Greenland glaciers through time. Watch!
Read More »Plants and People: Moving to Antarctica for Good—or Bad?
There are some new colonists ready to take over Antarctica. They aren’t human—yet. But an international study, led by the Australian National University (ANU), has found that several forms of marine life can now
Read More »Video: BP’s Oil Spill—Lost Islands and Relocated Birds
The many news reports regarding the consequences of rapid climate change have made us all familiar with the fact that some islands may soon disappear due to rising sea levels. But you may be
Read More »Fearing Climate Change: the Fact and the Phrase
Words are my business; I’m intrigued by them and the power they have. As an environmental writer, I am particularly interested in the terms we have to describe the natural world: is a particular
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