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Penguin Poop May Help Preserve Antarctic Climate

New study finds that ammonia aerosols from penguin guano likely play an important part in the formation of heat-shielding clouds around the frozen continent.

Bob Berwyn · May 27, 2025
Wired

Trump cuts are killing a tiny office that keeps measurements of the world accurate

A tiny but crucial agency that maintains physical coordinates like latitude and longitude in the US is struggling as the Trump administration forces out federal employees.

Molly Taft · May 26, 2025
Guardian

Sea level rise will cause ‘catastrophic inland migration’, scientists warn

Rising oceans will force millions away from coasts even if global temperature rise remains below 1.5C, analysis finds

Damian Carrington · May 25, 2025
Inside Climate News

Paris agreement target for warming won’t protect polar ice sheets, scientists warn

New research suggests the Earth will pass multiple dangerous tipping points at 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming, the U.N. limit exceeded for much of the last two years.

Bob Berwyn · May 24, 2025

Guardian

Car use and meat consumption drive emissions gender gap, research suggests

The French study of 15,000 people shows men emit 26% more pollution due to eating red meat and driving more

Ajit Niranjan · May 15, 2025
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Running blind: The silencing and censoring of environmental threats to US national security

Turning a blind eye will only make the United States weaker.

Peter Gleick · May 14, 2025
Vox.com

Your weather forecast is about to get a lot worse

Do you realize how many thousands of balloons it takes to predict the weather?

Umair Irfan · May 13, 2025
Grist

How Trump’s latest rollback could raise your utility bills

The Energy Star program has quietly saved Americans billions in energy costs and has slashed emissions. Now it's now on the chopping block.

Tik Root · May 12, 2025

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Plant sex and the city

Plants around the world are adapting their reproductive strategies to survive on an increasingly urban planet.

Vanessa Minke-Martin · May 11, 2025
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

How the dismantling of NOAA threatens the Keeling Curve

Meanwhile, a small group of scientists is scrambling to preserve the ability to know how much carbon dioxide is in the atmosphere.

Eric Morgan and Ralph Keeling · May 10, 2025
Guardian

Two-thirds of global heating caused by richest 10%

Paper in Nature Climate Change journal reveals major role wealthy emitters play in driving climate extremes

Damien Gayle · May 9, 2025
Wired

FEMA is ending door-to-door canvassing in disaster areas

As it shifts responsibility for recovery efforts to local authorities, FEMA workers will stop knocking on doors to provide aid to survivors in disaster areas, per a memo obtained by WIRED.

Molly Taft · May 8, 2025