Thanks to back-to-back storms over the last month, most of the Midwest and North-Atlantic regions are covered by snow. But when was the last time there was snow on the ground in all fifty states—even our most tropical destinations, Florida and Hawaii?
Southeastern Africa's topsy-turvy monsoon
February 11, 2015
Restoring a healthy balance between sea otters and their sea urchin prey comes with a modest but meaningful bonus: halting the overgrazing of kelp forests and increasing their ability to remove excess carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
After a nightmare flood in 1997, Fort Collins, Colorado, stepped up efforts to improve resilience in the face of extreme events--efforts that will also serve the community well if climate change leads to heavier rainstorms.
Already a threat to fish, mussels, and other marine creatures, low-oxygen “dead zones” are expected to increase in both size and number as greenhouse gas concentrations and global temperatures continue to rise.
For Malaysia and Thailand, monsoon plus MJO equals disaster
January 29, 2015
A major winter storm was still blustering its way through the U.S. Northeast this morning, with continued snow accumulations and high winds predicted for many areas. How will this event compare to the region’s most historic storms?
Ocean scientists have designed a new aquatic robot that can go where they suspect some of the heat energy from global warming is hiding: in the abyss.
Devastating monsoon flooding from Sri Lanka to northwest Australia
January 23, 2015
The Arctic's oldest ice is vanishing
December 13, 2016