“Melancholia” and Climate Change – How the World Ends

Is the arrival of the doom-laden, rogue planet Melancholia, in last year’s movie of the same name, a metaphor for what’s happening as climate change overtakes the Earth?

Twenty-Four Hours Above the Indian Ocean

High above the Indian ocean, a geo-stationary Russian weather satellite captures high-resolution photos of the planet. Videographer James Drake has put the images together into a…

Running from Climate Change Getting Tougher

Some of our closest cousins, like the howler monkey in this photo, are finding it harder to escape from climate change fast enough. A new study,…

“Game Over” for Climate Warns Top NASA Scientist

From pristine forest to world-polluting wasteland – Photos by Peter Essick, 2009 James Hansen, the NASA scientist who’s considered the leading expert on climate science has…

One Thing You Can Do

Most climate scientists and environmental organizations continue to skip over the one critical thing that any and all of us can do to save ourselves, the other animals and the Earth from the devastation that climate change is beginning to wreak. But the fact is there’s one simple thing that we can all do about it. And the more of us do it, the more it can turn this whole thing around while there’s still time.

Climate Change – Looking Back to See Ahead

What can we learn about the near future on Earth by looking back at eons gone by? Quite a lot, according to scientists from the U.S.…

Ousted Leader Tries to Save Nation from Drowning

Two years ago, the new president of the Maldives held a cabinet meeting in the ocean as he tried to draw attention to the fact that his island nation is being submerged by the rising sea.

Climate Conference: ‘We’re at the Tipping Point’

Our planet is on the edge of a series of tipping points that will make it irreversibly hotter, according to scientists from around the world who have been meeting in London this week.

How Green Is the Millennial Generation?

Today’s young Americans are less interested in the environment and in conserving resources — and often less civic-minded overall — than their elders were when they were young.

How the Seas Will Eat Coastal Cities

The results are from a study by Climate Central. And while we simply don’t know whether we’ll escape with just two feet or be washed away by a seven-foot increase, either way it’s really bad news for our coastal cities. According to the report:

Dramatic Change Coming in Food We Eat

The new foods will be the result of fierce demand and resource pressures on food worldwide, astonishing new technologies, and emerging trends in diet, farming, healthcare and sustainability.

"Why I Got Arrested" – by Top Climate Scientist

“What do I know that would cause me — a reticent, Midwestern scientist — to get myself arrested in front of the White House protesting? And what would you do if you knew what I know?”

World Bank Says ‘Save the Oceans’

The World Bank has stepped in to help save the oceans. It is setting out to raise $1.5 billion from governments, the private sector and other groups to manage protected areas and reform fishing and other marine agreements.

Oceans Turning Acid at ‘Unparalleled’ Rate

The world’s oceans are turning acidic at what could be the fastest pace of any time in the past 300 million years. That’s the conclusion of a new study published in the journal Science.

The Week That Was: Bring on the Madness

Natural Gas Our New Savior? Not So Fast . . . You’d think we’d have learned something from the cautionary tale that is ethanol. Evidently not, though: we have a new savior called natural gas.

The Week That Was: We’re Expecting Great Things

Expectations can be a bear. Just think about it. Whether you’re an actor, a politician or an athlete, expectations frame the conversation and carry a heavy load.

Will Global Warming Make Us All Shorter?

When the Earth warms up, animals get smaller. That’s what happened 56 million years ago during another time of global warming. Temperatures rose roughly 10 degrees Fahrenheit, and scientists examining the fossils of horses from that time are seeing that to cope with the heat, they began to shrink in size.

Weather Extremes Now Clearly Due to Climate Change

While scientists have been leery of attributing specific droughts, heat waves and other weather events to climate change, you can now definitely draw the connection. The big Texas and Oklahoma droughts, for example, are indeed a direct result of climate change.

Santorum: "Radical Environmentalists Have It Upside Down"

Rick Santorum defended his earlier remarks that President Obama’s policies – specifically about the enormous changes that are taking place to the planet and our climate – are not “based on the Bible” but rather in “some phony theology.”