We humans are unbalancing a fundamental Earth process: the carbon cycle. Carbon moves continuously through the atmosphere, plants and animals, soils, the ocean and the rocks of the solid Earth, in tim
Climate Intense Storms Have Become More Common Air Temperatures Are Rising
Hurricane Katrina aftermath, Ninth Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana, August, 2006. Bill Haber/AP
Climate Intense Storms Have Become More Common Air Temperatures Are Rising
The Zapata peninsula contains the largest and most important wetlands in the Caribbean, making its conservation a top priority.
Both have suffered steep declines from overhunting and habitat loss.
The ocean regulates climate. Changing waters mean a changing climate.
Climate Intense Storms Have Become More Common Air Temperatures Are Rising
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Side of Veggies New research on an extinct weasel relative reveals what it might have
In 1905 the American Museum of Natural History displayed the first Apatosaurus skeleton ever assembled. Even then scientists knew how to put together the vertebrae, or neck bones, in the correct order
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Two hundred years ago, farm boy Pliny Moody was plowing a Massachusetts field. Uncovering some mysterious fossil tracks, the 14-year-old showed them to family and friends. Others soon began collecting
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When it comes to climate change, there is no easy solution.
Climate Intense Storms Have Become More Common Air Temperatures Are Rising
The Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets are huge concentrations of ice. The Greenland ice sheet is just a little smaller than all of Mexico and is more than 3 kilometers (almost 2 miles) thick in place
Climate Intense Storms Have Become More Common Air Temperatures Are Rising
Oil—when refined into gasoline and diesel fuel—powers more than 90 percent of the world’s cars and trucks and provides all the energy for air travel.
Climate Intense Storms Have Become More Common Air Temperatures Are Rising
