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Scientists rush to save minnows from Texas drought
Here's the thing about apocalyptic droughts: They are bad for people and livestock and all other living things, but they are ESPECIALLY bad for fish. Texas minnows can't wait for Rick Perry's prayer meetings to alleviate the state's record dry spell -- they're already in dire straits as the water shortage robs them of their ability to eat, move, respirate, and reproduce. So scientists are evacuating them, moving the tiny fishlets from the shrinking Brazos River into safer fish hatcheries.
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Climate-denying candidates make more Americans believe in global warming
According to the latest Reuters/Ipsos poll, 83 percent of people now believe that climate change is happening. That's up from 75 percent last year. What's behind the change? Partly heat, and partly hot air.
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The aliens have landed!
A peek into one cubic foot of the San Francisco Bay reveals all manner of creepy crawlies -- and offers a window into our world's astonishing biodiversity.
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Critical List: 24 hours later, climate change still a reality; EPA will miss GHG deadline
Al Gore said some stuff.
Texans return to their burnt-out homes. If these droughts keep up, it won’t be too long before the state gets on board with Gore.
The EPA won't make a deadline for regulating greenhouse gas emissions.
Here's what an imaginary, perfectly green Obama would do on environmental issues. Democrats should run this guy in 2012! -
GOP says ban on invasive snakes is 'job killer'
The Obama administration wants to strangle job growth in America like some kind of giant, prosperity-choking python, mostly by banning the importation of said pythons, says a new GOP report.
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New atlas shows climate change effects — including a brand-new island
The new edition of the Times Comprehensive Atlas of the World includes an island that's only existed since 2006. Uunartoq Qeqertaq -- "Warming Island" -- surfaced when the Greenland ice cover retreated because of global warming. It's only one of the climate change side effects that have now been deemed permanent enough for inclusion in the atlas.
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Hey, we found a new dolphin species!
We all know the Earth still has more and stranger species than we've discovered, or at least it will until we clear-cut and climate-bomb them right into extinction. But you usually figure these fragile exotic lifeforms are hanging out in caves under Madagascar, or somewhere else that's tough to get to. Turns out, though, that at least some of them have been chiling near Melbourne, Australia, where researchers have discovered a new species of dolphin just basically right under their noses.
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Critical List: Climate change kills jobs; making a bridge out of live trees
Climate change kills jobs: A new study says California's economy could take a hit in the hundreds of millions of dollars as climate change takes it toll. So really, any program that fights climate change should be considered a job-saving program.
Job creation may be a different story. Loan guarantees for green energy projects aren't creating as many jobs as the Obama administration promised.
Green groups in Texas are growing, which means staffing up. (Now green is good for jobs again!) -
Al Gore on Colbert, chatting about climate reality and Rick Perry [VIDEO]
On The Colbert Report last night, Al Gore talked about his "24 Hours of Reality" event and came dangerously close to endorsing Rick Perry for president.
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Fiddling while his state burns isn't just a metaphor for Perry, says Thomas Friedman
Oh look -- America's most-read liberal just devoted an entire column to climate change, or should we say climate weirding. It's nice to see the talking points we feed you, our climate hawk minions, repeated so succinctly in a national forum. There were even a few new ones we hadn't thought of yet: