Jul 20 2011
Getting the Dirt on Dust
Airborne dust has so many different influences on basic Earth processes large and small that no single science has a clear understanding of it.
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Jul 19 2011
Clean Living: Build With Wood
Using sustainably harvested wood instead of steel helps reduce carbon pollution and store carbon at the same time.
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Jul 19 2011
Marathon Swims For Polar Bears As Ice Melts
A new study finds that more polar bears may be swimming longer distances, and more cubs may be dying, as sea ice shrinks.
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Jul 15 2011
Behold, The Floating Ice Island
One year after breaking off a glacier in NW Greenland, a huge island of ice slowly breaks apart and drifts south off Canada.
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Jul 12 2011
Arctic Warming: ‘One Way Trip’
The Arctic Ocean may be ice-free in the summer as early as 2030.
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Jul 10 2011
WW2 Air Raids Affected the Weather
World War Two changed everything about life in Britain, even the weather.
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Jul 08 2011
Whales Adapted Appetites to Survive Ice Age
Gray whales changed their culinary habits to survive lower sea levels during ice ages.
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Jul 08 2011
Sulfur Smoke Slowed Global Warming Slightly
Coal use in China ramped up short-lived atmospheric sulfur that dimmed the effects of greenhouse warming during the mid-2000s
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Jul 07 2011
Polar Shifts on Rising Seas
A new study says coastal Greenland waters are warming faster than Antarctic waters -- but both ice sheets are melting faster than expected.
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Jul 07 2011
Polar Bears Have Irish Lineage
Some 50,000 years ago, modern polar bears split from a population of Irish brown bears.
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