New York’s White Roofs Prove They’re Cool
A new study quantifies the true beauty of white roofs — dramatically cooler surfaces that reduce discomfort, cooling costs, and a tad of global warming.
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New Dirt on Climate Change
Researchers have drilled into the middle of America in hopes of understanding past eras when the Earth burped out huge amounts of greenhouse gases.
Why Isn’t Climate Change on More Lips?
Did you follow the news from the global climate conference in Durban and discuss it with your peers? If you said no, welcome to the club.
Climate Change: A Moment of Species Pride
An astrophysicist surveys Miller-McCune’s carbon footprint graphic from a post-Durban climate change vantage and wonders if the U.S. and the world can’t do a better job of stepping up to the challenge of climate control.
Pushing Past the Taboo of Climate Adaptation
Shunned in the past as trumping mitigation, the issue of climate adaptation is now receiving serious attention.
New Zealand Imports Foreign Workers: Dung Beetles
Burned by past introductions of "helpful" foreign species, New Zealand inches toward releasing the imported insects to clean up its pastures full of other introduced animals.
Climate Optimist Revisits Failures of His ‘Wedges’ Paper
Robert Socolow, the co-author of an influential plan to reduce carbon emissions, revisits his work seven years later to understand why it failed.
Bipartisan Group Wants U.S. to Get Serious About Geoengineering
Efforts at geoengineering to cool a warming planet are picking up steam.
Marketing the Mystery of the Giant Squid
We don't really know if the giant squid is endangered, but this animal still could inspire protection of the world's invertebrates.
A Discernible Human Influence: Schneider and Climate Change
Climate scientists carry forth the memory, spirit, and research of Stephen Schneider, the field's greatest ambassador.