Education Does Utah Really Think It’s Protecting Sixth Graders by Keeping Climate Science Out of Classrooms? School officials in Utah think sixth graders are too young to be taught about climate change—but the perfect age to be misled about it. Jeff Turrentine
Environment The House Anti-Science Committee By harassing climatologists, a notorious group of congressmen renews its war against scientists. Brian Palmer
Environment INDC: The Acronym Standing Between Us and Disaster What’s an intended nationally determined contribution? Brian Palmer
Environment Is a Warming World to Blame for the Syrian Refugee Crisis? Experts say climate change will be a growing driver of global migration like the Syrian exodus into Europe. Melissa Denchak
Environment Ancient Soil Samples Link Fires to Climate Change We're in for a hot one, a study of thousand-year-old charcoal deposits in northern Colorado suggests. Nathan Collins
Environment What Cheating Emissions Standards Tells Us About Ourselves To understand the outrage over the Volkswagen scandal and recall, consider the meat industry. James McWilliams
News in Brief Four Ways Climate Change Affects Women More Than Men Plus: Five ways women have led, or might lead, climate-change adaptations that narrow the gender gap. Francie Diep
Environment Lawmakers: You Don’t Have to Choose Between Cleaning the Air and Stabilizing the Climate A new study tells us how we can have both. Brian Palmer
Environment A Social Scientist, a Climate Change Physicist, and Pope Francis Walk Into a Bar… Combatting climate change means bringing together experts from a lot of different fields. Francie Diep
Environment The High Cost of Thawing Permafrost A new study finds even more reason to fight global warming. Nathan Collins