Environment Underground, Crustaceans May Help Fight Climate Change Small, soil-dwelling animals may help ease climate change, a new study shows. Nathan Collins
Environment Climate Change Denial Is Also Impacting Scientists Themselves A new study suggests their attempts to respond to public opinion may actually be counterproductive. Tom Jacobs
Environment How Much of an Increase in Temperature Can We Tolerate? An IPCC author assails the current two-degree target as scientifically bankrupt and geographically biased. Brian Palmer
Environment Thomas Jefferson—the Early Climate Change Believer Thomas Jefferson once advocated the idea that European culture was making North America's climate pleasantly warmer. Francie Diep
News in Brief Taking Climate Change to Court Frustrated by the slow pace of progress, Dutch citizens have decided to sue their own government over climate change. Julia Rosen
Environment The U.S. and Mexico Have Announced Carbon Emissions Targets. Now What? The United States and Mexico met the deadline for their carbon pollution goals. Will others follow? Brian Palmer
Social Justice How You Read Science News Depends—a Little—on Your Political Beliefs More accurate science reporting helps everybody, but it's mitigated by how liberal or conservative people are. Francie Diep
Environment How to Feed a Polar Bear In a warming climate, polar bears face a dramatically changing future. If they'll cope is still uncertain. Francie Diep
Environment Noise in the National Parks Researchers discuss how human-generated noise affects the natural world—and us. Nathan Collins
Environment Picky Penguins Aren’t Surviving the Antarctic Warm-Up Forget about a polar bear stranded on the ice float, the new mascot for global warming could be a penguin turning up its beak at a diverse diet. Bettina Chang