Articles on Climate change

Displaying 241 - 260 of 8668 articles

A whitebark pine seedling grows in soil and deteriorating wood blackened by fire in Glacier National Park, Montana, in 2019. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Life after death: From burned trees to bleached corals, how dead organisms live on as the building blocks of new life

The dead remains of foundation species can boost or deter how well future generations are able to grow and thrive.
The Global Ocean Observing System is facing funding pressures and data gaps as a result which leave the world blind. IOW M Naumann

Ocean monitoring is in trouble: without the US, it’s up to Europe and Asia to avoid losing sight of the world’s deep‑sea ecosystems

Defunding marine monitoring networks could jeopardise efforts to avoid losing track of the world’s oceans and their precious ecosystems, which drive the blue economy.
In fall 2024, Tampa and other Florida cities on the Gulf coast were hit by hurricanes Helene and Milton within 13 days of each other. Giorgio Viera/AFP via Getty Images

Home insurance and the unraveling of Florida communities

Florida’s current approach to insurance is forcing those who can least afford it to bear the cost of the climate crisis. But different approaches are available.
Hurricane Sandy hit New York and its suburbs in 2012 as shown by imagery from Nasa’s GOES-13. Robert Simmon with data courtesy of NASA/NOAA GOES Project Science team

Can AI help coastal cities prepare for rising seas and extreme events?

Extreme storm surges can be predicted much faster with high accuracy thanks to a new AI model that helps researchers and practitioners improve coastal flood risk assessment and adaptation planning.
https://www.gettyimages.com.au/detail/photo/iceberg-sits-still-on-a-calm-day-in-antarctica-royalty-free-image/1274512891?phrase=sea%20ice%20floes%20Antarctica&searchscope=image%2Cfilm&adppopup=true

How waves, ponds and green algae are accelerating sea ice melt in Antarctica

This remarkable seasonal change in Antarctic sea ice is like a heartbeat within our planet’s climate system. We need to better understand it.

Top contributors

More