February 28, 2018 Popular Alaska peak weighs new rules for climbers' poop ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Climbers on North America's tallest mountain may have to start packing out more of their poop after a researcher determined a glacier in which much of it has been dumped over the past decade probably is not decomposing the human waste.
February 27, 2018 Bugs found in the driest spot on Earth could indicate life on Mars Freak rains in the driest part of the world have revealed hidden microbes that could point to what life on Mars might look like.
February 22, 2018 When iceberg broke off, marine habitat hidden for 120G years emerged When an iceberg the size of Delaware separated from the Larsen C ice shelf last July, it uncovered an Antarctic marine habitat that had been hidden from the rest of the world for over 120,000 years, Quartz reports.
February 13, 2018 Satellites show warming is accelerating sea level rise WASHINGTON (AP) — Melting ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica are speeding up the already fast pace of sea level rise, new satellite research shows.
February 8, 2018 Science or silence? My battle to question doomsayers about the Great Barrier Reef Around the world, people have heard about the impending extinction of the Great Barrier Reef: some 133,000 square miles of magnificent coral stretching for 1,400 miles off the north-eastern coast of Australia.
January 30, 2018 Al Gore would have lost global warming bet, academic says Al Gore is lucky he isn’t a betting man.
January 24, 2018 See this bizarre Plan B to cool the planet As efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions fall woefully short and many scientists agree cuts alone will not be enough to avert the consequences of climate change, radical new schemes are being proposed.
January 23, 2018 Catastrophic global warming less likely, study says Dire warnings of underwater cities and drowning polar bears are less likely to pan out than once thought.
January 18, 2018 Even without El Nino last year, Earth keeps warming WASHINGTON (AP) — Earth last year wasn't quite as hot as 2016's record-shattering mark, but it ranked second or third, depending on who was counting.
January 11, 2018 Global warming puts millions at risk from river floods, study shows BERLIN (AP) — Global warming will increase the risk of river flooding over the coming decades, endangering millions more people around the world, according to a study published Thursday.