Planets & Transits
New Moon in Leo August 12, 2026
The New Moon arrives in Leo August 12 at 8:36 PM UTC, and with it comes a singular...
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- Written by: Sumedha Basu
For the last few decades, the consensus among leading economists has been that putting a price on carbon is the most efficient way to reduce emissions.
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- Written by: Annette Cowie et al
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change says negative emissions technologies will be needed to meet the Paris Agreement goal of limiting warming to well below 2?. In other words, just cutting emissions is not enough – we must also take existing greenhouse gases from the air.
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- Written by: Nathan Mietkiewicz and Jennifer Balch
Summer and fall are wildfire season across the western U.S. In recent years, wildfires have destroyed thousands of homes, forced hundreds of thousands of people to evacuate and exposed tens of millions to harmful smoke.
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- Written by: Anthony C. Didlake Jr
As Hurricane Sally headed for the northern Gulf Coast on Tuesday, September 15, 2020, forecasters warned of a potentially life-threatening storm surge, with water levels that could rise as high as 7 feet in some areas.
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- Written by: Steven C. Beda
What is driving the wildfires that are ravaging California, Oregon and Washington? President Trump and state officials have offered sharply different views.
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- Written by: Mitchell P. Jones
Seven millennia since its invention, leather remains one of the most durable and versatile natural materials. However, some consumers question the ethical ramifications and environmental sustainability of wearing products sourced from animals.
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- Written by: Lonnie Thompson, and Ellen Mosley-Thompson
Ice cores are columns of ice drilled through glaciers that are highly versatile and detailed recorders of Earth’s climate and environment that cover hundreds to many thousands of years.
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- Written by: Shawna Foo
Anyone who’s tending a garden right now knows what extreme heat can do to plants. Heat is also a concern for an important form of underwater gardening: growing corals and “outplanting,” or transplanting them to restore damaged reefs.
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- Written by: Chris Slocum
Hurricane Laura blew up quickly as it headed for the Louisiana coast, intensifying from a tropical storm to a major hurricane in less than 24 hours.
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- Written by: Russ Schumacher
Thunderstorms are common across North America, especially in warm weather months. About 10% of them become severe, meaning they produce hail 1 inch or greater in diameter, winds gusting in excess of 50 knots (57.5 miles per hour), or a tornado.
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- Written by: Ellen Corrick et al
Massive ice-sheets covered northern Europe and northern Asia, and about half of North America, and global sea-levels were as much as 130 meters lower than today.
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- Written by: Josie Garthwaite
Global emissions of methane have reached the highest levels on record, research shows.
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- Written by: Kyla Tienhaara et al
Demand for fossil fuels collapsed during the COVID-19 pandemic as lockdown measures were introduced. In the second quarter of 2020,
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- Written by: Emma Bryce
Researchers are looking to kelp for help storing carbon dioxide far beneath the surface of the sea.
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- Written by: Mark Serreze
The Arctic heat wave that sent Siberian temperatures soaring to around 100 degrees Fahrenheit on the first day of summer put an exclamation point on an astonishing transformation of the Arctic environment that’s been underway for about 30 years.
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- Written by: Michelle Samuels
Heat may kill more people in the US than previously reported, according to a new study.
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- Written by: Ralph Sims
Every car has an optimal speed range that results in minimum fuel consumption, but this range differs between vehicle types, design and age.
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- Written by: Oliver Taherzadeh and Benedict Probst
Green growth has emerged as the dominant narrative for tackling contemporary environmental problems.
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- Written by: Mark Abkowitz
The tornadoes that swept across the Southeast this spring were a warning to communities nationwide:
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- Written by: Nicholas Rajkovich
Summer temperatures in Chicago normally peak in the low 80s, but in mid-July 1995 they topped 100 F with excessive humidity for three days straight.
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- Written by: Nick Davies et al
COVID-19 has radically changed our travel habits in just a matter of weeks. Walking and cycling are up, as people enjoy their daily exercise or take essential journeys they might otherwise have made by public transport.
