October 21, 2015 North pole now a lake Instead of snow and ice whirling on the wind, a foot-deep aquamarine lake now sloshes around a webcam stationed at the North Pole.
October 21, 2015 Global warming threatens baby seals As ice levels in the North Atlantic have declined, increasing numbers of seals are ending up stranded along the U.S. East Coast, as far south as the Carolinas, far from where they should be.
October 21, 2015 Solar-powered plane begins historic cross-country flight A solar-powered airplane that can fly day and night without using a single drop of fuel embarked on an unprecedented flight across the United States Friday.
October 21, 2015 NASA rover to explore… Greenland NASA's newest rover won't be exploring another planet, but will take a look at part of our own.
October 21, 2015 Ancient microbes found in buried Antarctic lake Beneath the icy surface of a buried Antarctic lake, in super-salty water devoid of light and oxygen that is also cold enough to freeze seawater, researchers have now discovered that a diverse community of bacteria has survived for millennia.
October 21, 2015 Scientists: Weather plays big role in Lake Erie 'dead zones' A newly released study says cutting phosphorus levels is important for Lake Erie but isn't a cure-all for one of its biggest environmental hazards: "dead zones" where fish can't survive.
October 21, 2015 UN calls for ‘all hands on deck’ to tackle climate change U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon urged world leaders to throw their weight fully behind the effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions on Tuesday, describing climate change as “the defining issue” of our time.
October 21, 2015 Snow storm? NASA, NOAA call 2013 4th hottest year ever The sweltering year of 1988 first put global warming in the headlines and ended up as the hottest year on record. But on Tuesday, it was pushed out of the top 20 warmest by 2013.
October 21, 2015 Scientist finds 1959 message in bottle showing the extent of glacial melt in remote Canada A 54-year old message in a bottle tucked under some rocks is helping scientists study just how much a remote glacier has melted due to climate change.
October 21, 2015 Critics blast Reddit over climate-change skeptic ban Critics are slamming Reddit over a decision to ban climate-change skeptics from contributing to its science forum, attacking the move as “political censorship.”