December 13, 2017 Heartbreaking video of starving polar bear stirs controversy among conservationists A video of a starving polar bear recently went viral, tugging at viewers’ heartstrings as the emaciated creature makes its way across an iceless wasteland. Some experts, however, say that the video, which has been seen by millions of people, may not be all that it seems.
December 13, 2017 'Arbitrary' adjustments exaggerate sea level rise, study finds A new study by Australian researchers finds that international sea level rise data relied upon by the U.N. was adjusted upward in “arbitrary” ways.
December 12, 2017 Paris hosts major climate summit - and it's all about Trump PARIS (AP) — The global climate summit in Paris was designed to bypass Donald Trump, but the U.S. president ended up playing a starring role.
December 7, 2017 Google is helping turn Christmas Island into the next Galapagos Island Forty-five million Christmas Island red crabs are on the move for their once-a-year migration to breed — and so to is the Indian Ocean settlement that still calls Australia home despite sitting just 350 kilometers south of Java.
December 5, 2017 Rising seas could submerge the oldest English settlement in the Americas Sea-level rise this century may threaten Jamestown in Virginia, the first permanent English settlement in the Americas; the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, which launches all of NASA's human spaceflight missions; and the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse in North Carolina, the tallest brick lighthouse in the United States, a new study finds.
November 30, 2017 Lightning bolts are churning out antimatter all over Planet Earth Particles split in the hot belly of a lightning bolt.
November 7, 2017 Good news on warming: Ozone hole is smallest since 1988 Higher temperatures over Antarctica this year shrank the hole in the ozone layer to the smallest it's been since 1988.
October 30, 2017 UN agency: CO2 concentrations grew at record rate in 2016 The U.N. weather agency is warning that carbon-dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere increased at record-breaking speed last year.
October 24, 2017 Bizarre blue 'flashes and glows' may reveal thunderstorm secrets Bright, blue flashes stretch from the tops of powerful thunderstorms toward the edge of space, providing a fascinating celestial show for astronauts on the International Space Station, and now, scientists are learning more about these showstopping displays.