Pilot test of storing carbon dioxide in rocks is highly effective
Pilot project yields impressive results but may be difficult to replicate.
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Feature Story
That ’70s myth—did climate science really call for a “coming ice age?”
Claims that scientists flip-flopped on climate don't reflect the science.
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Punctual time travel depends on how fast the Earth spins
Can sea level changes help explain variations over the last 3,000 years?
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Martian ice caps tell story of massive climate shifts
Layers record 4 million years of Martian climate history.
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1.5 billion-year-old fossils reveal organisms of unusual size
Possibly related to algae, these simple critters grew as long as 30 centimeters.
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Water Hazard
Trump-owned golf course cites sea level rise in seawall permit
Despite candidate’s rejection of climate change, project acknowledges reality.
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No sense of irony
House Science Committee claims free speech attacks in Exxon probes
Republicans demand docs from attorneys general and environmental groups.
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Student Government
Teenagers force Massachusetts to act on greenhouse gases via lawsuit
Supreme Judicial Court finds regulations were required by 2008 law.
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Model of Earth’s interior explains why Hawaii isn’t someplace else
Rather than blaming it on the tectonic plate, look about 2,000 kilometers below.
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Current El Niño’s strength due partly to an earlier fizzle
The Pacific saved up for an El Niño in 2014 but held off on spending.
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Climate Hustle wants you to believe you just can’t trust climate science
If you missed the film’s one-night-only showing, you didn’t miss much.
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When pests bite, a nightshade plant bleeds ant food
By producing nectar at wound sites, it calls for security detail.
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A recipe for global cooling—put seafloor on dry land near the equator
Tectonic plate collisions could explain 40 million years of climatic history.
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Beyond the pale
Coral are bleaching along the entire Great Barrier Reef
Warm water is causing the most damaging event we’ve ever seen there.
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Guilds of trees share their sugar
Trees of different species are caught sharing carbon via fungal symbiotes.
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Ex-EPA scientist publishes Wyoming fracking study that agency abandoned
Study stands by initial finding of contamination.
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