4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (302+ words) The looming El Niño conditions, combined with the warming effects of climate change, contributed to the historic temperatures By Mary Randolph edited by Claire Cameron Visitors to Zakrzówek Lake in Kraków, Poland, cool down in water as a heat wave…...

5+ day, 7+ hour ago   (703+ words) Up and down the Pacific coast, dead gray whales are mysteriously washing ashore—and scientists think they know why By Ainslie Cruickshank edited by Andrea Thompson As of mid-August, 187 gray whales have been found dead this year along the West…...

5+ day, 7+ hour ago   (376+ words) There’s more to fog than meets the eye By Meghan Bartels edited by Sarah Lewin Frasier Researchers are finding microbes thriving in their own ecosystems of fog. Fog has an eerie and enchanting way of coloring how humans perceive our…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (588+ words) UN admits exceeding the 1.5 degrees Celsius global warming target is "unavoidable" Blowing past the Paris Agreement's long-time threshold is set to happen “within the next few years,” according to a new report The world is on track to exceed the…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (560+ words) After one of the worst natural disasters in the region’s history, attention is turning to the looming super El Niño Mount Everest, located in the Mahalangur Himal subrange of the Himalayas. Rising global temperatures have made high-mountain areas across the…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (425+ words) Avalanches like the one that devastated parts of Nepal and Tibet are becoming more common thanks to climate change. Here’s where else is at risk And while it’s too early to say whether this event was caused by rising global…...

3+ week, 2+ hour ago   (571+ words) Earth's oceans just hit their hottest temperature ever—it's only going to get worse The world’s oceans hit 21.10 degrees Celsius on Saturday, breaking a record set in 2024 Average ocean temperatures hit a record 21.10 degrees Celsius (69.98 degrees Fahrenheit) on August 22, according…...

3+ week, 8+ hour ago   (692+ words) Melting Arctic ice, threatened forests and the growing toll of extreme weather Forests, extreme weather and the realities of a warming world By Rachel Feltman, Andrea Gawrylewski, Fonda Mwangi & Alex Sugiura Rachel Feltman: Happy Monday, listeners! For Scientific American’s Science…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (342+ words) A strengthening El Niño may surpass any seen since the 19th century and will usher in another record hot year or two By Andrea Thompson edited by Clara Moskowitz Satellite sea surface temperature departure in the Pacific Ocean for the month…...