Facebook launches climate change information center
Facebook has launched a new resource to help in the fight against climate change. On Tuesday, ahead of the annual Climate Week summit in New York City, the company announced…
Why the Atlantic is teeming with storms right now
The Atlantic is churning with storms. There are currently five tropical cyclones spinning in the Atlantic Ocean, making for some vivid satellite imagery of an aggressive, bustling sea. As of…
Sir David Attenborough delivers stark warning in BBC doc ‘Extinction: The Facts’
At 94 years old and with over 60 years of wildlife documentary-making under his belt, Sir David Attenborough is well-placed to share his thoughts about the future of our planet.…
Colossal fires look ever more menacing, viewed from space
If intelligent life beyond Earth (should it exist) could view our planet right now, they might be astonished by the great plume of smoke curling over the ocean. It’s a…
Schools rarely teach climate change outside of science class. Teachers are changing that.
Moving forward requires focus. Mashable’s Social Good Series is dedicated to exploring pathways to a greater good, spotlighting issues that are essential to making the world a better place. There’s…
Watch a plane fly through San Francisco’s orange, dystopian skies
The dystopia is colored orange. The profoundly dense smoke layer over the San Francisco region on Sept. 9, born from California’s record-breaking fire season, resulted in a dramatically orange glow…
Fire experts: Western fires are ‘unreal’
Wildfire experts and meteorologists are aghast at the explosion in Western wildfires. Massive, rapidly moving fires have come alive in California, Washington, and Oregon as potent winds fanned flames over…
Why more heat will pummel California
Another blast of heat will sting California. The National Weather Service expects much of the fire-ravaged state will experience unusually hot early September temperatures over Labor Day weekend and beyond,…
California fires are supercharged by this potent factor
Potent fires have been erupting in California since mid-August. That’s when a lightning siege of over 13,000 strikes, from passing storm systems, started igniting the land. The siege sparked some…
California looks like a nightmare from space right now
The second and third largest fires in California history are now burning at the same time. Along with over 500 other fires. The Golden State — a region with long,…