See the grim climate graphs censored by Trump
They’re back. After a four-year hiatus during the Trump administration, the EPA announced this week the return of its Climate Change Indicators website. (The previous administration deleted many of the…
How a smoking giant sequoia has burned since 2020
On a long, recent trudge through forest burned in California’s 2020 Castle Fire, a six-person survey crew peered at a curiosity in the distance. “We saw a little tiny smudge…
How climate change moved Earth’s axis
Climate 101 is a Mashable series that answers provoking and salient questions about Earth’s warming climate. Greenland is purging ice into the ocean. And Earth noticed. A strange impact…
What Earth was like last time CO2 levels were this high
Climate 101 is a Mashable series that answers provoking and salient questions about Earth’s warming climate. The last time CO2 levels were as high as today, ocean waters drowned the…
Why this spectacular glacier is surging in Alaska
Alaska’s mighty Muldrow Glacier is moving 50 to 100 times faster than normal. It’s a major surge. Large parts of the 39-mile-long “river of ice” are progressing some 30 to…
Why Iceland’s eruption is so gooey and thrilling
Icelanders recently played volleyball as lava poured from the ground behind them. Why so carefree? The new Icelandic eruption is relatively small and non-threatening for a volcanic eruption. And thanks…
Why the sun isn’t causing today’s climate change
Climate 101 is a Mashable series that answers provoking and salient questions about Earth’s warming climate. Yes, the sun is a profoundly important factor in Earth’s climate. It always will…
Climate change is making Kyoto’s cherry blossoms bloom the earliest in 1,200 years
Cherry blossoms in Kyoto, Japan reached peak bloom on March 26 this year — the earliest the event has occurred in 1,200 years of records. Why so soon? Climate change,…
You can watch Iceland’s new, thrilling eruption live
Fresh new earth is pouring from the ground in Iceland. And you can watch this lava splattering and flowing live on YouTube. Icelandic scientists put up a webcam on Saturday…
Photos show the devastation of torrential rain and flooding on Australia’s east coast
Less than 18 months after the “Black Summer” bushfire crisis that made global headlines last southern summer, Australia’s east coast is dealing with torrential rain and flooding described as a…