Climate, Energy & Conservation
Bangladesh is the world’s second largest producer of the environmentally friendly fiber jute. However, the country has, for decades, grappled with the move to combat the escalating use of the cheaper ...
For 50 years, the Endangered Species Act has defined "harm" as not just injury to individuals but to the habitat on which they depend. By narrowing that definition, the Trump administration is leaving...
In July 1956, Carnegie Mellon’s Herb Simon and Allen Newell presented what is considered the first AI computer program at the Dartmouth Summer Research Project on Artificial Intelligence. Called the “...
In new research (Liu et al., 2026), scientists acknowledge clouds “markedly impact near-surface air temperatures” by altering the radiation budget and driving heating rates across the Arctic. For exam...
https://www.climateskeptic.org/p/global-greening-hits-new-record-as By CHRIS MORRISON Excerpt: Global mean vegetation greening reached a record high last year, extending an already significant multi-d...
As wildfires rage in Spokane, Washington, you may be wondering where all that wildfire smoke will end up. By Thursday night, wildfire smoke will have engulfed cities and towns in many states in the We...
A tiger once put its head beside a passenger in Vinod Rishi’s jeep. Its face, he wrote years later, wore a “quizzical expression.” Then it moved away, leaving the men unharmed. Rishi called it “a King...
Unaccountable 'climate risk scores' are silently gutting the biggest asset most families will ever own.The postWall Street’s new hidden tax on your homeappeared first onWatts Up With That?.
A monster discovery was just made at the bottom of the South Pacific, after officials found several megalodon teeth on the ocean floor.
Every city faces difficult choices about how to use its land. As populations grow, governments must provide homes, transport and other essential infrastructure while protecting the natural ecosystems ...
At best, “extreme event attribution” is an interesting hypothetical exercise – an educated guess. It is no more than that. It will be a tragic day when governments and courts start relying on it as ha...
A rare two-headed crested gecko named Simon and Garfunkel was born five weeks ago at Rockstar Geckos in northeastern Pennsylvania, and social media can't get enough of the tiny reptile.
Chicago got off to a soaking start in August, and the city's official monthly rainfall total is now in the spotlight as forecasters monitor the potential for a wetter-than-average month.
Thousands of people in Spokane, Washington, have been plagued by historic flames this week, as the event steadily builds a case for some of the most damaging fires in recent state history.
Kangaroo Island's feral cat eradication program is receiving major investments as conservationists use AI, drones and detection dogs to combat one of Australia's most damaging invasive species.
Typhoon Dolphin continues to develop as it tracks across the West Pacific, approaching the mainland of China. This comes as the typhoon is currently equivalent to a Category 3 hurricane, but is not fo...
Quint the shark is making big moves, becoming the northernmost white shark on the OCEARCH Global Shark Tracker in the western North Atlantic. The 9-foot-8-inch subadult male, weighing an estimated 587...
The expectation is that the much ballyhooed, but very real and strong, El Niño will dominate the circulation over the tropical Atlantic. That means that more-hostile-than-normal conditions are likely ...
Landlords in unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County will be required to keep rental units at or below 82 degrees beginning Jan. 1, 2027, under a regional first-of-its-kind indoor cooling standard ...
Colorado State University maintained its Atlantic hurricane season forecast Wednesday, saying the odds of a major hurricane making landfall in the continental United States remain "well below average....