Limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees versus 2 has big benefits, the IPCC says

A new report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change compares the impact of warming targets…

How wind power could contribute to a warming climate

If the United States had enough wind turbines to generate all of its power, they would…

Warm tropical Atlantic waters juiced the 2017 hurricane season

Anomalously warm ocean waters in the tropical Atlantic Ocean drove 2017’s hurricane powerhouses.

Christopher Hamilton explores the architecture of other worlds

Planetary scientist Christopher Hamilton uses Earth’s volcanic structures are a blueprint for how lava shapes other…

Cholesterol traces suggest these mysterious fossils were animals, not fungi

Traces of cholesterol still clinging to a group of enigmatic Ediacaran fossils suggests the weird critters…

Here’s how climate change is fueling Hurricane Florence

Scientists take a stab at predicting climate change’s influence on Hurricane Florence.

Sea level rise doesn’t necessarily spell doom for coastal wetlands

Wetlands can survive and even thrive despite rising sea levels — if humans give them room…

A massive net is being deployed to pick up plastic in the Pacific

As the Ocean Cleanup project embarks, critics remain unconvinced that scooping up debris is the best…

Artificial intelligence could improve predictions for where quake aftershocks will hit

Scientists trained an artificial intelligence system to figure out where aftershocks are likely to occur.

Chances of an Atlantic hurricane season busier than 2005’s are slim — for now

The 28 named tropical storms that swirled through the Atlantic Ocean in 2005 is about as…