700 Years of Data on the Jet Stream and Extreme Weather
Explore A a few years ago, Valerie Trouet, a tree scientist from Belgium, began to notice something curious. When her summer holidays at home were marred by cold rainy days,…
Environment
Industrial Smog is Triggering Snowfall in Canada and Russia
Explore Humans can't control the weather. But we certainly make a mess of it, often in ways we're just beginning to understand. Four years ago, Velle Toll, a climate researcher…
What Extinct Sea Mink Reveals About Ecological Change
Explore Two hundred years ago, a small but fierce predator stalked the rocky coasts and islands of Maine. About the size of a housecat, but shaped more like a ferret,…
Solving the Siberian Crater Mystery
Explore In the northern reaches of Russia, enigmatic craters have begun appearing in broad expanses of windswept tundra. These craters can reach 230 feet across and plunge more than 100…
Invasive Species Found
Explore The Yangtze River is one of the longest rivers in the world, flowing nearly 4,000 miles from the western interior of China to the coast in Shanghai, and the…
The Vanishing Coast of Louisiana
Explore Along the bayous of Louisiana, south of New Orleans, five Native American settlements are clinging to disappearing earth. Their homes outline the narrow strips of land deposited by the…
We Can Now Link a Hurricane's Severity to Climate Change
Explore When Hurricane Helene slammed into Florida's shoulder earlier this fall, it brought the largest storm surge ever recorded in the area. The storm had formed just four days earlier…