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Climate Change

Little pieces of plastic pile up in waterways all over the world.

Trawling Through the Murky World of Microplastics

In waterways around the globe, the teeny tiny shreds are a big problem.

Jessica Leigh Hester July 24, 2018

A pod of narwhals in central Baffin Bay.

Narwhals Are Real, And They Could Be in Real Trouble

As Arctic waters warm, shipping traffic is rapidly increasing in their favored habitats.

Jessica Leigh Hester July 10, 2018

A contemporary Tour of Flanders rider zooms through a green landscape.

What Footage From 1980s Bike Races Can Teach Us About Climate Change

Ignore the Lycra—look at the flowers.

Cara Giaimo July 9, 2018

The calving front of the Helheim glacier.

See a Giant Iceberg Fall Into the Sea

Scientists filmed the break-up of a Greenland glacier.

Sarah Laskow July 9, 2018

Across some sections of the Arctic, seasonal sea ice is failing to reappear as temperatures rise.

Why a Portion of the Arctic Ocean May Become Part of the Atlantic

Clue: It's related to climate change.

Natasha Frost June 29, 2018

Climate change and technology will likely play an outsized role.

What Will Your National Dish Look Like in 2050?

We want to know your predictions for the future's culinary landscape.

Anne Ewbank June 5, 2018

<em>Ophiocordyceps</em> growing from an ant on a thin branch.

Climate Change Made Zombie Ants Even More Cunning

Your move, Hollywood.

Matt Simon June 4, 2018

The night sky in June 2016, over McMurdo Station.

Shedding New Light on the Mysteries of Antarctica's Long, Dark Winter

The continent's winter months present one of the most challenging—and surprising—research environments on Earth.

Sarah Laskow May 15, 2018

Villa Diodati.

Cologny, Switzerland

Villa Diodati

Where Mary Shelley’s "Frankenstein" and John William Polidori's "The Vampyre" were born.

Mangrove trees at dawn.

Florida's Mangroves Face Death by Rising Sea Level

The Everglades and coastal communities are in peril.

Oliver Milman May 3, 2018

Turtles led scientists to a remote landscape thick with seagrass.

Turtles Have Led Us to Their Secret Seagrass Meadows

Some ecological good news, courtesy of some hungry shelled swimmers.

Jessica Leigh Hester April 11, 2018

Antarctica was once covered in forests instead of ice.

Why Antarctica's Prehistoric Forests Might Foreshadow Its Future

Hidden on the frozen continent are clues to its greener past.

Sarah Laskow April 3, 2018

Women working on the Tabasco production line, Avery Island, 1961.

How Climate Change Could Swallow Louisiana's Tabasco Island

With thousands of square miles of land already lost along the coast, Avery Island faces being marooned.

Oliver Milman April 2, 2018

Palms flourish in tropical zones, but as the world warms, they'll show up in new places.

Where Will Palm Trees Grow in a Warming World?

As temperatures rise, fronds will fan out in unexpected places.

Jessica Leigh Hester March 21, 2018

Walking through a sandstone arch at the Apostle Island ice caves.

No One Has Been Able to Visit Wisconsin's Spectacular Ice Caves This Year

Another winter has passed without a safe route.

Sarah Laskow March 15, 2018

A Hubbard Brook ice storm experiment.

The Experimental Forest Where Scientists First Recognized Acid Rain

A patch of New Hampshire woods has served as a living laboratory since 1955.

James Gaines March 13, 2018

So far north, the sun never really sets.

Revisiting an Explorer's Northwest Passage 'Disappointment' After Nearly 230 Years

The 18th-century fur trader Alexander Mackenzie thought he was a failure, but he was wrong. He was just too early.

Brian Castner March 13, 2018

A red abalone off the coast of California.

The Cultural Costs of California’s Shrinking Abalone Supply

Climate change and overfishing have pushed the prized mollusk to perilously low numbers in the state.

Debra Utacia Krol March 2, 2018