A Path Beyond the Paris Climate Change Conference
By JUSTIN GILLIS There are leaders seeking aggressive solutions to global warming, but success will be difficult given […]
Science
Oregon Valley Wasn’t Always Forest-Covered, Study Says
By SINDYA N. BHANOO Researchers found that frosty meadowlands and patchy subalpine forest predominated in the Triangle Lake […]
Lessons From Cellphones on Distribution of Wealth
By SINDYA N. BHANOO A new study reports that in developing countries, mobile phone information can be used […]
3.2 Millimeters: A Troubling Rise in Sea Level
By NICHOLAS BAKALAR Since 1993, the average rate of increase in sea level has nearly doubled. By 2081, […]
Full Results of New York Times/CBS News Poll on the ...
By Unknown Author Two-thirds of Americans think the United States should join a binding international agreement to curb […]
Dark Sand Cascades on Mars
They might look like trees on Mars, but they’re not. Groups of dark brown streaks have been photographed […]
Short Answers to Hard Questions About Climate Change
By JUSTIN GILLIS The issue can be overwhelming. The science is complicated. We get it. This is your […]
Rosetta and Comet Outbound
Not a bright comet, 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko now sweeps slowly through planet Earth’s predawn skies near the line-up of planets […]
Paris Climate Talks Avoid Scientists’ Goal of ‘Carbon Budget’
By JUSTIN GILLIS Nations have pointedly declined to take up a recommendation from scientists, made several years ago, […]
Gravity’s Grin
Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity, published 100 years ago this month, predicted the phenomenon of gravitational lensing. […]