A Future as Clouded as Their Past
By GEORGE JOHNSON When the Anasazi abandoned the cities they had worked so long to build on the […]
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On the Cusp of Climate Change
By Produced by JEFFERY DelVISCIO, JESSIE DEWITT, CLAIRE MALDARELLI and LARRY BUCHANAN Animal and plant species around the […]
A Microscopic Issue of Unknown Consequences
By HENRY FOUNTAIN Climate change may impact even the smallest organisms, like photosynthesizing microbes that play a critical […]
Too Much of a Good Thing
By NATALIE ANGIER Carbon dioxide keeps the earth unfrozen by retaining the sun’s energy, but our use of […]
It’s Not Genghis Khan’s Mongolia
By RACHEL NUWER Winters and summers that have grown more extreme imperil a country’s herding tradition. Published: September […]
Global Warming Concerns Grow
By MARJORIE CONNELLY More than half of Americans said global warming was caused by human behavior, the highest […]
Portland Will Still Be Cool, but Anchorage May Be the ...
By JENNIFER A. KINGSON Scientists trying to predict the consequences of climate change say that they see few […]
For Polar Bears, a Climate Change Twist
By JAMES GORMAN Warmer temperatures are giving polar bears less time to hunt seals but leading them to […]
Study Confirms Criticism of Big Bang Finding
By DENNIS OVERBYE Astronomers who say they detected ripples from the Big Bang appear to have underestimated the […]
Testing Future Conditions for the Food Chain
By JUSTIN GILLIS Researchers are trying to mimic the growing conditions expected to arise decades in the future […]