Seawalls and other hard choices on the shore
A cost-benefit analysis suggests that seawalls can buy Côte d’Ivoire time – but not a lasting answer.
Tue, Aug 18, 2026
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When heat hits home: Climate change’s hidden and deadly toll
Buildings, housing conditions, and access to cooling shape the health risks of extreme heat. A study from Boston shows how the cost of buying and running air conditioning can leave high-risk residents without protection.
Mon, Aug 10, 2026
When a heat wave is coming, who is most at risk?
A free new tool makes cutting-edge data streams available to anyone, helping planners map where extreme heat, health risks, and vulnerability collide – block by block.
Wed, Jul 29, 2026
Will the AMOC slow? Collapse? Four ways scientists study the Atlantic current
The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation is likely to weaken. But there will be no certainty without decades more ocean data.
Tue, Jul 7, 2026
Climate anxiety is real. That does not make it a diagnosis
A child psychiatrist explains why distress over climate change should not be reduced to individual pathology.
Mon, Jun 29, 2026
How we came to understand El Niño
For centuries, farmers, fishermen, and forecasters saw pieces of the same climate pattern. Modern observations revealed how a warming Pacific can reshape weather around the world. Now global warming is making some of those effects harder to predict.
Mon, Jun 22, 2026
Africa’s rising seas, mapped and measured coast-to-coast
A new tool lets users click anywhere on Africa’s shoreline to visualize how sea level has changed since 1900, what forces are driving the accelerating change, and how much more to expect by 2100.
Mon, Jun 15, 2026
The old forests nobody knew were there
Hidden in northern Maine, newly revealed old forests store vast amounts of carbon. But most remain unprotected on private timberland.
Mon, Jun 8, 2026
May’s heatwaves offer early warning for workers
As cities prepare for hotter summers, protecting people on the job will require enforceable rules, local action, and workers’ voices.
Thu, Jun 4, 2026
Is “rights of nature” the right phrase?
A growing legal movement is translating older Indigenous traditions of reciprocity and responsibility into Western law – but its core terms remain contested.
Wed, May 27, 2026
What oaks teach us about biodiversity
Oak trees, with more than 430 species worldwide, help us see how biodiversity is built over evolutionary time – and why that matters as forests face climate change and ecological disruption.
Thu, May 7, 2026
The science of measuring carbon in forests and soils
As forests become more central to climate policy and carbon markets, researchers are trying to pin down how much carbon they hold above ground – and below.
Tue, Apr 28, 2026