The continent is enduring some of the highest global sea level rise. A new report identifies the western coast as particularly vulnerable to coastal erosion and saltwater intrusion.Read More »Atmospheric Sciences
Black carbon contained in airborne particles is often cited as a major factor warming the climate, but how much can California reduce climate change through reducing airborne particle concentrations?Read More »Climate Change
With so many communities facing relocation from a changing climate, reframing “managed retreat” is needed to respect people's self-determination.Read More »
Decarbonizing the aviation industry won’t be easy. The coronavirus pandemic complicates the situation but also presents an opportunity.Read More »Climate Change
A comparison of climate models finds that much of the variation in their predictions of global warming arises from differences in how they simulate the response of convective processes to warming.Read More »Science Policy & Funding
Policymakers need scientists. Here’s how one geoscientist contributed to a U.S. congressional report that’s already churning out legislation—and real action.Read More »
The United States and European Union bear disproportionate liability for emitting to the atmospheric commons, new research argues.Read More »Climate Change
Most of the tidal marshes along the eastern coast of the United States formed within the past 6,000 years due to a combination of slowly rising seas and European colonization.Read More »