Rising bedrock below West Antarctica could delay catastrophic ice sheet collapse
Its burden lightening, crust beneath glaciers is rising at a startling pace
Environment
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Natural gas could warm the planet as much as coal in the short term
Gas production leaks enough methane to match climate impact of coal-burning plants for 2 decades -
Obama official would have led EPA’s climate science debate—if all agencies took part
Steven Koonin says the Trump administration has dropped the red-team idea, but it’s not dead -
Beaver dams without beavers? Artificial logjams are a popular but controversial restoration tool
Imitating busy rodents a cheap way to repair damaged rivers, researchers say -
Cost plunges for capturing carbon dioxide from the air
Approach could make it affordable to produce gasoline from air, water, and renewable electricity -
Scientists race to reveal how surging wildfire smoke is affecting climate and health
U.S. campaign will study how plumes spread and evolve -
United Kingdom unveils ambitious air pollution plan
Bid to slash particulate pollution draws praise and doubts -
Warming seas may scramble North America’s fishing industry
Shifting stocks could disrupt businesses and fuel conflict, study suggests -
Drilling boom threatens web of ancient roads in Southwest
Oil and gas development threaten to erase 1,000-year-old roads in New Mexico -
Rise and fall of Roman Empire exposed in Greenland ice samples
Spikes and dips in lead pollution track wars and other historical events -
Tourism is four times worse for the planet than previously believed
Global tourism accounts for around one-twelfth of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions -
Bucking global trends, Japan again embraces coal power
Plans for new coal plants imperil efforts to cut emissions -
Critics allege EPA’s new transparency rule has hidden pro-industry agenda
They fear policy aims to weaken air pollution limits by barring key studies -
Rooftop sensors on U.S. embassies are warning the world about ‘crazy bad’ air pollution
Fine-particle sentinels prod governments to curb emissions -
Logging in Europe’s primeval forest ruled illegal
Court rejects argument that trees had to be cut to protect Białowieża Forest from bark beetles -
Eroding mountains could release, not trap, greenhouse gases
Microbes feast on fossil carbon exhumed by Taiwanese peaks
