Should We Dam The Bering Strait To Keep The AMOC From Collapsing?
A study from the Netherlands suggests building a dam across the Bering Strait could stabilize the AMOC. Is that a good idea?
Global Weirding
A visibly low water level is present in this aerial view of Enterprise Bridge on Lake Oroville in Butte County, California. On October 28, 2021, the storage was 970,851 reservoir acre-feet, which is 27 percent of total capacity (Image credit: Andrew Innerarity/California Department of Water Resources)
Drought Could Be Making Antibiotic Resistance Worse, Scientists Say
Antibiotic resistance is often associated with hospitals and the overuse of antibiotics in agriculture. Both are genuine problems, but new research suggests another potential culprit that many people haven’t considered – droughts caused by climate change. A recent study published in the journal Nature Microbiology found that when soil dries out, it … [continued]
Air Pollution Causes Social Instability in Ant Colonies
Ozone destroys colony-specific odor signals and leads to attacks within the colony To the Point Attack: Ants exposed to ozone are attacked by their nestmates, even though they are part of the colony themselves. Different smell: Ozone destroys colony-specific scent signals by breaking down alkenes with carbon-carbon double bonds. Even slight changes … [continued]
Extreme Heat Limits Outdoor Activities For One Third Of Human Population
Scientists from the Nature Conservancy have published a study in the journal Environmental Research — Health that finds nearly a third of people alive today are unable to work outdoors safely in the higher temperatures prevalent in much of the world. Rising temperatures, driven by the continued burning of fossil … [continued]
"I-195 New Jersey blizzard conditions overhead sign 02-21-2026" by Bud McCormrick is licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Is Climate Change Making This A Snowier Winter?
I was a bad friend the other day. As I was walking my local beach on a bright sunny day, I thought of my Connecticut pal who’ll be arriving here in Florida at the end of the month. I sent along a “Can’t way to see you” text with a … [continued]
Seaweed Blooms Suggest The Ocean Is Geoengineering Itself
Two studies published this year put a spotlight on how changes in the ocean are affecting the planet and the global economy.
Charting The Changes That Will Lead To Renewable Energy Dominance In 2026
Renewable energy is moving ahead all around the world, while the US sucks its thumb and whines about how good things were in the 1950s.
Hurricanes in 2024 Led to the Most Hours without Power in the United States in…
U.S. electricity customers experienced an average of 11 hours of electricity interruptions in 2024, or nearly twice as many as the annual average experienced in the decade before, according to our Electric Power Annual 2024 report. Major events such as Hurricanes Beryl, Helene, and Milton accounted for 80% of the hours … [continued]
We Are Jamaica And Jamaica Is Us
The storm that hit Jamaica last week was made more powerful by hotter ocean temperatures caused by human activity.
"Topographic map of the Nordic Seas and subpolar basins with surface currents (solid curves) and deep currents (dashed curves) that form a portion of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation. Colors of curves indicate approximate temperatures." Courtesy of R. Curry, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution/Science/USGCRP (CC BY 3.0 license)
Risk of Atlantic Current Collapsing Much Higher Than Previously Expected
Unsurprisingly, climate risks keep growing. However, it’s not great to hear that one of the possibilities that has concerned me the most for almost two decades is getting more likely. That is the collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC). The AMOC brings warm water from tropical parts of … [continued]
