Climate change is killing reindeer in the Arctic
A new Arctic Report Card from the U.S. National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has revealed...
New innovations in geoengineering are needed to save the coral reefs
The coral reef crisis continues thanks to threats like climate change and pollution. With that in mind, the National...
The US just experienced its hottest May on record
It's a familiar theme: each year, it seems, is the hottest year on record. The most recent climate change milestone...
High tide coastal flooding in US has doubled in the past 30 years
A new report from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) finds that the frequency of coastal...
Levels of ozone-destroying CFCs are mysteriously rising
Globally banned by the Montreal protocol in 1987 for their ozone-destroying properties, chlorofluorocarbon (CFC)...
Your shampoo and deodorant cause a daily pollution ‘rush hour’
You may not realize it, but your shampoo, deodorant, or lotion could be contributing nearly as much urban air pollution as...
Scientists warn that the Arctic will never be frozen again
The Arctic as we've always known it is gone. According to scientists, the Arctic is trending toward an ice-free...
Alaskan city’s temperatures spiked so significantly NOAA algorithms thought they were wrong
Every month the NOAA puts together a climate report, documenting changes in average temperatures across the country....
Three hurricanes form in the Atlantic for the first time since 2010
While Hurricane Irma barrels through the Caribbean towards the United States mainland, another two potentially...
Global ocean circulation may be slowing down due to Arctic ice loss
Humanity is entering a phase of grave uncertainty as rising temperatures wreck havoc on our planet. Researchers...
Trump administration ‘declares war’ on West Coast turtles, dolphins, and whales
Environmentalists say President Donald Trump's administration has declared war on California marine animals after...
New NOAA tool shows how climate change will affect your neighborhood
We've all seen the projections: Sea-level rises, hastened by a warming planet, will be nothing short of catastrophic...
Unusually high number of humpback whale deaths prompts NOAA inquiry
A large number of humpback whale mortalities along the United States' East Coast has scientists concerned. 41 humpback...
Global temperatures hit record high for the third year in a row
On Wednesday, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration scientists marked a disturbing new milestone in Earth’s...
Heroic dolphins could save critically endangered porpoise from extinction
Seal Team 6, a squad of dolphins trained by the US Navy to locate undersea mines and other submerged objects, may...
Independent research shows “global warming hiatus” was indeed false
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) unleashed a huge controversy two years ago with a paper...
New NASA data confirms July 2016 was the hottest month on record
Newly released data from NASA indicates July was the hottest month on record, since scientists began tracking global...
Flame-colored NOAA map paints a picture of this week’s toasty heat wave
Nobody needs a news report to know that summer is hot, but we're in the midst of a particular scorcher. Scientists...
8 billion-dollar climate disasters have hit the US this year alone
Climate change is getting expensive. Coming off the hottest June on record, the United States so far in 2016 has...
NOAA has a plan to protect the oceans from troubling noise pollution
As if the world's marine animals didn't have enough to worry about -- with climate change, ocean acidification,...
Marine scientists in Hawaii unearth an ancient minivan-sized sea sponge
We’ve all heard stories about enormous deep sea worms and sharks the size of a city bus. It turns out, those...
NOAA’s LEED Gold marine research facility embodies San Diego’s coast
Inspired by the topography of La Jolla Cove, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's sustainable...
Global CO2 concentrations exceed 400ppm ‘point of no return’ for first time
Yet another new scientific report is warning about the impending devastation linked to carbon dioxide emissions....
Hypnotic new jellyfish species discovered 2.3 miles under the sea
This mesmerizing video of a deep sea jellyfish may make you do a double take, but I assure you it is the real deal...
Green sea turtles are no longer endangered in Florida and Mexico
Decades of conservation efforts have paid off for green sea turtles in Florida and Mexico. In the late 1970s, populations...
February’s record high temperatures are bringing us too close to 2°C limit
The past few months scientists have watched global temperatures shatter records, but February marked a staggering...
Record high Arctic temperatures are becoming the new normal
2015 was officially the hottest year on record, and 2016 is already shaping up to be quite the contender. New data...
El Niño is dwindling, but anti-Niño is coming for us next
It is all over too soon. After weirding out weather all around the world, this winter's monstrous El Niño may...
US barrier islands and shorelines may be completely uninhabitable in 50 years
While it is clear that climate change is having an active impact in the present, it is still uncertain how climate...
It’s official: 2015 was the hottest year in recorded history
The numbers are in: last year was the second hottest year ever recorded in US history - and the hottest in world...