Tag: climate action

The idea of your hometown being plunged underwater might sound like a nightmare. But scientists have warned that it could soon become a reality. In a new study, published yesterday,…

The odds of high-severity wildfire were nearly one-and-a-half times higher on industrial private land than on publicly owned forests, a new study found. Forests managed by timber companies were more…

More trees will cool the climate and suppress fires, but mainly if planted in the tropics, according to a new UC Riverside study. The study, published in npj Climate and…

Skeptical Science New Research for Week #34 2025 Posted on 21 August 2025 by Doug Bostrom, Marc Kodack Open access notables Glacier Geoengineering May Have Unintended Consequences for Marine Ecosystems…

Getting climate risk wrong Posted on 20 August 2025 by Ken Rice This is a re-post from And Then There’s Physics Ted Nordhaus has a recent article in The EcoModernist…

Deer across the US have been spotted with tumor-like growths hanging off their bodies, joining rabbits and squirrels as animals showing signs of widespread disease. From the Northeast to the…

Millions of Americans are preparing for Hurricane Erin’s arrival offshore as forecasters warn the storm will unleash ‘large, powerful, life-threatening’ waves. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) said Wednesday that Erin…

The US Air Force’s top-secret RAT55 jet was spotted soaring over Area 51 in Nevada, confirming rumors that this enigmatic radar plane operates from the clandestine Groom Lake facility. Aviation…

It is one of the largest ice masses on Earth, covering an area of roughly 760,000 square miles. But the West Antarctic Ice Sheet is on the verge of a…

It’s a procedure that’s entered the headlines after it was revealed Pedro Pascal’s character in the recent film Materialists had a leg lengthening surgery to be taller. In the film,…