Tag: plastic pollution

About 56 million years ago, when Earth experienced a dramatic rise in global temperatures, one meat-eating mammal responded in a surprising way: It started eating more bones. That’s the conclusion…

The urban heat island effect adds far more non-climatic heat to temperature station records than can be reliably controlled for. An analysis of 10 cities from across the globe (Kara…

Skeptical Science New Research for Week #32 2025 Posted on 7 August 2025 by Doug Bostrom, Marc Kodack Open access notables Public concerns about solar geoengineering research in the United…

Since ClimateballTM (H/T Willard) is back with the publication of the first report from the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Climate Working Group, I thought it was time to start…

How the DOE and EPA used and misused my research Posted on 5 August 2025 by Zeke Hausfather This is a re-post from the Climate Brink I’ve been traveling with…

The Republican campaign to stop the U.S. EPA from protecting the climate Posted on 4 August 2025 by dana1981 This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections In a stark…

An ancient underwater city beneath Turkey’s Lake Van could potentially reveal secrets that challenge the origins of Noah’s Ark. The sprawling ruins lie 85 feet below the surface near the…

Many blue whales have mysteriously gone silent in the ocean, raising alarm bells among the scientific community. Acoustic recordings were captured off the coast of Monterey Bay, California to understand…

If you thought head banging and body rolls were limited to rock concerts or hip-hop clubs, you’d be mistaken. Experts have discovered that cockatoos have at least 30 different dance…

BRISBANE, Thursday 07 August 2025 — New figures from the Queensland Government show deforestation in Queensland is the worst in the nation and worsening under the current national environment law,…