Environment

The State of the Climate—and of Climate Science

06.30.2009 Four scientists discuss where the climate is and where it's going.

by photography by Timothy Archibald

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The Red Badge of Climate Change

Tracing the flow of a blood-red fluorescent dye may reveal the ultimate fate of the Greenland's ice. 05.18.2009

A Shad Situation

The population of American shad rebounded in the 1990s but is again on the wane. 05.17.2009

The Next Source of Green Energy: Your Car Itself

A new MIT invention turns shock absorbers into electric generators. 05.03.2009

20 Things You Didn't Know About... Tunnels

New York has a forgotten one, Texas has a $2 billion wasted one, and Switzerland's building the longest. 04.29.2009

Eyes in the Sky Show That Air Pollution Is Way Worse Than We Thought

New satellite tracking gives a much more accurate read on global air pollution. 04.13.2009

The World's Biggest Tornado Hunt

Next month, 100 meteorologists will try to finally understand the dynamics of tornadoes—like the one that killed three people in Mena, Arkansas, last night. 04.10.2009

Can Smart Tech Keep Chevy Volt's Battery Running Longer Than Your Laptop's?

GM says that tightly controlling how the battery charges will keep it alive for 10 years/150,000 miles. 04.09.2009

Diamonds Are a Geologist's Best Friend

Tiny carbon spheres hidden under rock and ice may be telltales of cataclysmic comet strikes. 04.06.2009

The Strange Forests that Drink—and Eat—Fog

Several forests around the world use fog to get critical moisture and nutrients. 03.30.2009

How to Tell If You're Poisoning Yourself With Fish

Researchers are creating genetic tests to determine if mercury hiding in that "healthy" dinner could be messing with your brain. 03.19.2009

Acid Rain?

The term has faded from public consciousness—but not the environment. 03.13.2009

20 Things You Didn't Know About... Time

The beginning, the end, and the funny habits of our favorite ticking force. 03.12.2009

What Is This? A Dirty Sheep?

Stay away: these poofy blobs are actually quite deadly. 03.09.2009

Seeds, From the Largest to the Oldest to the Safest

03.08.2009

Sustainable Architecture Takes Cues From the Original Green: Nature

Glass that "breathes" like gills, solar cells that imitate leaves, and other biomimetic technologies 03.02.2009

A Glow Below

Fluorescent coral captured on film 02.28.2009



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