Topic: Climate Change

Should We Blame Climate Change for the Moore Tornado?

AP

Was Oklahoma's massive storm an inevitable side effect of higher atmospheric temperatures, or was it simply a bad storm, like so many before? Here's a survey of opinions so far.

By Adam Martin

Apr 20, 2012

Cult of Ramps Begins Worship Season Early

This spring was all about the early harbingers. The abnormally warm weather, the insects, and the March 20 cherry blossoms all came before expected to remind us the world was getting warmer, especially the Northeast.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Apr 18, 2012

Today in Green Research

An Easy Water Purification Technique; Lead Dust Turns Us Violent

Discovered in Green: A cheap and easy way to clean water, lead dust turns children into violent adults, glowing fish, and a way to recoop wasted energy. 

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Apr 17, 2012

Today in Green Research

Greenland Is Slip Sliding Away; Pollen's Taking Over Europe

Discovered in Green: Greeland is sliding away, pollen is taking over Europe, Cleaner diesel technologies are working, and there's a global nomadism revolution. 

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By Adam Clark Estes

Apr 13, 2012

Today in Green Research

Radioactive Birds Sing More; Flatulence-Powered Cars Work Fine

Discovered in Green: The effects of nuclear fallout on bird sex, cars powered by the human bowels (sort of), how your meat-eating habits are destroying the earth and a sad story about oysters.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Apr 10, 2012

Today in Green Research

March Heat Broke 15,000 Records; Weather Could Have Deadly Effects

Discovered in Green: The warmest March ever, the deadly effects of these unusual temps, imported plants import unwanted pests and at least one species can adapt to the acidification of the oceans. 

 

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Apr 9, 2012

Today in Green Research

Which Plants Will Survive Climate Change?; Streams Are Doing Great

Discovered: What makes plants better at being thirsty, climate change hasn't had a horrible impact on streams, forest might save us from our climate change woes and snowy areas are in trouble.

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By Dashiell Bennett

Apr 9, 2012

It's Hot Out There

Meteorologists say that temperatures in the United States aren't just above normal — they're shattering all the records on the books. 

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Apr 5, 2012

Today in Green Research

Proof of the Disintegrating Antarctic Ice Shelf; China's Weird Weather

Discovered: A GIF that proves the Antarctic Ice shelf's super fast disintegration, rising CO2 levels did cause global warming millions of years ago, a climate change fighting plant and China gets rain in all the wrong places. 

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Apr 4, 2012

Today in Green Research

Everything's Getting Hotter

Discovered in Green: The world will get warmer by 2050, the Earth's coldest waters have been disappearing for decades, the ice sheet collapsed because of warm water, and the potential of algae biofuels. 

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By Adam Martin

Mar 30, 2012

GM Pulls Funding from Think Tank Skeptical of Climate Change

General Motors has decided to demonstrate its newfound belief that climate change is a real thing by pulling its longstanding funding from the climate-change-skeptical Heartland Institute think tank

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Mar 26, 2012

Today in Research

Extreme Weather All About Global Warming; Why We Love Tear-Jerkers

Discovered: Crazy weather has a lot to do with climate change, why we like sad movies, another invisibility cloak (sort of), what made humans start walking less like apes and more like humans and black holes are rude. 

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By Jen Doll

Mar 21, 2012

We Are Going to Pay for This Beautiful, Freaky Weather

As much as we're enjoying these halcyon early spring days of bare legs and light breezes, perfect al fresco weather, and walking jacketless through the park, we are also worried.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Mar 12, 2012

Today in Research

Greenland's Ice Sheet Is 1.6° Away from Completely Melting; A Case for Circumcision

Discovered: The temperature at which Greenland's ice sheet will disappear, a case for circumcision, a very precise 3-D printing technique, and the world's tallest man will not grow any taller. 

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Feb 9, 2012

Today in Research

The Glaciers Are Melting by the Billions of Tons; Fourth Warmest January Ever

Discovered: 150 billion tons of glaciers melt each year, the fourth warmest January recorded, a rehab app, female fertility changes the way men speak, the benefits of a normal name. 

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Feb 2, 2012

Climate Change Is Putting Punxsutawney Phil Out of a Job

With the non-winter we've had here on the East Coast, this year, Punxsutawney Phil could not have done his job right no matter what the little guy predicted.

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By Dino Grandoni

Jan 26, 2012

Chart of the Day

America's Gardens Are Warmer in 2012

One way to tell that the world (or at least this country) is warming is to take a look at the map the USDA puts on the back of seed packets, which shows that winter temperatures have risen pretty much everywhere in the U.S.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Jan 23, 2012

Today in Research

Women Can't Handle Pain; A Creative Global Warming Solution

Discovered: women can't handle pain, solving climate change with airplanes, a new gene to help Japanese rice farmers, Facebook friends are unreliable. 

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Jan 20, 2012

Today in Research

2011 Was Warm; This Is What Comet Death Looks Like

Discovered: The 11th warmest year on record, comet death on camera, banning fast food ads works, red wine's back, ad where you vote matters.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Jan 13, 2012

Today in Research

A Molecule That Could Solve Climate Change; What's Killing the Bees

Discovered: A molecule that could cool our warming Earth, what's killing all the bees, fat tastes good, a cancer-processed food link.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Jan 10, 2012

Today in Research

Greenland's Sad Snow Flakes; Pushy Women Don't Get Raises Either

Discovered: Greenland's darkening ice, pushy women don't get raises either, a penny soda tax would save 26,000 lives, divorce is bad for health, two new species. 

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Jan 9, 2012

Today in Research

Unprecedented Levels of Carbon Dioxide; Bad News for Blue Ivy Carter

Discovered: Why character building names build character, more evidence of man-made climate change, super silk worms, the tobacco industry's lies. 

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Jan 9, 2012

Benefits of Wind Power Questioned

A new report suggesting wind-turbines can emit more carbon dioxide than the most efficient gas turbines has put the pro-wind community on the defensive over the benefits of the supposed "clean" energy alternative.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Jan 4, 2012

Today in Research

New Yeti Crabs; A Real Life Invisibility Cloak

Discovered: Hairy chested crabs, a invisibility cloak that erases time, a beautiful image of the next generation of stars, the key to dieting success, the effects of climate change are worse than we predicted

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By Ted Mann

Dec 17, 2011

The Clap is Killing the Koalas

A new report says a chlamydia outbreak could wipe out the wild koala population in Australia within 30 years.

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Heads in the Sand

As climate-change science moves in one direction, Republicans in Congress are moving in another. Why?

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By Ted Mann

Dec 3, 2011

Canada Considers Reversing Its Commitment to Limit Emissions

If the Kyoto Protocol, already weak, collapses entirely, there could be good reason to blame Canada.

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By Alexander Abad-Santos

Nov 29, 2011

Planet Earth Had a Great Fall

Cartoonist Tom Toles sees a similarity between our planet and Humpty Dumpty.

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By Adam Martin

Nov 23, 2011

Another Climate Conference, Another Batch of 'Climategate' Hacked Emails

With impeccable timing, a new round of hacked emails from professors at Britain's East Anglia University has surfaced, about a week before the start of a global climate change conference in Durban, South Africa.

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By Dashiell Bennett

Nov 21, 2011

Greenhouse Gasses Reach Record Highs

The World Meteorological Organization said in a report on Monday that greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere have reached all-time highs, and the rate of acceleration is increasing too.

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By Ted Mann

Nov 6, 2011

Critics of Keystone Pipeline Deal Surround The White House

The proposed pipeline would ship oil derived from Canadian tar sands all the way to the Gulf Coast, unless a opponents sway Obama to block it.

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By Dino Grandoni

Oct 14, 2011

Starbucks Worried Climate Change Means No More Coffee

The company will address Congress on climate change's impact on coffee

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By Adam Clark Estes

Sep 20, 2011

Clinton: Denying Climate Change Makes U.S. 'Look Like a Joke'

The Clinton Global Initiative meeting kicks off with some Democratic campaigning

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By Dino Grandoni

Sep 16, 2011

Chart of the Day

Here's Whom Climate Change Will Screw Over the Most

Global warming won't be kind to sub-Saharan Africa and parts of Asia

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By Adam Clark Estes

Sep 8, 2011

Rick Perry's Galileo Metaphor Is Totally Backwards

Climate-deniers should actually be enraged about the comparison

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By Alexander Abad-Santos

Sep 8, 2011

Cartoon

It's Hard to Deny the Texas Miracle

Cartoonist Tom Toles on Rick Perry

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By Alexander Abad-Santos

Aug 22, 2011

Cartoon

Let's Examine Rick Perry's Trust Issues

Cartoonist Nick Anderson on Rick Perry and 'hoaxes'

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By Eric Randall

Jul 19, 2011

Today's Best

Five Best Tuesday Columns

Obama's pace in Libya, debate over Keynes, and an island nation in trouble

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By Adam Clark Estes

Jul 6, 2011

Watch a 50-Mile Wide Dust Storm Devour Phoenix

Terrifying, but amazing to watch

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By Erik Hayden

Jun 22, 2011

Gore: Obama Has 'Failed to Stand Up' on Global Warming

The former vice president takes on the Obama in a Rolling Stone essay

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By Caitlin Dickson

Jun 15, 2011

Cartoon

How Much More Climate Change Evidence Do You Need?

Cartoonist Tom Toles on rejecting climate change evidence

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By Caitlin Dickson

Jun 15, 2011

Today's Best

Five Best Wednesday Columns

On Obama's visit to Puerto Rico and the real gay girls in Damascus

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By Caitlin Dickson

Jun 10, 2011

Today's Best

Five Best Friday Columns

On jobless youth, successful dictatorships, and blowing up the world

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By Adam Martin

Jun 7, 2011

Australian Climate Scientists Go into Hiding After Death Threats

How a Cate Blanchett TV ad provoked a nasty backlash

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By Caitlin Dickson

Jun 1, 2011

Today's Best

Five Best Wednesday Columns

On regulating the global media, Chicago's approach to global warming, and immigration

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By Caitlin Dickson

May 25, 2011

Cartoon

Who's Afraid of a Big Bad Tornado?

Cartoonist Tom Toles on the resilience of climate change skeptics

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By Caitlin Dickson

May 24, 2011

Today's Best

Five Best Tuesday Columns

On Russia's rigged justice, marginalizing climate change and more

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By Adam Martin

May 17, 2011

Climate Change Scientists Face Inconvenient Truths

Data featured in Al Gore's film turns out to be more complicated than simple graphs

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By Alex Eichler

Mar 31, 2011

The Mild-Mannered Climate Study That's Got Everyone Upset

Al Gore, the Koch brothers, slight variations in thermal data--this story has it all

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By Elspeth Reeve

Mar 16, 2011

House Energy Panel Curbs Federal Power to Fight Climate Change

All 31 GOP committee members also voted to say they don't believe in global warming

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By Uri Friedman

Mar 10, 2011

Your Guide to Global Warming and Coffee

Coffee yields in Latin America are steadily falling, reports the Times. So we did some digging

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