Climate Change

Extreme Field WorkExtreme Field WorkA series about how science gets done in Earth's weirdest, wildest environments, from the bottom of the ocean to erupting volcanoes.Spring is looming in the northern hemisphere. It is habitually a key and busy time for environmental science fieldwork, no more so than for the select…

Someone once told me you could survive on just peanut butter sandwiches and oranges. I have no idea if that's true, but the advice suggested a tasty lunch for a road trip. It was a freezing, foggy day last December, and I was preparing to drive from my home in…

The coronavirus pandemic is a stark warning of what happens when we fail to prepare for a coming crisis.The pandemic is also a fast motion warning about what could happen if we don't address climate change.But the response to the coronavirus shows how quickly we can accomplish serious change on…

This is the start of a crucial decade in human history. And while it’s certainly not starting the way we all expected with a global pandemic forcing the world into public health and economic crises, that doesn’t mean we can take our eyes off the climate ball.In fact, it’s never…

Image: noaa By Mark Kaufman2020-03-27 20:15:48 UTC Large parts of the U.S. experienced a pretty wimpy winter this year, thanks to cold air staying parked over the Arctic.  This made for a relatively frigid winter season in the high north, which is good for making sea ice. Although Arctic sea…

The surge in New York City's coronavirus infections is already so critical that the chief medical officer at a major hospital system warned staff of the grim reality: "...there will be loss, and suffering, and at times perhaps each of us will question our will to fight." The coronavirus —…

The David Clarke Foundation and IBM announced the 2020 Call for Code challenge back in late February – seemingly a decade ago – with a central focus: fighting climate change. Now the challenge is expanding to set its sights on the coronavirus. Call for Code is a five-year challenge (now…

As society comes to grips with the growing worldwide crisis related to the COVID-19 virus, many companies are stepping up in different ways. Today, two major tech companies — Amazon and IBM — each announced programs to encourage developers to find solutions to a variety of problems related to the…

In 2018, women received only 2.2 percent of all venture capital funding. Women Techmakers, Google’s program to build visibility, community and resources for women in technology, is committed to changing this narrative. Founded is a new web series that shares the stories of women founders using tech to solve some…

The face-off.Photo: GettySolving the climate crisis will require politicians to aspire to new levels of ambition, free themselves from the fossil fuel industry, and listen to the science. At the moment, the Democratic establishment is doing none of the above. Its failure was made clear during Sunday night’s Democratic presidential…