Continuing the 21st century’s dubious tradition of breaking annual heat records, 2024 took one look at the previous record holder—2023—and said “hold my (well-carbonated) beer,” before breaking that record by the largest margin yet, and then went on to attain the dubious distinction of being the first full calendar yearread more
Editor’s note: We are relieved to inform you that Whitley is safe with his family, following the evacuation of his neighborhood after the Palisades fire began to encroach on the northwest side of Santa Monica. Hopefully, authorities and fire crews can contain the fires before they can cause more damage;read more
A new study might have discovered the reason behind the unexpected level of global temperature rise that was recorded over the course of 2023: a decrease in cloud cover, especially over the ocean, has been allowing more sunlight to reach the surface, contributing a fifth of a degree Celsius (0.36°F)read more
Continued warnings that a key glacier in West Antarctica is at serious risk of collapse has prompted a debate over using geoengineering as a way of slowing the ice sheet’s rate of melt, using artificial barriers to shield the vulnerable ice shelf from warm water that is eroding it from below: would suchread more