A Lake in Bolivia Evaporates, and With It a Way of Life
Lake Poopó was officially declared evaporated in December, forcing many people to leave the area.
Lake Poopó was officially declared evaporated in December, forcing many people to leave the area.
As the climate warms, wood rats in the Mojave Desert are less able to tolerate toxins in the creosote bushes they rely on for food, a new study finds.
The bulk of the record-setting heat, NASA and NOAA say, is from long-term planetary warming caused by human emissions of greenhouse gases.
I won’t live to see how civilization gets out of this mess. But I have hope.
Given the importance of winter tourism, resorts are trying to keep visitors entertained in a world where they can always just hop a flight to a beach.
Although aviation was left out of the climate treaty adopted in December, reducing emissions remains a priority at the core of several research efforts.