From the Pacific Northwest to the Rocky Mountains, summers in the West are marked by wildfires and smoke.
Wildfire Smoke Trends Worsening for Western U.S.
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Northern Forest Fires Could Accelerate Climate Change
New research indicates that the computer-based models currently used to simulate how Earth’s climate will change in the future underestimate the impact that forest fires and drying climate are having on the world’s northernmost forests, which make up the largest forest biome on the planet.
Fish Have Been Swallowing Microplastics Since the 1950s
Forget diamonds—plastic is forever. It takes decades, or even centuries, for plastic to break down, and nearly every piece of plastic ever made still exists in some form today.
Icebreaker’s Cyclone Encounter Reveals Faster Sea Ice Decline
In August 2016 a massive storm on par with a Category 2 hurricane churned in the Arctic Ocean.
Methane Release Rapidly Increases in the Wake of the Melting Ice Sheets
Ice ages are not that easy to define. It may sound intuitive that an ice age represents a frozen planet, but the truth is often more nuanced than that.
Pop Those ‘BPA-Free’ Drinking Bottles Into the Dishwasher Before Using Them
As part of a laboratory experiment, Rebecca Holmes examined water bottles that had been acquired from abroad expecting to find bisphenol A (BPA), a human-made component commonly found in polycarbonate plastics used to make consumer products.
