The Web's Best Climate Articles, By Month
February 2021
Dust on the Wind. Eos
How Indigenous Oral Tradition Is Guiding Archaeology and Uncovering Climate History in Alaska. Discover
Climate Change and the Humanities: A Historical Perspective. Items
Historical Climate Data Can Improve Our Assessment of Future Climate Risk. Climate History Australia
The Terrifying Warning Lurking in the Earth’s Ancient Rock Record. The Atlantic
How Indigenous Oral Tradition Is Guiding Archaeology and Uncovering Climate History in Alaska. Discover
Climate Change and the Humanities: A Historical Perspective. Items
Historical Climate Data Can Improve Our Assessment of Future Climate Risk. Climate History Australia
The Terrifying Warning Lurking in the Earth’s Ancient Rock Record. The Atlantic
December 2020 and January 2021
Preserving Cultural and Historic Treasures in a Changing Climate May Mean Transforming Them. The Conversation
Can We Restore Nature? Aeon
Will Humans Ever Reverse Climate Change? The Science of Fiction
The Marshall Islands Could be Wiped Out by Climate Change – and their Colonial History Limits their Ability to Save Themselves. The Conversation
Can We Restore Nature? Aeon
Will Humans Ever Reverse Climate Change? The Science of Fiction
The Marshall Islands Could be Wiped Out by Climate Change – and their Colonial History Limits their Ability to Save Themselves. The Conversation
November 2020
Frederic Edwin Church, Icebergs Floating in an Ocean. Dallas Museum of Art, 1861.
The Climate Clues Hidden in Art History. BBC Culture
Equality has Always Been the Best Remedy Against Famine. University of Oslo
Historical Climate Data Can Improve Our Assessment of Future Climate Risk. Climate History Australia
Ancient Maya Built Sophisticated Water Filters. The Phys.org
Equality has Always Been the Best Remedy Against Famine. University of Oslo
Historical Climate Data Can Improve Our Assessment of Future Climate Risk. Climate History Australia
Ancient Maya Built Sophisticated Water Filters. The Phys.org
September and October 2020
Can Voting Stop Global Warming? AHA Perspectives
Listening to What Trees Have to Say. Edge Effects
Understanding Resilience in the History of Climate Change. Atlas Obscura
Double Whammy Doomed Madagascar’s Giant Birds and Mammals. The Science
Listening to What Trees Have to Say. Edge Effects
Understanding Resilience in the History of Climate Change. Atlas Obscura
Double Whammy Doomed Madagascar’s Giant Birds and Mammals. The Science
August 2020
Eduard Pechuël-Loesche, South Atlantic Ocean, 1884.
See the Soft Aquarelle Watercolors That Resulted From Krakatoa’s Big Bang. Atlas Obscura
In 1674, a Mysterious Storm Devastated an Entire City. BBC Earth
Warming Greenland Ice Sheet Passes Point of No Return. Phys.org
Half a Century of Dither and Denial - a Climate Crisis Timeline. The Guardian
Ancient Genomes Suggest Woolly Rhinos Went Extinct Due to Climate Change, Not Overhunting Eurekalert!
In 1674, a Mysterious Storm Devastated an Entire City. BBC Earth
Warming Greenland Ice Sheet Passes Point of No Return. Phys.org
Half a Century of Dither and Denial - a Climate Crisis Timeline. The Guardian
Ancient Genomes Suggest Woolly Rhinos Went Extinct Due to Climate Change, Not Overhunting Eurekalert!
June 2020
Antony and Cleopatra at the Battle of Actium. Johann Georg Platzer, 1730-1761.
Ancient Rome Was Teetering. Then a Volcano Erupted 6,000 Miles Away. New York Times
Why Racial Justice is Climate Justice. Grist
We Dug up Australian Weather Records Back to 1838 and Found Snow is Falling Less Often. The Conversation
The Climate Change Clues Hidden in Art History. BBC Culture
Why Racial Justice is Climate Justice. Grist
We Dug up Australian Weather Records Back to 1838 and Found Snow is Falling Less Often. The Conversation
The Climate Change Clues Hidden in Art History. BBC Culture
May 2020
Marie Byrd Land, from a NASA DC-8. Photo credit: Michael Studinger.
Telling Time in Antarctica. Environmental History Now
New York City Doesn’t Have to Suffer This Summer. New York Times
Visualizing Science: How Color Determines What We See. Eos
Predicting Future Climate Change May Lie in the Past. The Globe and Mail
Tunnel Vision: Lessons in the Impermanence of Permafrost. Undark Magazine
New York City Doesn’t Have to Suffer This Summer. New York Times
Visualizing Science: How Color Determines What We See. Eos
Predicting Future Climate Change May Lie in the Past. The Globe and Mail
Tunnel Vision: Lessons in the Impermanence of Permafrost. Undark Magazine
April 2020
Ground once covered by the Lendbreen ice patch in Norway. Photo credit: Espen Finstad.
Lost Viking "Highway" Revealed by Melting Ice. National Geographic
Wildlife Collapse From Climate Change Is Predicted to Hit Suddenly and Sooner. New York Times
Diverse Livelihoods Helped Resilient Levänluhta People Survive a Climate Disaster. University of Helsinki
Wildlife Collapse From Climate Change Is Predicted to Hit Suddenly and Sooner. New York Times
Diverse Livelihoods Helped Resilient Levänluhta People Survive a Climate Disaster. University of Helsinki
March 2020
Aztec. Reclining Jaguar, 1400-1521. Brooklyn Museum.
How Artwork Shows the Impact of Climate Crisis on Indigenous Americans. The Guardian
What the Coronavirus Means for Climate Change. New York Times
A Change of Perspective: Visiting the Places of Your Research. NiCHE
Climate Change Has Lessons for Fighting the Coronavirus. New York Times
What the Coronavirus Means for Climate Change. New York Times
A Change of Perspective: Visiting the Places of Your Research. NiCHE
Climate Change Has Lessons for Fighting the Coronavirus. New York Times
February 2020
Bangladesh from space. NASA
Climate Change Impacts in Bangladesh Show How Geography, Wealth and Culture Affect Vulnerability. The Conversation
A Crisis Right Now: San Fransisco and Manila Face Rising Seas. New York Times
Ancient Mud Reveals an Explanation for Sudden Collapse of the Mayan Empire. Get Pocket
Methane is a Hard-Hitting Greenhouse Gas. Now Scientists Say We’ve Dramatically Underestimated How Much We’re Emitting. Washington Post
A Crisis Right Now: San Fransisco and Manila Face Rising Seas. New York Times
Ancient Mud Reveals an Explanation for Sudden Collapse of the Mayan Empire. Get Pocket
Methane is a Hard-Hitting Greenhouse Gas. Now Scientists Say We’ve Dramatically Underestimated How Much We’re Emitting. Washington Post
January 2020
Wind turbines in Xinjiang. Photo credit: Chris Lim.
Emissions - The "Business As Usual" Story is Misleading. Nature
Earth's Oldest Asteroid Strike Linked to "Big Thaw." Science Daily
Early Climate Models Successfully Predicted Global Warming. Washington Post
Why Trees Are the Most Reliable Historians of Early America. Atlas Obscura
Earth's Oldest Asteroid Strike Linked to "Big Thaw." Science Daily
Early Climate Models Successfully Predicted Global Warming. Washington Post
Why Trees Are the Most Reliable Historians of Early America. Atlas Obscura
December, 2019
Climate Tipping Points - Too Risky to Bet Against. Nature
One of Europe’s Worst Famines Likely Caused by Devastating Floods. GeoSpace
Ghosts of the Future. Washington Post
One of Europe’s Worst Famines Likely Caused by Devastating Floods. GeoSpace
Ghosts of the Future. Washington Post
November, 2019
Little Ice Age Lessons. Aeon Magazine
The Ghosts of Ancient Hurricanes Live in Caribbean Blue Holes. National Geographic
The Planet is Burning. Aeon Magazine
Human Activities are Drying Out the Amazon: NASA Study. NASA JPL
We're Doomed. Now What? The Walrus
The Ghosts of Ancient Hurricanes Live in Caribbean Blue Holes. National Geographic
The Planet is Burning. Aeon Magazine
Human Activities are Drying Out the Amazon: NASA Study. NASA JPL
We're Doomed. Now What? The Walrus
October, 2019
Robert Falcon's doomed ship, Terra Nova.
Decades of Detailed Weather Reports Pulled from Old Sailors' Logs. National Geographic
The Power of Fear in the Thawing Arctic. The Atlantic
Old Weather “Time Machine” Opens a Treasure Trove for Researchers. NOAA Research News
Scientists Struggle to Access Africa's Historical Climate Data. 2k Network
Why Universities Need to Declare an Ecological and Climate Emergency. Times Higher Education
The Power of Fear in the Thawing Arctic. The Atlantic
Old Weather “Time Machine” Opens a Treasure Trove for Researchers. NOAA Research News
Scientists Struggle to Access Africa's Historical Climate Data. 2k Network
Why Universities Need to Declare an Ecological and Climate Emergency. Times Higher Education
September, 2019
Climate Change Could Revive Medieval Megadroughts in US Southwest. ScienceDaily
The Dueling Weathermen of the 1800s. Nautilus
Unprecedented Warming. 2k Network
Later is Too Late: Paleosciences Must Be Integrated into Decision-Making for a Better Future. PAGES ECN
Overcoming Ice and Stereotypes at the Bottom of the World. Eos
The Dueling Weathermen of the 1800s. Nautilus
Unprecedented Warming. 2k Network
Later is Too Late: Paleosciences Must Be Integrated into Decision-Making for a Better Future. PAGES ECN
Overcoming Ice and Stereotypes at the Bottom of the World. Eos
July and August, 2019
Perth’s Southern Seawater Desalination Plant converts seawater from the Indian Ocean to drinking water, to meet more than half of Perth’s scheme water demand. Photograph by Nearmap Australia Pty Ltd, 2019.
Drought, Mud, Filth, and Flood: Water Crises in Australian Cities, 1880s–2010s. Environment and Society Portal
Ancient Plankton Help Researchers Predict Near-Future Climate. AGU Blogosphere
Trump's Shadow War on Climate Science. Foreign Policy
Centuries-Old Whaling Logs Yield Clues for Modern-Day Climate Studies. Cape Cod Times
Unprecedented Warming. 2k Network
Happy 200th Birthday to Eunice Foote, Hidden Climate Science Pioneer. NOAA Climate
Ancient Plankton Help Researchers Predict Near-Future Climate. AGU Blogosphere
Trump's Shadow War on Climate Science. Foreign Policy
Centuries-Old Whaling Logs Yield Clues for Modern-Day Climate Studies. Cape Cod Times
Unprecedented Warming. 2k Network
Happy 200th Birthday to Eunice Foote, Hidden Climate Science Pioneer. NOAA Climate
June 2019
Spy Satellites Reveal Extent of Himalayan Glacier Loss. BBC News
New Perspectives on 2,000 Years of North Atlantic Climate Change. Eos
Climate Change Visualized: How Earth's Temperature Has Changed Since 1970 Axios
NASA Study: Human Influence on Global Droughts Goes Back 100 Years. NASA Global Climate Change
Am I a Denier, a Human Extinction Denier? Mike Hulme
Are Historians Doing Enough to Address Climate Change? History News Network
New Perspectives on 2,000 Years of North Atlantic Climate Change. Eos
Climate Change Visualized: How Earth's Temperature Has Changed Since 1970 Axios
NASA Study: Human Influence on Global Droughts Goes Back 100 Years. NASA Global Climate Change
Am I a Denier, a Human Extinction Denier? Mike Hulme
Are Historians Doing Enough to Address Climate Change? History News Network
May 2019
Abraham Hondius, "The Frozen Thames, looking Eastwards towards Old London Bridge" (1677). The Museum of London.
Did European Colonisation Precipitate the Little Ice Age? Aeon
Did a Volcanic Eruption in 1783 Change the Climate in Europe? Eos
History for the Future? What the Past Reveals About the Warming Arctic. White Horse Press
Unraveling the History of El Niño Flavours. Nature Ecology & Evolution
The Chronicles of the Rings: What Trees Tell Us. New York Times
Why Century-Old Ship Logs are Key to Today’s Climate Research. The Verge
Did a Volcanic Eruption in 1783 Change the Climate in Europe? Eos
History for the Future? What the Past Reveals About the Warming Arctic. White Horse Press
Unraveling the History of El Niño Flavours. Nature Ecology & Evolution
The Chronicles of the Rings: What Trees Tell Us. New York Times
Why Century-Old Ship Logs are Key to Today’s Climate Research. The Verge
April 2019
Front side of Angkor Wat. Photo credit: Bjørn Christian Tørrissen.
Climate Change Helped Destroy These Four Ancient Civilisations. World Economic Forum
Europe's Triumphs and Troubles Are Written in Swiss Ice. New York Times
NASA Study: Human Influence on Global Droughts Goes Back 100 years. EurekAlert!
Europe's Triumphs and Troubles Are Written in Swiss Ice. New York Times
NASA Study: Human Influence on Global Droughts Goes Back 100 years. EurekAlert!
February and March 2019
Radical Plan To Artificially Cool Earth's Climate Could Be Safe, Study Finds. The Guardian
The Forgotten Woman Who Discovered The Greenhouse Effect. NEXT
Until 1950, U.S. Weathermen Were Forbidden From Talking About Tornados. Atlas Obscura
Mapped: How Climate Change Affects Extreme Weather Around The World. CarbonBrief
Yes, Humans Are Causing Climate Change. And We've Known About It For 40 Years. Popular Science
The Forgotten Woman Who Discovered The Greenhouse Effect. NEXT
Until 1950, U.S. Weathermen Were Forbidden From Talking About Tornados. Atlas Obscura
Mapped: How Climate Change Affects Extreme Weather Around The World. CarbonBrief
Yes, Humans Are Causing Climate Change. And We've Known About It For 40 Years. Popular Science
January 2019
Relief that may depict Naram-Sin at Darband-i-Gawr, celabrating his victory over Lullubi king Satuni. Iraqi Kurdistan.
How Climate Change Caused the World's First Ever Empire to Collapse. The Conversation
The Coming Climate Crisis. Foreign Policy
The Melting Arctic Is a Real-Time Horror Story — Why Doesn’t Anyone Care? Rolling Stone
The Last Time Humans Engineered the Climate, They Changed History. Axios
A Frozen History of Climate Change. The Guardian
The Coming Climate Crisis. Foreign Policy
The Melting Arctic Is a Real-Time Horror Story — Why Doesn’t Anyone Care? Rolling Stone
The Last Time Humans Engineered the Climate, They Changed History. Axios
A Frozen History of Climate Change. The Guardian
December 2018
Abraham Storck, "Walvisvangst bij de kust van Spitsbergen." Rijksmuseum, 1690.
Climate Change, Water, and the Golden Age of the Dutch Republic. Europe Now
The Planet Has Seen Sudden Warming Before. It Wiped Out Almost Everything. New York Times
Facing Floods in the Middle Ages. Europe Now
Why 536 was "The Worst Year to be Alive." Science Magazine
Risks of 'Domino Effect' of Tipping Points Greater Than Thought, Study Says. The Guardian
The Planet Has Seen Sudden Warming Before. It Wiped Out Almost Everything. New York Times
Facing Floods in the Middle Ages. Europe Now
Why 536 was "The Worst Year to be Alive." Science Magazine
Risks of 'Domino Effect' of Tipping Points Greater Than Thought, Study Says. The Guardian
November 2018
Storage room in the National Ice Core Laboratory in Denver. Eric Cravens, Assistant Curator, National Ice Core Lab.
Archives of the Anthropocene. History Workshop
Tales from the Ice Age. History Today
Winter Is Coming: Europe's Deep Freeze of 1709 National Geographic
Why 536 was "The Worst Year to be Alive." Science Magazine
Interactive: How Climate Finance ‘Flows’ Around the World. Carbon Brief
Tales from the Ice Age. History Today
Winter Is Coming: Europe's Deep Freeze of 1709 National Geographic
Why 536 was "The Worst Year to be Alive." Science Magazine
Interactive: How Climate Finance ‘Flows’ Around the World. Carbon Brief
October 2018
Sir Philip Sidney, 1554–1586
What Renaissance Literary Theory Tells Us about Climate Communication Medium
The Earth's Memory Is Locked in Ancient Seafloor Muck. Earther
Google’s New Tool to Fight Climate Change. The Atlantic
How to Write About a Vanishing World. The New Yorker
How Much Hotter is Your Hometown Than When You Were Born? NY Times
The Earth's Memory Is Locked in Ancient Seafloor Muck. Earther
Google’s New Tool to Fight Climate Change. The Atlantic
How to Write About a Vanishing World. The New Yorker
How Much Hotter is Your Hometown Than When You Were Born? NY Times
September 2018
Petit-Trou-de-Nippes in the wake of Hurricane Flora, 1963.
Europe’s Triumphs and Troubles Are Written in Swiss Ice. NY Times
The Perfect Storm: How Climate Change and Wall Street Almost Killed Puerto Rico. Rolling Stone
How Much Hotter is Your Hometown Than When You Were Born? NY Times
The Unlearned Lesson of Hurricane Maria: A Conversation with Stuart Schwartz. Edge Effects
The Perfect Storm: How Climate Change and Wall Street Almost Killed Puerto Rico. Rolling Stone
How Much Hotter is Your Hometown Than When You Were Born? NY Times
The Unlearned Lesson of Hurricane Maria: A Conversation with Stuart Schwartz. Edge Effects
August 2018
"The eruption of Krakatoa, and subsequent phenomena." Report of the Krakatoa Committee of the Royal Society. London, Trubner & Co., 1888.
The Eruption Of Krakatoa Was The First Global Catastrophe. Forbes
How Indigenous Knowledge Might Inform Our Response To Climate Change. Australian Geographic
When The World Was Cold: Five Questions For Dagomar Degroot. Undark Magazine
Archaeologists Use Ancient Dirty Dishes To Reconstruct Climate Shifts. Ars Technica
How Indigenous Knowledge Might Inform Our Response To Climate Change. Australian Geographic
When The World Was Cold: Five Questions For Dagomar Degroot. Undark Magazine
Archaeologists Use Ancient Dirty Dishes To Reconstruct Climate Shifts. Ars Technica
July 2018
Howrah Bridge from the western bank of the Ganges. Credit: Debnathsonu1996.
Dry Weather Is Helping Archaeologists Discover Ancient Sites. The Economist
Dreaming of the Designer Climate: Inside the Controversy Surrounding the Question of Climate Engineering. The Otter
The City of my Birth is Becoming a Climate Casualty. New York Times
Climate Change is Supercharging a Hot and Dangerous Summer. Washington Post
Global Warming May Be Twice What Climate Models Predict. Phys.org
Dreaming of the Designer Climate: Inside the Controversy Surrounding the Question of Climate Engineering. The Otter
The City of my Birth is Becoming a Climate Casualty. New York Times
Climate Change is Supercharging a Hot and Dangerous Summer. Washington Post
Global Warming May Be Twice What Climate Models Predict. Phys.org
June 2018
How Our Colonial Past Altered the Ecobalance of an Entire Planet. The Guardian
Sam White, the Little Ice Age. Ben Franklin's World
How Do We Process Doom-and-Gloom Climate News? How Should We? PRI
Here's Every Volcano that has Erupted Since Krakatoa. Axios
Newspaper Reports in Romania – What Do They Tell Us about Extreme Meteorological Events of the Early 19th Century? The Early Pages
Sam White, the Little Ice Age. Ben Franklin's World
How Do We Process Doom-and-Gloom Climate News? How Should We? PRI
Here's Every Volcano that has Erupted Since Krakatoa. Axios
Newspaper Reports in Romania – What Do They Tell Us about Extreme Meteorological Events of the Early 19th Century? The Early Pages
May 2018
Orkhorn Valley, Mongolia. Credit: He-ba-mue.
How a Medieval Society Withstood Nearly 60 Years of Drought. The Atlantic
How Climate Change Affected the Outcome of a Roman War With the Goths. Forbes
Weather and Emotion in James Barry’s Diary, 1849-1906. NiCHE
Japanese Monks Recorded the Climate for 700 Years. National Geographic
How Climate Change Affected the Outcome of a Roman War With the Goths. Forbes
Weather and Emotion in James Barry’s Diary, 1849-1906. NiCHE
Japanese Monks Recorded the Climate for 700 Years. National Geographic
April 2018
Faced With Drought, the Pharaohs Tried (and Failed) to Adapt. NY Times
These Early Humans Prospered During What Should Have Been a Devastating Volcanic Winter. Gizmodo
Scientists Find Evidence of Paint, Complex Tools and Climate Chaos at the Dawn of Humanity. Washington Post
Trove of Documents Shows Historical Ferocity of Recent Storms. Boston Globe
11,000 Years Ago, Our Ancestors Survived Abrupt Climate Change. CNN
These Early Humans Prospered During What Should Have Been a Devastating Volcanic Winter. Gizmodo
Scientists Find Evidence of Paint, Complex Tools and Climate Chaos at the Dawn of Humanity. Washington Post
Trove of Documents Shows Historical Ferocity of Recent Storms. Boston Globe
11,000 Years Ago, Our Ancestors Survived Abrupt Climate Change. CNN
March 2018
Willem Isaacszoon van Swanenburg, “De zeilwagen van Simon Stevin,” print, 1602, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam.
Some Societies Flourished in the Little Ice Age. There Are Lessons For Us Now. Washington Post
The Frigid Golden Age. New Books Podcast
A Trip to a Museum for Convincing Americans About Climate Change. The Atlantic
Does Climate Change Cause More War? The Atlantic
The 100 Year Time-Lapse Project. Bifrost
North Korea’s ‘Millennium Eruption’ Flooded the Skies With Sulfur, But Left Little Climate Trace. Science Magazine
Which Works Better: Climate Fear, or Climate Hope? Well, it's Complicated. The Guardian
The Frigid Golden Age. New Books Podcast
A Trip to a Museum for Convincing Americans About Climate Change. The Atlantic
Does Climate Change Cause More War? The Atlantic
The 100 Year Time-Lapse Project. Bifrost
North Korea’s ‘Millennium Eruption’ Flooded the Skies With Sulfur, But Left Little Climate Trace. Science Magazine
Which Works Better: Climate Fear, or Climate Hope? Well, it's Complicated. The Guardian
February 2018
A 1200-year-old arrow, found partly obscured by snow. Source: Espen Finstad, Secrets of the Ice, Oppland County Council.
Melting Glaciers Could Reveal How Our Ancestors Dealt With Changing Climates. National Geographic
Meet the Amateur Scientist Who Discovered Climate Change. Wired
Seeking Answers on Climate Change, Scientists Venture Into the Vaults of the Past. Ensia
Memories and History: The 1998 Ice Storm. Nature
Climate Change and the Humanities: A Historical Perspective. Items
The Three-Degree World: The Cities that Will be Drowned by Global Warming. The Guardian
Meet the Amateur Scientist Who Discovered Climate Change. Wired
Seeking Answers on Climate Change, Scientists Venture Into the Vaults of the Past. Ensia
Memories and History: The 1998 Ice Storm. Nature
Climate Change and the Humanities: A Historical Perspective. Items
The Three-Degree World: The Cities that Will be Drowned by Global Warming. The Guardian
January 2018
A radar map of Antarctica. Source: RADARSAT, NASA.
Rescued Radar Maps Reveal Antarctica's Past. Nature
The Stilling: Global Wind Speeds Slowing Down Since 1960. Horizon
Thinking About the Halifax Explosion in a Time of Climate Change. Acadiensis
How To Survive Climate Change? Clues Are Buried In The Arctic. NPR
Why Did Greenland's Vikings Vanish? Smithsonian Magazine
Human Influence on Climate Led to Several Major Weather Extremes in 2016. Climate.gov
The Stilling: Global Wind Speeds Slowing Down Since 1960. Horizon
Thinking About the Halifax Explosion in a Time of Climate Change. Acadiensis
How To Survive Climate Change? Clues Are Buried In The Arctic. NPR
Why Did Greenland's Vikings Vanish? Smithsonian Magazine
Human Influence on Climate Led to Several Major Weather Extremes in 2016. Climate.gov
December 2017
Thwaites Glacier, Antarctica. Source: Jeremy Harbeck.
Ice Apocalypse: Rapid Collapse of Antarctic Glaciers Could Flood Coastal Cities by the End of this Century. Grist
What the First Thanksgiving can Teach Us About Adjusting to Climate Shock. The Washington Post.
Antarctica: The Ice Inferno. Aeon.
Why Lost Ice Means Lost Hope for an Inuit Village. New York Times.
What the First Thanksgiving can Teach Us About Adjusting to Climate Shock. The Washington Post.
Antarctica: The Ice Inferno. Aeon.
Why Lost Ice Means Lost Hope for an Inuit Village. New York Times.
November 2017
The pyramids at Giza.
Volcanoes Helped Violent Revolts Erupt in Ancient Egypt. The NY Times
Climate Change Might be Worse than Thought After Scientists Find Major Mistake in Water Temperature Readings. The Independent
An Icy Conquest. New York Review of Books
As Ice Retreats, Frozen Mosses Emerge to Tell Climate Change Tale. Science News
Extraordinary Antarctic Weather May Have Influenced Outcome of Early 20th Century Race to South Pole. AGU
Storms May Have Produced Most Mediterranean “Tsunami” Deposits. EOS
Climate Change Might be Worse than Thought After Scientists Find Major Mistake in Water Temperature Readings. The Independent
An Icy Conquest. New York Review of Books
As Ice Retreats, Frozen Mosses Emerge to Tell Climate Change Tale. Science News
Extraordinary Antarctic Weather May Have Influenced Outcome of Early 20th Century Race to South Pole. AGU
Storms May Have Produced Most Mediterranean “Tsunami” Deposits. EOS
October 2017
William Ascroft’s watercolors show blood red sunsets seen visible over London in November 1883 in the aftermath of the August 1883 Krakatau eruption. Source: William Ascroft, "Twilight and Afterglow Effects at Chelsea, London. Nov. 26th 1883." The Eruption of Krakatoa and Subsequent Phenomena, edited by G. J. Symons et al. London: Trübner, 1888. (Used by permission, credit: Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford.)
Speculating About the Weather: The Unusual Dry Fog of 1783. NiCHE
New Study Highlights "Hidden Figure" of Sun Watchers. AGU
Historical Data: Hidden in the Past. Nature Jobs
How Fashion Adapted to Climate Change – in the Little Ice Age. The Conversation
The Sixth Extinction and Our Unraveling World. OSU Origins
We Charted Arctic Sea Ice for Nearly Every Day Since 1979. You’ll See a Trend. NY Times
New Study Highlights "Hidden Figure" of Sun Watchers. AGU
Historical Data: Hidden in the Past. Nature Jobs
How Fashion Adapted to Climate Change – in the Little Ice Age. The Conversation
The Sixth Extinction and Our Unraveling World. OSU Origins
We Charted Arctic Sea Ice for Nearly Every Day Since 1979. You’ll See a Trend. NY Times
September 2017
Blue Lake, Mount Gambier: a volcanic crater. Source: Thom Devereux, 2016.
When the Bullin Shrieked: Aboriginal Memories of Volcanic Eruptions Thousands of Years Ago. The Conversation
Frederic Tudor, the Ice King. How Stuff Works
Data Rescue Projects. RealClimate
Record-Shattering 2.7-million-year-old Ice Core Reveals Start of the Ice Ages. Science
Frederic Tudor, the Ice King. How Stuff Works
Data Rescue Projects. RealClimate
Record-Shattering 2.7-million-year-old Ice Core Reveals Start of the Ice Ages. Science
August 2017
Svalbard in the morning. Source: Benoit Lecavalier.
Arks of the Apocalypse. New York Times
This Cave Holds a Spectacular Record of 5,000 Years of Tsunamis. The Atlantic
Events in Iceland Explain Years of Famine in Europe’s Dark Ages. The Economist
Major Correction to Satellite Data Shows 140% Faster Warming Since 1998. Carbon Brief
Masses of Beautiful Alabaster. Paris Review
A History of Global Warming, In Just 35 Seconds. Climate Central
This Cave Holds a Spectacular Record of 5,000 Years of Tsunamis. The Atlantic
Events in Iceland Explain Years of Famine in Europe’s Dark Ages. The Economist
Major Correction to Satellite Data Shows 140% Faster Warming Since 1998. Carbon Brief
Masses of Beautiful Alabaster. Paris Review
A History of Global Warming, In Just 35 Seconds. Climate Central
July 2017
Droughts and Scarcity before Independence in the Viceroyalty of New Granada, 1800–1810. Environment and Society Portal
The Map Hidden in the Pacific Northwest’s Tree Rings. The Atlantic
Feeling the Heat: How Fish Are Migrating from Warming Waters. Yale Environment 360
Scientists Rescue Ice from Melting Bolivian Glacier – Before it Disappears. The Guardian
Collapse of the European Ice Sheet Caused Chaos. EurekAlert!
Global Warming Tipped Scales in Europe’s Heat Wave. Climate Central
The Map Hidden in the Pacific Northwest’s Tree Rings. The Atlantic
Feeling the Heat: How Fish Are Migrating from Warming Waters. Yale Environment 360
Scientists Rescue Ice from Melting Bolivian Glacier – Before it Disappears. The Guardian
Collapse of the European Ice Sheet Caused Chaos. EurekAlert!
Global Warming Tipped Scales in Europe’s Heat Wave. Climate Central
June 2017
Agassiz glacier. Source: John Scurlock/U.S.G.S.
Mapping 50 Years of Melting Ice in Glacier National Park. New York Times
“The great climate silence” and Historians. Active History
Shifting Winds Write Their History on a New Zealand Lake Bed. EOS
No, It's Not Reasonable to Doubt Climate Change. DagomarDegroot.com
The U.S. Is on a Historic Streak of Record Highs. Climate Central
Climate Change is Turning Antarctica Green, Say Researchers. The Guardian
“The great climate silence” and Historians. Active History
Shifting Winds Write Their History on a New Zealand Lake Bed. EOS
No, It's Not Reasonable to Doubt Climate Change. DagomarDegroot.com
The U.S. Is on a Historic Streak of Record Highs. Climate Central
Climate Change is Turning Antarctica Green, Say Researchers. The Guardian
May 2017
Edvard Munch, The Scream, 1893.
Extraordinary Iridescent Clouds Inspire Munch’s ‘The Scream’. EGU Blogs
Climate and Migrations in Early Medieval Germany. Medieval Histories
A Monstrous Volcanic Eruption Gave Life To Frankenstein's Monster. Forbes
Iceberg 'Doodles' Trace Climate History. BBC Science
What Was the Most Significant Environmental Catastrophe of All Time? The Atlantic
How Old Spy Photos are Helping U.S. Scientists Study Climate Change. Vice News
Angkor Wat's Collapse from Climate Change has Lessons for Today. National Geographic
Climate and Migrations in Early Medieval Germany. Medieval Histories
A Monstrous Volcanic Eruption Gave Life To Frankenstein's Monster. Forbes
Iceberg 'Doodles' Trace Climate History. BBC Science
What Was the Most Significant Environmental Catastrophe of All Time? The Atlantic
How Old Spy Photos are Helping U.S. Scientists Study Climate Change. Vice News
Angkor Wat's Collapse from Climate Change has Lessons for Today. National Geographic
April 2017
Source: L'illustrazione Italiana / Getty Images
A Century-Old Arctic Shipwreck Could Help Us Predict Extreme Weather. FiveThirtyEight
Making Peru's Sendero Luminoso: The Mega Niño of 1982-3. Age of Revolutions
I am an Arctic Researcher. Donald Trump is Deleting my Citations. The Guardian
The Seasons Aren't What They Used to Be. New York Times
Climate Change and the Next "Great Dying." The Atlantic
Nature, not Humans, Could be Cause of up to Half of Arctic Sea Ice Loss, Study Claims. The Independent
Explaining a 'Once-in-a-Billion-Year Event': A Perfect Storm of Fire and Ice May Have Led to Snowball Earth. Phys.org
Making Peru's Sendero Luminoso: The Mega Niño of 1982-3. Age of Revolutions
I am an Arctic Researcher. Donald Trump is Deleting my Citations. The Guardian
The Seasons Aren't What They Used to Be. New York Times
Climate Change and the Next "Great Dying." The Atlantic
Nature, not Humans, Could be Cause of up to Half of Arctic Sea Ice Loss, Study Claims. The Independent
Explaining a 'Once-in-a-Billion-Year Event': A Perfect Storm of Fire and Ice May Have Led to Snowball Earth. Phys.org
March 2017
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How Artists and Scientists Have Pictured Volcanoes over 600 Years. Artsy
‘Shell Knew’: Oil Giant's 1991 Film Warned of Climate Change Danger. The Guardian
The Deluge of 628 AD and the Collapse of Ancient Iraq. Das Andere Mittelalter
California Megaflood: Lessons from a Forgotten Catastrophe. Scientific American
1,000 Years Ago, Corn Made This Society Big. Then, A Changing Climate Destroyed It. NPR
Getting Warmer: Historians on Climate Change and the Anthropocene. Perspectives on History
‘Shell Knew’: Oil Giant's 1991 Film Warned of Climate Change Danger. The Guardian
The Deluge of 628 AD and the Collapse of Ancient Iraq. Das Andere Mittelalter
California Megaflood: Lessons from a Forgotten Catastrophe. Scientific American
1,000 Years Ago, Corn Made This Society Big. Then, A Changing Climate Destroyed It. NPR
Getting Warmer: Historians on Climate Change and the Anthropocene. Perspectives on History
February 2017
The Atomic Origins of Climate Science. The New Yorker
What's the Difference Between Climate and Weather? NOAA Climate
How Close Is 1.5°C? Depends When You Measure From. Climate Central
Date of Ancient Volcanic Eruption Finally Pinpointed Using Fossilised Tree Rings. The Guardian
Winter Is Coming: Europe’s Deep Freeze of 1709. National Geographic
Scientists React to Earth’s Warmest Year: ‘We are Heading into a New Unknown.' Washington Post
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How Close Is 1.5°C? Depends When You Measure From. Climate Central
Date of Ancient Volcanic Eruption Finally Pinpointed Using Fossilised Tree Rings. The Guardian
Winter Is Coming: Europe’s Deep Freeze of 1709. National Geographic
Scientists React to Earth’s Warmest Year: ‘We are Heading into a New Unknown.' Washington Post
January 2017
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These Are the 10 Most Important Climate Stories of 2016. Climate Central
What Can a Medieval Climate Crisis Teach Us About Modern-Day Warming? The Guardian
Most of Greenland Ice Melted to Bedrock in Recent Geologic Past, Says Study. Science Daily
Mapping Three Decades of Global Water Change. New York Times
The 19th-Century Whaling Logbooks That Could Help Scientists Understand Climate Change. The Guardian
Weather Exhibition Shows When the River Trent Froze Over. BBC News
What Can a Medieval Climate Crisis Teach Us About Modern-Day Warming? The Guardian
Most of Greenland Ice Melted to Bedrock in Recent Geologic Past, Says Study. Science Daily
Mapping Three Decades of Global Water Change. New York Times
The 19th-Century Whaling Logbooks That Could Help Scientists Understand Climate Change. The Guardian
Weather Exhibition Shows When the River Trent Froze Over. BBC News
December 2016
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The Coldest Decade of the Millennium? How the Cold 1430s Led to Famine and Disease. EGU Blogs
Mysterious Volcanic Eruption of 1808 Described. Geology Page
A Trump Adviser Wants to Scale Back NASA’s Ability to Study Climate Change. Vox
Ice-Hot News: The “Oldest Ice” Quest has Begun. EGU Blogs
6,000 Years Ago the Sahara Desert was Tropical, so what Happened? Science Daily
Huge Reduction in African Dust Plume Impacted Climate 11,000 Years Ago. Science Daily
Mysterious Volcanic Eruption of 1808 Described. Geology Page
A Trump Adviser Wants to Scale Back NASA’s Ability to Study Climate Change. Vox
Ice-Hot News: The “Oldest Ice” Quest has Begun. EGU Blogs
6,000 Years Ago the Sahara Desert was Tropical, so what Happened? Science Daily
Huge Reduction in African Dust Plume Impacted Climate 11,000 Years Ago. Science Daily
November 2016
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Living in China's Expanding Deserts. New York Times
Year Without a Summer. Paris Review
A Timeline of Earth's Average Temperature. XKCD
A 1912 News Article Ominously Forecasted the Catastrophic Effects of Fossil Fuels on Climate Change. Quartz
Ancient Andes Glaciers Have Lost Half Their Ice in Just 40 years. New Scientist
Climate Detectives: What a Historical Climatologist Does. Climate Snack
Year Without a Summer. Paris Review
A Timeline of Earth's Average Temperature. XKCD
A 1912 News Article Ominously Forecasted the Catastrophic Effects of Fossil Fuels on Climate Change. Quartz
Ancient Andes Glaciers Have Lost Half Their Ice in Just 40 years. New Scientist
Climate Detectives: What a Historical Climatologist Does. Climate Snack
October 2016
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The World Passes 400 PPM Threshold. Permanently. Climate Central
A Vault to Preserve the World's Glaciers. CNRS News
A Timeline of Earth's Average Temperature. XKCD
Melting Ice Could Reveal Toxic Cold War Era Waste in Greenland. Eos
Arctic Climate Change Revealed in a Luxury Cruise and Haunting Wreck. Dot Earth
Conquest of Beijing: Hidden Contributions of Climate Change to the Tumu Crisis, 1449–1450. Arcadia
A Vault to Preserve the World's Glaciers. CNRS News
A Timeline of Earth's Average Temperature. XKCD
Melting Ice Could Reveal Toxic Cold War Era Waste in Greenland. Eos
Arctic Climate Change Revealed in a Luxury Cruise and Haunting Wreck. Dot Earth
Conquest of Beijing: Hidden Contributions of Climate Change to the Tumu Crisis, 1449–1450. Arcadia
September 2016
Scientific Study Group Favors Recognizing Human-Influenced Epoch. Eos
An Early Start to Climate Change: New Research Shows that the Oceans Began Warming in the Mid-1800s. Future Earth
Nasa: Earth is Warming at a Pace 'Unprecedented in 1,000 years'. The Guardian
The demise of the Maya Civilization: Water Shortage can Destroy Cultures. GeoSpace
An Early Start to Climate Change: New Research Shows that the Oceans Began Warming in the Mid-1800s. Future Earth
Nasa: Earth is Warming at a Pace 'Unprecedented in 1,000 years'. The Guardian
The demise of the Maya Civilization: Water Shortage can Destroy Cultures. GeoSpace
August 2016
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Greenland Lost a Staggering 1 Trillion Tons of Ice in Just Four Years.Washington Post
Analysis of Historical Records Shows Ireland is Prone to Drought. Maynooth University
How a Single Word Sparked a Four-Year Saga of Climate Fact-Checking and Blog Backlash. The Conversation
The World’s Clouds Are in Different Places Than They Were 30 Years Ago.Washington Post
3,000-Year Sea Level Study Called a Major Advance. NASA
Analysis of Historical Records Shows Ireland is Prone to Drought. Maynooth University
How a Single Word Sparked a Four-Year Saga of Climate Fact-Checking and Blog Backlash. The Conversation
The World’s Clouds Are in Different Places Than They Were 30 Years Ago.Washington Post
3,000-Year Sea Level Study Called a Major Advance. NASA
July 2016
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The Birthday of the Year Without a Summer. The Otter
12,000 Years Ago, Humans and Climate Change Made a Deadly Team. New York Times
Super-Slow Circulation Allowed World's Oceans to Store Huge Amounts of Carbon During Last Ice Age. ScienceDaily
30 Years Ago Scientists Warned Congress on Global Warming. What They Said Sounds Eerily Familiar. Washington Post
The Birthday of the Year Without a Summer. The Otter
12,000 Years Ago, Humans and Climate Change Made a Deadly Team. New York Times
Super-Slow Circulation Allowed World's Oceans to Store Huge Amounts of Carbon During Last Ice Age. ScienceDaily
30 Years Ago Scientists Warned Congress on Global Warming. What They Said Sounds Eerily Familiar. Washington Post
June 2016
CO2 injected deep underground turns to rock - and stays there. New Scientist
Is wacky weather helping melt Greenland? Science
Kingdom-Busting Volcanoes Linked to the Rise of the Roman Empire. New Scientist
See Earth’s Temperature Spiral Toward 2°C. Climate Central
Climatic and Environmental Aspects of the Mongol Withdrawal From Hungary in 1242 CE. Nature
Report Warns of Climate Disasters that Rival Hollywood's. New York Times
Is wacky weather helping melt Greenland? Science
Kingdom-Busting Volcanoes Linked to the Rise of the Roman Empire. New Scientist
See Earth’s Temperature Spiral Toward 2°C. Climate Central
Climatic and Environmental Aspects of the Mongol Withdrawal From Hungary in 1242 CE. Nature
Report Warns of Climate Disasters that Rival Hollywood's. New York Times
May 2016
Victorians Experienced Early Climate Change But Missed the Signs. New Scientist
Can Medieval Societies Teach Us How to Adapt to Climate Change? Future Earth
Ancient Volcanoes Could Be Key to Predicting Impact of Climate Change.USC News
Study: Humans Have Caused All the Global Warming Since 1950. The Guardian
Did Climate Change Cause These Ancient Civilizations to Collapse? Global Past
Can Medieval Societies Teach Us How to Adapt to Climate Change? Future Earth
Ancient Volcanoes Could Be Key to Predicting Impact of Climate Change.USC News
Study: Humans Have Caused All the Global Warming Since 1950. The Guardian
Did Climate Change Cause These Ancient Civilizations to Collapse? Global Past
April 2016
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Q&A: Author of 'Feminist Glaciology' Study Reflects on Sudden Appearance in Culture Wars Science Magazine
What We’re Doing to the Earth Has No Parallel in 66 Million Years, Scientists Say. Washington Post
Scientists Warn of Perilous Climate Shift Within Decades, Not Centuries. New York Times
These Ancient Shipwrecks Hold a Hidden Message About Climate Change.Washington Post
Q&A: Author of 'Feminist Glaciology' Study Reflects on Sudden Appearance in Culture Wars Science Magazine
What We’re Doing to the Earth Has No Parallel in 66 Million Years, Scientists Say. Washington Post
Scientists Warn of Perilous Climate Shift Within Decades, Not Centuries. New York Times
These Ancient Shipwrecks Hold a Hidden Message About Climate Change.Washington Post
March 2016
What These Dead Whalers Tell Us About Climate Change. KUOW.org. http://kuow.org/post/what-these-dead-whalers-tell-us-about-climate-change
Leading Scientists Say Warming Slowdown Was Real. Climate Central. http://www.climatecentral.org/news/scientists-say-warming-slowdown-was-real-20068?utm_content=buffer102db&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
How Climate Change Destroyed Britain's "Atlantis." Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/02/23/how-climate-change-destroyed-britains-atlantis
How Much Warmer Was Your City in 2015? New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/02/19/us/2015-year-in-weather-temperature-precipitation.html#london_britain
Why Science Teachers Are Struggling With Climate Change. NPR. http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2016/02/19/467206769/why-science-teachers-are-struggling-with-climate-change
Leading Scientists Say Warming Slowdown Was Real. Climate Central. http://www.climatecentral.org/news/scientists-say-warming-slowdown-was-real-20068?utm_content=buffer102db&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
How Climate Change Destroyed Britain's "Atlantis." Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/02/23/how-climate-change-destroyed-britains-atlantis
How Much Warmer Was Your City in 2015? New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/02/19/us/2015-year-in-weather-temperature-precipitation.html#london_britain
Why Science Teachers Are Struggling With Climate Change. NPR. http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2016/02/19/467206769/why-science-teachers-are-struggling-with-climate-change
January-February 2016
125-Year Mini Ice Age Linked to the Plague and Fall of Empires. New Scientist. https://www.newscientist.com/article/2076713-125-year-mini-ice-age-linked-to-the-plague-and-fall-of-empires
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The Volcano That Shrouded the Earth and Gave Birth to a Monster. Nautilus. http://nautil.us/issue/31/stress/the-volcano-that-shrouded-the-earth-and-gave-birth-to-a-monster
Volcanic Eruptions: Reconciling Past Mismatches. Future Earth. http://futureearth.org/blog/2016-jan-21/volcanic-eruptions-reconciling-past-mismatches
Growth Rings On Rocks Give Up North American Climate Secrets. Berkeley News. http://news.berkeley.edu/2016/01/11/rings-on-rocks-detail-north-american-paleoclimate
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The Volcano That Shrouded the Earth and Gave Birth to a Monster. Nautilus. http://nautil.us/issue/31/stress/the-volcano-that-shrouded-the-earth-and-gave-birth-to-a-monster
Volcanic Eruptions: Reconciling Past Mismatches. Future Earth. http://futureearth.org/blog/2016-jan-21/volcanic-eruptions-reconciling-past-mismatches
Growth Rings On Rocks Give Up North American Climate Secrets. Berkeley News. http://news.berkeley.edu/2016/01/11/rings-on-rocks-detail-north-american-paleoclimate
December 2015
Vikings’ Mysterious Abandonment of Greenland Was Not Due to Climate Change, Study Suggests. Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2015/12/04/climate-change-may-not-have-driven-the-vikings-from-greenland-after-all
The Civilizing Power of Nature. Hakai Magazine. http://www.hakaimagazine.com/article-long/civilizing-power-nature
Does Climate Change Cause Violent Conflict? Scenes of Reason. https://www.scenesofreason.com/does-climate-change-cause-violent-conflict
What Declassified Spy Images are Teaching us About Climate Change. Hakai Magazine. http://www.hakaimagazine.com/article-short/what-declassified-spy-images-are-teaching-us-about-climate-change
Scots University to Save ‘Melting’ Alaskan Village. The Scotsman. http://www.scotsman.com/news/education/scots-university-to-save-melting-alaskan-village-1-3262710
Explaining Extreme Events of 2014. NOAA. http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/news/explaining-extreme-events-2014
The Civilizing Power of Nature. Hakai Magazine. http://www.hakaimagazine.com/article-long/civilizing-power-nature
Does Climate Change Cause Violent Conflict? Scenes of Reason. https://www.scenesofreason.com/does-climate-change-cause-violent-conflict
What Declassified Spy Images are Teaching us About Climate Change. Hakai Magazine. http://www.hakaimagazine.com/article-short/what-declassified-spy-images-are-teaching-us-about-climate-change
Scots University to Save ‘Melting’ Alaskan Village. The Scotsman. http://www.scotsman.com/news/education/scots-university-to-save-melting-alaskan-village-1-3262710
Explaining Extreme Events of 2014. NOAA. http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/news/explaining-extreme-events-2014
November 2015
Kangerlussuaq, Greenland. Credit: NYT
Greenland is Melting Away. New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/10/27/world/greenland-is-melting-away.html
Carbon emissions hit new high and temperature rise soars to 1oC. New Scientist. https://goo.gl/ohxcAO
Climate and the Khan. Discover Magazine. http://discovermagazine.com/2015/july-aug/14-climate-and-khan
NASA - Antarctica is Not Melting - Land Ice is Growing. Reporting Climate Science. http://www.reportingclimatescience.com/news-stories/article/nasa-antarctica-is-not-melting-land-ice-is-growing.html
What Declassified Spy Images are Teaching us About Climate Change. Hakai Magazine. http://www.hakaimagazine.com/article-short/what-declassified-spy-images-are-teaching-us-about-climate-change
Climates of Crisis! Merovingian World. https://merovingianworld.wordpress.com/2015/10/16/climates-of-crisis
Carbon emissions hit new high and temperature rise soars to 1oC. New Scientist. https://goo.gl/ohxcAO
Climate and the Khan. Discover Magazine. http://discovermagazine.com/2015/july-aug/14-climate-and-khan
NASA - Antarctica is Not Melting - Land Ice is Growing. Reporting Climate Science. http://www.reportingclimatescience.com/news-stories/article/nasa-antarctica-is-not-melting-land-ice-is-growing.html
What Declassified Spy Images are Teaching us About Climate Change. Hakai Magazine. http://www.hakaimagazine.com/article-short/what-declassified-spy-images-are-teaching-us-about-climate-change
Climates of Crisis! Merovingian World. https://merovingianworld.wordpress.com/2015/10/16/climates-of-crisis
October 2015
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The Great September Gale of 1815. Slate. http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2015/09/the_great_september_gale_of_1815_and_the_way_we_think_about_the_weather.html
Debunking the Top 10 Climate Change Myths. Climate Nexus. http://climatenexus.org/debunking-top-10-climate-change-myths
Why Some Scientists are Worried About a Surprisingly Cold 'Blob' in the North Atlantic Ocean. Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2015/09/24/why-some-scientists-are-worried-about-a-cold-blob-in-the-north-atlantic-ocean/?tid=sm_fb
Fastest Recorded Solar Decline Will Cool Global Climate. Reporting Climate Science. http://www.reportingclimatescience.com/news-stories/article/fastest-recorded-solar-decline-will-cool-global-climate.html
Scientists Say California Hasn't Been This Dry in 500 Years Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2015/09/14/scientists-say-its-been-500-years-since-california-was-this-dry
Large Variability Measured in Kuroshio Current East of Taiwan. EOS. https://eos.org/research-spotlights/large-variability-measured-in-kuroshio-current-east-of-taiwan
Debunking the Top 10 Climate Change Myths. Climate Nexus. http://climatenexus.org/debunking-top-10-climate-change-myths
Why Some Scientists are Worried About a Surprisingly Cold 'Blob' in the North Atlantic Ocean. Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2015/09/24/why-some-scientists-are-worried-about-a-cold-blob-in-the-north-atlantic-ocean/?tid=sm_fb
Fastest Recorded Solar Decline Will Cool Global Climate. Reporting Climate Science. http://www.reportingclimatescience.com/news-stories/article/fastest-recorded-solar-decline-will-cool-global-climate.html
Scientists Say California Hasn't Been This Dry in 500 Years Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2015/09/14/scientists-say-its-been-500-years-since-california-was-this-dry
Large Variability Measured in Kuroshio Current East of Taiwan. EOS. https://eos.org/research-spotlights/large-variability-measured-in-kuroshio-current-east-of-taiwan
September 2015
Muir Glacier, 1880s-90s. Credit: USGS
Repeat Photography of Alaskan Glaciers. USGS. http://www.usgs.gov/climate_landuse/glaciers/repeat_photography.asp
Global Warming 'Hiatus' Never Happened. Science Daily. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/09/150917110002.htm
From Katrina, an "Amazing" Decade of Climate Research. Climate Central. http://www.climatecentral.org/news/how-katrina-changed-climate-research-19386
Here's What Happens When You Try to Replicate Climate Contrarian Papers. The Guardian. http://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2015/aug/25/heres-what-happens-when-you-try-to-replicate-climate-contrarian-papers
Chinese Cave Inscriptions Tell Woeful Tale of Drought. EOS. https://eos.org/articles/chinese-cave-inscriptions-tell-woeful-tale-of-drought
Science On a Sphere. NOAA. http://sos.noaa.gov/SOS_Explorer/
Global Warming 'Hiatus' Never Happened. Science Daily. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/09/150917110002.htm
From Katrina, an "Amazing" Decade of Climate Research. Climate Central. http://www.climatecentral.org/news/how-katrina-changed-climate-research-19386
Here's What Happens When You Try to Replicate Climate Contrarian Papers. The Guardian. http://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2015/aug/25/heres-what-happens-when-you-try-to-replicate-climate-contrarian-papers
Chinese Cave Inscriptions Tell Woeful Tale of Drought. EOS. https://eos.org/articles/chinese-cave-inscriptions-tell-woeful-tale-of-drought
Science On a Sphere. NOAA. http://sos.noaa.gov/SOS_Explorer/
August 2015
Credit: Nick Cobbing
When the End of Human Civilization Is Your Day Job. Esquire Magazine. http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a36228/ballad-of-the-sad-climatologists-0815
Fossil Fuels May Bring Major Changes to Carbon Dating. Climate Central. http://www.climatecentral.org/news/fossil-fuels-major-changes-radiocarbon-19288
"Carbon Sink" Detected Underneath World's Deserts. AGU Newsroom. http://news.agu.org/press-release/carbon-sink-detected-underneath-worlds-deserts
Mammoths Died Out Because of Sudden Climate Change. Discover News. http://news.discovery.com/earth/global-warming/mammoths-died-out-because-of-sudden-climate-change-150725.htm
Gulf Stream Slowdown Linked with European Cooling. Reporting Climate Science. http://www.reportingclimatescience.com/news-stories/article/gulf-stream-slowdown-linked-with-sudden-european-cooling.html
Medievalist Helps Scientists Rewrite Climate Records. Medievalists.net. http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/09/medievalist-helps-scientists-rewrite-climate-records
Fossil Fuels May Bring Major Changes to Carbon Dating. Climate Central. http://www.climatecentral.org/news/fossil-fuels-major-changes-radiocarbon-19288
"Carbon Sink" Detected Underneath World's Deserts. AGU Newsroom. http://news.agu.org/press-release/carbon-sink-detected-underneath-worlds-deserts
Mammoths Died Out Because of Sudden Climate Change. Discover News. http://news.discovery.com/earth/global-warming/mammoths-died-out-because-of-sudden-climate-change-150725.htm
Gulf Stream Slowdown Linked with European Cooling. Reporting Climate Science. http://www.reportingclimatescience.com/news-stories/article/gulf-stream-slowdown-linked-with-sudden-european-cooling.html
Medievalist Helps Scientists Rewrite Climate Records. Medievalists.net. http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/09/medievalist-helps-scientists-rewrite-climate-records
June/July 2015
New York under 6 meters of water. Credit: Climate Central
Global Warming Causing Great Loss of Bumblebee Habitat. Sci-News. http://www.sci-news.com/biology/science-global-warming-loss-bumblebee-habitat-03004.html
Sea Level Could Rise at Least 6 Meters. Scientific American. http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/sea-level-could-rise-at-least-6-meters
Heat is Being Stored Beneath the Ocean Surface. NASA Earth Observatory. http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=86184&src=eorss-iotd
Study Finds Sudden Shift in “Forcing” Led to Demise of Laurentide Ice Sheet. OSU News. http://oregonstate.edu/ua/ncs/archives/2015/jun/study-finds-sudden-shift-%E2%80%9Cforcing%E2%80%9D-led-demise-laurentide-ice-sheet
Thawing Arctic Carbon Threatens 'Runaway' Global Warming. The Ecologist. http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_round_up/2869575/thawing_arctic_carbon_threatens_runaway_global_warming.html
Because There Are No Spare Earths. NASA Climate Change. http://climate.nasa.gov/blog/2295
What's Really Warming the World? Bloomberg Business. http://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2015-whats-warming-the-world
Sea Level Could Rise at Least 6 Meters. Scientific American. http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/sea-level-could-rise-at-least-6-meters
Heat is Being Stored Beneath the Ocean Surface. NASA Earth Observatory. http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=86184&src=eorss-iotd
Study Finds Sudden Shift in “Forcing” Led to Demise of Laurentide Ice Sheet. OSU News. http://oregonstate.edu/ua/ncs/archives/2015/jun/study-finds-sudden-shift-%E2%80%9Cforcing%E2%80%9D-led-demise-laurentide-ice-sheet
Thawing Arctic Carbon Threatens 'Runaway' Global Warming. The Ecologist. http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_round_up/2869575/thawing_arctic_carbon_threatens_runaway_global_warming.html
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May 2015
Credit: BBC News
Sending Ice to Antarctica. BBC News. http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-32802588
Thawing Arctic Carbon Threatens 'Runaway' Global Warming. Ecologist. http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_round_up/2869575/thawing_arctic_carbon_threatens_runaway_global_warming.html
Most Glaciers in Everest Area will Disappear with Climate Change - Study. The Guardian. http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/may/27/most-glaciers-in-mount-everest-area-will-disappear-with-climate-change-study
Global Warming Brews Weird Weather. Nature News. http://www.nature.com/news/global-warming-brews-weird-weather-1.17407?WT.mc_id=TWT_NatureNews
Why Our Students Should Debate Climate Change. Edge Effects. http://edgeeffects.net/teaching-climate-change
Longer Melt Season a Game Changer for Arctic Mammals. NASA Global Climate Change. http://climate.nasa.gov/news/2279/
Thawing Arctic Carbon Threatens 'Runaway' Global Warming. Ecologist. http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_round_up/2869575/thawing_arctic_carbon_threatens_runaway_global_warming.html
Most Glaciers in Everest Area will Disappear with Climate Change - Study. The Guardian. http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/may/27/most-glaciers-in-mount-everest-area-will-disappear-with-climate-change-study
Global Warming Brews Weird Weather. Nature News. http://www.nature.com/news/global-warming-brews-weird-weather-1.17407?WT.mc_id=TWT_NatureNews
Why Our Students Should Debate Climate Change. Edge Effects. http://edgeeffects.net/teaching-climate-change
Longer Melt Season a Game Changer for Arctic Mammals. NASA Global Climate Change. http://climate.nasa.gov/news/2279/
April 2015
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How Western Canada Glaciers Will Melt Away. CBC. http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/how-western-canada-glaciers-will-melt-away-1.3022242
Light Blue Books: Reading About Winter Ecology and Climate History. Uncommon Sense. http://blog.oieahc.wm.edu/light-blue-books-reading-about-winter-ecology-and-climate-history
Climate Change Does Not Cause Extreme Winters, Experts Say. ScienceDaily. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/03/150327132207.htm
Study: Melting Greenland Ice Sheet is Rapidly Slowing the Gulfstream. Mashable. http://mashable.com/2015/03/24/gulf-stream-slowdown-study-tipping-point
How Western Canada Glaciers Will Melt Away. CBC. http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/how-western-canada-glaciers-will-melt-away-1.3022242
Light Blue Books: Reading About Winter Ecology and Climate History. Uncommon Sense. http://blog.oieahc.wm.edu/light-blue-books-reading-about-winter-ecology-and-climate-history
Climate Change Does Not Cause Extreme Winters, Experts Say. ScienceDaily. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/03/150327132207.htm
Study: Melting Greenland Ice Sheet is Rapidly Slowing the Gulfstream. Mashable. http://mashable.com/2015/03/24/gulf-stream-slowdown-study-tipping-point
March 2015
Credit: Matt Mahurin, Rolling Stone.
The Pentagon and Climate Change. Rolling Stone. http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/the-pentagon-climate-change-how-climate-deniers-put-national-security-at-risk-20150212
The Cold That Binds: Ice, Climate History, and a Hobbit Hole. The Otter. http://niche-canada.org/2015/03/11/the-cold-that-binds-ice-climate-history-and-a-hobbit-hole
Light Blue Books: Reading About Winter Ecology and Climate History. Uncommon Sense. http://blog.oieahc.wm.edu/light-blue-books-reading-about-winter-ecology-and-climate-history
Who’s Really to Blame for the Black Death? Pacific Standard. http://www.psmag.com/health-and-behavior/the-european-rats-have-been-innocent-this-whole-time
Combined Arctic Ice Observations Show Decades of Loss. ScienceDaily. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/03/150303095838.htm
The Cold That Binds: Ice, Climate History, and a Hobbit Hole. The Otter. http://niche-canada.org/2015/03/11/the-cold-that-binds-ice-climate-history-and-a-hobbit-hole
Light Blue Books: Reading About Winter Ecology and Climate History. Uncommon Sense. http://blog.oieahc.wm.edu/light-blue-books-reading-about-winter-ecology-and-climate-history
Who’s Really to Blame for the Black Death? Pacific Standard. http://www.psmag.com/health-and-behavior/the-european-rats-have-been-innocent-this-whole-time
Combined Arctic Ice Observations Show Decades of Loss. ScienceDaily. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/03/150303095838.htm