In Parched Southwest, Warm Spring Renews Threat of ‘Megadrought’
“We had a really warm spring,” said Graham Sexstone, a hydrologist with the United States Geological Survey. “Everything this year has melted really fast.”
Climate change may cause extreme waves in Arctic
In addition, extreme wave events that used to occur once every 20 years might increase to occur once every two to five years on average,...
Fish worldwide are shockingly vulnerable to climate change
Climate change will impact the reproductive success of fish worldwide, according to an alarming new study. The researchers estimate that rising water temperatures will limit...
Rising water temperatures could endanger the mating of many fish species
Because fish that are ready to mate and their young are especially sensitive to changes in temperature, in the future up to 60 percent of...
To Boost Renewable Energy, Australia Looks to Water and Gravity
The concept itself is simple—use excess renewable electricity generated during low demand cycles to pump water uphill, and then release that water downhill through turbines...
Lawsuit: Endangered species (sea turtles, sawfish) harmed by Lake Okeechobee discharges
Florida's inshore estuaries are vitally important cradles for marine wildlife and plants. Tidal action balanced with rainfall runoff creates habitat utilized by hundreds of species...
Report: As EPA pulls back under Trump, serious pollution rises on Great Lakes
President Donald Trump's administration has scaled back enforcement of environmental regulations in the Great Lakes region — and it's having a noticeable, negative impact, according...
Add to list Climate change has stolen more than a billion tons of water from the West’s most vital river
The Colorado River’s average annual flow has declined by nearly 20 percent compared to the last century, and researchers have identified one of the main...