climate change
How Climate Change Helped Unleash a Plague of Deadly Scorpions
If you’ve been paying attention to the news recently, you might have noticed news reports of a deadly scorpion plague…
Looking Back at the 5 Mass Extinctions That Shaped Our Planet
The earth has existed for the last 4.6 billion years. Over those years, we’ve seen a number of species go…
A Shifting Jet Stream Means Wild Weather Ahead
If your area has experienced unusual weather patterns lately, you’re not alone—a shifting jet stream has brought changes in rainfall…
There’s Actually Good News About Climate Change in the IPCC Report
In August 2021, the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released a new report. In 2018, they had predicted…
Earth Just Got a New Ocean. What Does That Mean for the Planet?
On June 8th, World Oceans Day, the Earth gained official recognition for its fifth ocean. Although scientists have been referring…
Climate Change Could be Responsible for New Epidemics
Imagine how unlucky a person has to be to live through the Spanish Flu Pandemic of the 1920s, the Avian…
Our Kids are Worried About the Environment, According to Child Psychologists
The children are our future. We’ve all heard this statement before and there’s a lot of truth in it. The…
What Spaceship Earth Teaches us in a Time of Pandemic and Climate Change
If you’re too young to remember Biosphere 2, it might sound too out there to be true: a closed-system utopian…