Nathan Solis
Climate change causing forests to live fast, die young
Once thought to be a line of defense against climate change because of their ability to store carbon, trees are instead growing fast and dying young and won’t store as much greenhouse gas over their lifespans according to research published this week.
And then there were 22: Bullock joins Biden, Sanders, Harris in race for president
Early indications of a Bullock run were telegraphed last year when he visited the Iowa State Fair, a popular stumping ground for candidates as the first state to caucus. He began staffing his political action committee last month.
Ninth Circuit revives suit to save gray wolves in Idaho, Northern Rockies
Environmental groups have standing to sue the U.S. Department of Agriculture for neglecting to study the impact of killing gray wolves in mountainous portions of Idaho and whether the slaughter affects elk populations, the Ninth Circuit ruled this week.
Study: Humans causing spike in extinction risk for 1,700 animal species
n the next 50 years a wide swath of amphibians, birds and mammals will face a greater risk of extinction as humans spread across the planet, according to a grim study published in Nature Climate Change on Monday.
Massive impact crater found hidden beneath Greenland ice
A 19-mile-wide crater hidden under a half-mile of ice likely came from a kilometer-wide iron asteroid that crashed into Greenland perhaps in the last 12,000 years, according to nearly two decades of surveys finally released Wednesday.
Scientific study: Domino effect could spur ‘hothouse earth,” speed up warming
Current goals for cutting greenhouse gas emissions might not be enough to curb global warming, according to a new study Monday indicating we’re headed for a domino effect that could speed up the warming process by four to five degrees and cause sea levels to rise.