The world’s clouds are in different places than they were 30 years ago; The diversity of life across much of Earth has plunged below ‘safe’ levels, scientists say; Scientists think they’ve just pinpointed the key driver of ice loss in Antarctica; ‘The most singular of all the things that we have found': Clouds study alarms top scientist; ‘The extraordinary years have become the normal years’: Scientists survey radical Arctic melt; Republicans just escalated the war over ExxonMobil and climate change; What wildlife scientists and nature lovers can learn from Pokémon Go; Why Obama’s top scientist just called keeping fossil fuels in the ground ‘unrealistic’; Why we should all worry about the Amazon catching on fire this year; When it comes to saving energy, it’s really not all about the money; The best way to teach adults to save energy might be through their children;
 
Energy and Environment
With Chris Mooney
 
 
The world’s clouds are in different places than they were 30 years ago
Cloud tops are rising, and clouds are moving poleward, scientists say.
The diversity of life across much of Earth has plunged below ‘safe’ levels, scientists say
Scientists say that across the globe, more than 10 percent of species abundance has been lost.
 
Scientists think they’ve just pinpointed the key driver of ice loss in Antarctica
A new study finds warm ocean water may be the biggest driver of glacial retreat in that region -- and it’s a problem that may not be getting enough attention.
 
‘The most singular of all the things that we have found': Clouds study alarms top scientist
The hope that cloud cover might actually ease global warming appears to be dimming.
 
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‘The extraordinary years have become the normal years’: Scientists survey radical Arctic melt
The scariest thing about 2016 in the Arctic is not so much that it's extraordinary, but rather, that it's signaling a new normal.
 
Republicans just escalated the war over ExxonMobil and climate change
House Science, Space and Technology Committee is issuing subpoenas to the New York and Massachusetts state attorneys general over their investigations of the energy giant's claims about climate change.
 
What wildlife scientists and nature lovers can learn from Pokémon Go
Right now, many people are more excited about Squirtles than, well, turtles. Scientists want to turn that around.
 
Why Obama’s top scientist just called keeping fossil fuels in the ground ‘unrealistic’
The tension continues over precisely how — and how fast — we'll clean and green our energy system.
 
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Why we should all worry about the Amazon catching on fire this year
The ultimate forest fire: What'll happen when the Amazon burns
 
When it comes to saving energy, it’s really not all about the money
“Yes, people can care about things other than monetary gain."
 
The best way to teach adults to save energy might be through their children
A study found that kids can be effective in getting parents to change behavior.
 
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