EcocentricHealth
Climate change will make it easier for many infectious diseases to spread. Human beings will be able to adapt — or at least the richer ones will. But biodiversity will suffer as parasites and bacteria find a more welcoming environment
EcocentricViewpoint
When it comes to the ocean, we don’t know how good we used to have it.
EcocentricOceans
Together with Google, a scientific expedition is exploring endangered coral reefs, producing baseline data about ocean health—and breathtaking panoramic images of the world below.
EcocentricOceans
It may not be as big as researchers predicted last month, but this year’s Gulf of Mexico dead zone is larger than average—and a sign of things to come.
EcocentricClimate Science
The South Pole has been the stable one in the climate change era—relatively speaking. But a pair of studies about Antarctica’s past and its present point towards a very different future.
EcocentricCities
A generation of movies have made us think that the American city is an inherently dangerous place. But a new study shows that you’re more likely to die violently in the quiet countryside
EcocentricCarbon Policy
The new head of the EPA had to wait some five months for confirmation. Now that she’s got the job, the really difficult part begins
EcocentricDisasters
Hurricane Sandy made it clear: as the climate warms, population grows and sea level rises, extreme weather will hurt more. That’s why we need to fix flood insurance
EcocentricNatural Gas
A new study finds that the deep disposal wells used to store drilling wastewater—not fracking per se—may help trigger earthquakes. Regulators and the industry should take notice—and find ways to recycle that wastewater, …
EcocentricForests
Nature may have its own way of adapting to climate change, as a new study shows that forests get more economic with water as greenhouse gases levels increase
