Climate change articles

  • For cicadas, it's safety in numbers. Is climate change throwing off their timing?

    A cicada in sync with its brood is a cicada with a chance. The insects’ synchronized emergence is an evolutionary strategy, scientists say. Birds, raccoons and other predators can eat only so many of them. So the more cicadas emerge together, the better the odds that more will live on to reproduce and pass along their genes. “They have the safety-in-numbers strategy,” said Chris Simon, a professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Connecticut who studies the insects. The...

  • Climate change is scary now. It will be terrifying under Trump

    The intrusion of Donald Trump into this nation’s political bloodstream and his refusal to depart the field after eight long years has provided him ample opportunity to reveal his nature to the American public. His grotesque mishandling of the coronavirus pandemic and his callous disregard of the lives of American citizens was probably the worst example of his stunning lack of human conscience or empathy. That was almost certainly the primary reason Americans decided to dispose of him after one...

  • Indoor Air Quality Matters: COVID, Climate Change, and More

    Indoor air quality has emerged as a critical public health concern, gaining traction amidst growing recognition of its significance in spreading COVID-19 and many other diseases. Though progress has been slow, several recent developments suggest palpable momentum toward addressing indoor air quality. Late last month, Science published an article by over 40 experts extolling the More