Serendip is an independent site partnering with faculty at multiple colleges and universities around the world. Happy exploring!
You are here
NYT Global Warming Climate Change
Gavin Newsom Accuses Trump of Corruption at Vatican Climate Meeting
The California governor, speaking at the Vatican, used sharp language to describe the former president’s appeal to fossil fuel executives for campaign donations.
Categories: Climate
DeSantis Signs Law Deleting Climate Change From Florida Policy
The law also stops programs designed to encourage renewable energy and conservation in a state that is highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change.
Categories: Climate
The Possible Collapse of the U.S. Home Insurance System
A Times investigation found climate change may now be a concern for every homeowner in the country.
Categories: Climate
Meet the Marine Biologist Who Works for a Hotel Chain
Megan Morikawa of the Iberostar Group is applying science — and scale — to eliminate food waste, save coral and collaborate across the travel industry to cut carbon.
Categories: Climate
Las autoridades de California paralizan un estudio de blanqueamiento de nubes
Los investigadores habían estado probando un pulverizador que algún día podría utilizarse para empujar una niebla salada hacia el cielo, enfriando la Tierra. Las autoridades detuvieron los trabajos alegando problemas de salud.
Categories: Climate
Homeowners Face Rising Insurance Rates Amid Costly Climate Change Disasters
It’s not just California and Florida now: Insurers are losing money around the country. It means higher rates and, sometimes, cancellation notices.
Categories: Climate
Summer 2023 Was the Northern Hemisphere’s Hottest in 2,000 Years, Study Finds
Scientists used tree rings to compare last year’s extreme heat with temperatures over the past two millenniums.
Categories: Climate
4 Takeaways From Our Homeowners Insurance Investigation
Across the country, more intense heat, storms and fires are causing the home insurance market to start to buckle.
Categories: Climate
Alarmed by Climate Change, Astronomers Train Their Sights on Earth
A growing number of researchers in the field are using their expertise to fight the climate crisis.
Categories: Climate
New Rules to Overhaul Electric Grids Could Boost Wind and Solar Power
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved the biggest changes in more than a decade to the way U.S. power lines are planned and funded.
Categories: Climate
How FERC Became a Linchpin for Climate Policy
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission voted 2-to-1 in a partisan split on Monday on a new rule that could help speed up wind and solar energy.
Categories: Climate
Alameda Officials Stop Cloud Brightening Study Aimed at Cooling Planet
Researchers had been testing a sprayer that could one day be used to push a salty mist skyward, cooling the Earth. Officials stopped the work, citing health questions.
Categories: Climate
Una breve guía para comprender las compensaciones de carbono
Muchas de ellas no funcionan para compensar los vuelos y algunas incluso pueden ser perjudiciales. Sin embargo, existen algunas alternativas más efectivas.
Categories: Climate
We Can Get the Electricity We Need Without Frying the Planet (or Our Pocketbooks)
We need utilities to succeed now more than ever before. But the definition of success needs to evolve.
Categories: Climate
Climate Change Is Making Allergies Worse
The seasonal allergy hill is now an all-year mountain.
Categories: Climate
How 5 N.Y.C. Neighborhoods Are Struggling With Climate Change
New data projects are linking social issues with global warming. Here’s what that means for these New York communities.
Categories: Climate
How 5 N.Y.C. Neighborhoods Are Struggling With Climate Change
New data projects are linking social issues with global warming. Here’s what that means for these New York communities.
Categories: Climate
California Will Add a Fixed Charge to Electric Bills and Reduce Rates
Officials said the decision would lower bills and encourage people to use cars and appliances that did not use fossil fuels, but some experts said it would discourage energy efficiency.
Categories: Climate
From Ancient Charcoal, Hints of Wildfires to Come
By digging into the geologic record, scientists are learning how wildfires shaped — and were shaped by — climate change long ago.
Categories: Climate
The doom vs. optimism debate
How to reconcile two new reports that seem to tell very different stories about the state of climate change.
Categories: Climate