Articles by

Carolyn Gramling

Many but not all of the world’s aquifers are losing water

The world’s precious stash of subterranean freshwater is shrinking — and in nearly a third of aquifers,...

Earth’s largest ape went extinct 100,000 years earlier than once thought

The world’s largest ape vanished from Earth more than 100,000 years earlier than once thought, pushed to...

COP28 nations agreed to ‘transition’ from fossil fuels. That’s too slow, experts say

Days of contentious wrangling in Dubai at the United Nations’ 28th annual climate summit ended December 13...

COP28 is making headlines. Here’s why the focus on methane matters

This year’s United Nations’ annual climate summit, dubbed COP28, is making a lot of headlines — not...

Here’s how 2023 became the hottest year on record

This year didn’t just shatter records. It changed the scales.  Graph after graph tracking this year’s soaring...

A new UN report lays out an ethical framework for climate engineering

The world is in a climate crisis — and in the waning days of what’s likely to...

The last 12 months were the hottest on record

The last 12 months were the hottest in 150 years of recordkeeping — and probably in the...

Newfound fossil species of lamprey were flesh eaters

Found in roughly 160-million-year-old rocks in North China, the Yanliao Biota is a diverse array of...