EDF Voices: Science

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1 in 5 plants are going extinct, but here's the opportunity

September 7, 2016

With 2,000 new plants found every year, we have potential for innovation and conservation.
We just had five 1,000-year floods in less than a year. What's going on?

September 1, 2016

We may have shifted so far into a new climate regime that probabilities have been turned on their head.
Climate change is messing with clouds – and it's a really big deal

August 24, 2016

Climate change is pushing clouds higher and toward the poles, triggering a cycle of ever-rising global temperatures.
What this 2,500-square-mile methane cloud tells us about gas leaks

August 16, 2016

Now that we know what caused a massive heat-trapping methane cloud over a section of New Mexico and Colorado, we can do something about it.
4 things you may not know about the heat wave

July 21, 2016

Why the third day of excessive heat is critical and other scientific insights for this week's steamy weather.
We flew over 8,000 oil and gas wells. Here's what we found.

April 21, 2016

Methane pollution is widespread, pouring out from hundreds of "super emitting" production facilities nationwide. That's why we need strong, federal pollution rules.
Undersea sensors open new frontier for marine science. Can they save fisheries, too?

April 19, 2016

Data generated by new and sophisticated technology can support ocean health and coastal communities worldwide.
Human emissions just cancelled the next ice age. Here's why we should care.

February 11, 2016

Humans have now so profoundly altered the future of the Earth that we’re affecting the lives of thousands of generations ahead of us.
Scientist fact-checkers join new push to call out climate errors in news media

December 10, 2015

A growing coalition of scientists is helping journalists become more accurate – and to expose deliberate misinformation.
The world has a methane problem – but we can solve it

December 9, 2015

The biggest, cheapest and quickest way to make progress on climate change right now: Cut methane pollution.

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