Category: BUMMER

The world is 77% drier than it was three decades ago. When ponds and lakes dry up, cholera, West Nile[…]

As wildfire season becomes longer and more severe across America’s West, smoky summers are becoming the new normal, forcing a[…]

Glyphosate was long thought to be safe for honeybees because they lack the enzyme the chemical targets in weeds but[…]

Over three-quarters of the world’s crops benefit from insect pollination. Bumblebees are far more efficient pollinators than honey bees. Extreme[…]

Global warming apparently has shifted into a faster gear. After removing El Niño’s effects, volcanic eruptions, and solar cycles, the[…]

Warmer temperatures help speed up the maturation process that makes cyclospora parasites infectious to humans. With summers hotter and longer[…]

The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), a vast system of ocean currents that acts like a planetary conveyor belt carrying[…]

Climate change is altering the rainfall, vegetation, and habitat conditions that influence rodent populations boosting odds the pathogens these animals[…]

Oxygen is disappearing from oceans, lakes, rivers, and coastal waters at an alarming rate, weakening natural processes that help regulate[…]

Accelerating climate change makes wildfires bigger, hotter, and more destructive. Canada, with more than a quarter of the world’s boreal[…]