Climate Scientists Can’t Explain These ‘Hotspots’ Appearing Around the World
The global average temperature is rising, but some regions are experiencing extreme heatwaves way beyond what models ...
Map Shows Where the World Stands on Ukraine
With the war in Ukraine escalating to new levels in recent weeks, Newsweek has mapped the international perspectives on the ...
Himalayas formation may have destroyed at least 30% of continental crust in collision zone
Earth's continents are slowly moving across the planet's surface due to plate tectonics, culminating in regions of crustal ...
‘Unprecedented’ climate extremes are everywhere. Our baselines for what’s normal will need to change
A region’s climate is defined over periods of 30 years. In a world affected by global warming, we need new tools to improve ...
Op-Ed: The thankless task of sea level rise monitoring – Trickier than it looks, and worrying
Now things are much clearer, and that’s the problem. Huge amounts of ice in the Antarctic alone are capable of raising the ...
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There Aren't Seven Continents, There's Two. Or Four. Or Nine. Wait, What?
Let’s face it: kids are not smart. That’s fine; they’re not meant to be – they have a lot of growing and learning left to do, ...
Why is a global treaty on plastic pollution dividing the world?
Plastic pollutes oceans, food, your body. Yet nations are divided over a global treaty. Why all eyes are on talks for a ...
At Harvard, taking the measure of what happened when worlds collided
Along with some 80 items in ‘Measuring Difference’ is a reminder that measurement, in all its forms, is a human invention.