New analysis of hundreds of human fossils, some 1 million years old, suggests the average human body size has fluctuated as the planet's climate periodically warmed and cooled.
On preindustrial fires, mosquitoes and the oops factor: When factoring in melt in the Arctic, one needs to know what the snow is doing now, not way back when.
How are we going to adapt to climate change? That remains to be seen, but meanwhile a groundbreaking analysis of a 4,300-year-old accumulation of bat guano in a cave in Jamaica shows how they may have coped throughout that time.
Bermuda gets some protection from hurricane storm surges from of its reefs. But coral is useless at shielding the island nation from winds. Now a study has shown that the maximum wind speed of hurricanes in the subtropical Atlantic around Bermuda has more than doubled in the last 60 years.
As heat mounts and much worse is anticipated, the Haaretz climate change briefs look at the stories we need to know – including ones we wish we didn't.
