Solutions Is breadfruit the climate change-proof food of the future? As the climate continues to shift because of human actions, breadfruit could increasingly play a role in addressing global hunger, according to a paper published this month in the journal PLOS Climate.
Impacts New Antarctic penguin colonies discovered further south than normal As the climate warms, gentoo penguins are expanding to habitats that were previously too icy for them to raise chicks.
www.smithsonianmag.com Wildfire smoke linked to Covid-19 cases and deaths in the West Thousands of coronavirus cases and hundreds of deaths may be attributable to the particulate matter in wildfire smoke
Newsletter The glacier that produced the 'Titanic' iceberg has suddenly stopped flowing After a period of losing 66 feet of ice per year, the Jakobshavn Glacier is growing again - but that doesn't mean glaciers aren't in trouble.
Impacts www.smithsonianmag.com Ocean-dwelling species are disappearing twice as quickly as land animals Researchers point toward marine creatures' inability to adapt to changing water temperatures, lack of adequate shelter.
Newsletter Polar bears may soon feast on whale carcasses. Global warming is to blame This scavenging strategy saved bears in the past, but it's not sustainable as temperatures climb at unprecedented rates.
Impacts Ocean acidification is frying fish's sense of smell By the end of the century, the ocean is predicted to become two-and-a-half times more acidic, which is bad news for sea life.
