Brian Kahn
Latest articles by Brian Kahn

How One of the Oldest Oak Trees in the US Was Killed
By Brian Kahn published
One of the oldest oak trees in the U.S. was dealt a death blow by extreme heat this summer.

World's Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Passes 400 PPM Threshold. Permanently
By Brian Kahn published
Carbon dioxide just hit its annual minimum at Mauna Loa Observatory and failed to dip below 400 ppm.

Obama Just Tied Climate Change to National Security
By Brian Kahn published
The U.S intelligence community also released the first unclassified report that explicitly looks at the impact of climate change on national security.

This is What Climate Change Sounds Like, in D Minor
By Brian Kahn published
Yellow cedars are dying in Alaska and researchers have turned the data showing their demise into music.

One Simple Comic Explains Climate Change
By Brian Kahn published
Randall Munroe, creator of the tri-weekly web comic xkcd, has created a comic that shows just how radical the recent changes are and puts to bed the trope “the climate has changed before.”

Antarctic CO2 Hit 400 PPM For First Time in 4 Million Years
By Brian Kahn published
Carbon dioxide passed a notable symbolic threshold in Antarctic for the first time in 4 million years.

Stunning Cloud Maps Tell the Story of Life on Earth
By Brian Kahn published
Stunning new maps document a global year in the clouds in more intimate detail than ever before.

Great Barrier Reef Devastated by Coral Bleaching
By Brian Kahn published
The vast majority of the world's largest reef ecosystem has been ravaged by coral bleaching.

Climate Change Is Messing with Earth's Axis
By Brian Kahn published
By melting the planet's ice, climate change is causing Earth's poles to drift. What's next?

Climate Change Is Coming For Your Maple Syrup
By Brian Kahn published
Climate change could spell bad news for the maple syrup on your pancakes.

January Smashed Another Global Temperature Record
By Brian Kahn published
January continues a streak of abnormally hot months as 2016 picks up right where 2015 left off.

Wildfires Are Burning Some of the World’s Oldest Trees
By Brian Kahn published
Tasmania's rainforest is burning up in the wake of its most severe two-year drought on record.

The 8 Biggest Climate Storylines of the Year
By Brian Kahn published
From record heat to the Pope's climate push to Paris, these are the climate stories that shaped 2015.

Hot Oceans Are Killing Coral Reefs Around the World
By Brian Kahn published
For only the third time on record, coral bleaching is occurring across the globe and climate change is to blame.

The Planet Is Going To Have Its Hottest Year on Record
By Brian Kahn published
There's a 97 percent chance the planet is going to have its hottest year on record.

Has Global Warming Taken a Rest? Not So Fast, Study Suggests
By Brian Kahn published
The global warming hiatus — a decade-plus slowdown in warming — could be chalked up to some buoys, a few extra years of data and a couple buckets of seawater.

Geoengineering Holds Promise; Solutions Not Ready
By Brian Kahn published
Geoengineering offers solutions and risks but reducing emissions is still the best way to address climate change.

One for the Record Books: 2014 Officially Hottest Year
By Brian Kahn published
The Japanese Meteorological Agency has released data showing 2014 was the globe's hottest year.

Earth Had Warmest October on Record
By Brian Kahn published
For the third month in a row, global temperatures were in record high territory according to NASA.
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