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![Professor Ning Zeng pauses in a tangled pile of dead trees at Camp Small, a Baltimore municipal collection point for waste wood.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/vGS3eRiYiBKMPFu8P7ACoP-320-80.jpg)
Ancient piece of driftwood hidden for thousands of years could hold secrets for combating climate change
By Richard Pallardy published
A 3,775-year-old log found in Canada had barely lost any of its carbon content since being buried, indicating "wood vaulting" is a viable means of carbon storage.
![Mother polar bear and two cubs standing on melting ice.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/tj6tRqnN9aN2LyjDJeecFR-320-80.jpg)
32 weird ways to fight climate change that just might work
By Carys Matthews published
From "MooLoos" to painting mountains, these silly scientific suggestions could actually help with climate change.
![A three-paneled image with skylines and landmarks of San Diego, Milan, and Jakarta against a yellow, red, and blue background](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/puHK6fx6DvF55fNs5uA5w4-320-80.jpg)
Drinking wastewater, building an island from scratch and creating an urban forest: 3 bold ways cities are already adapting to climate change
By Meg Duff published
Climate change will fundamentally challenge the world's urban centers. Three cities — San Diego, Milan and Jakarta — offer lessons for how to adapt to a warming planet.
![A temperature map of London and surrounding areas on July 15, 2022, just before midnight local time. It shows surface temperatures exceeding 68 degrees Fahrenheit (20 degrees Celsius) at 11:57 p.m. British Summer Time.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/RR7Ya2qdrLJbaihQhkJD9P-320-80.jpg)
Simple trick could lower city temperatures 3.6 F, London study suggests
By Hannah Osborne published
Painting city roofs white could lower the temperature in London dramatically on the hottest days, new research suggests.
![Aerial view shows a house destroyed by a fire in the surroundings of the SP-330 highway in Ribeirao Preto, Sao Paulo state, Brazil on August 25, 2024.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/XisYYWiYX8jGQPMHm6nYZA-320-80.jpg)
Record-breaking fires engulf South America, bringing black rain, green rivers and toxic air to the continent
By María de los Ángeles Orfila published
The Amazon fires, fueled by severe drought exacerbated by climate change, have created a toxic smoke cloud spanning about 4 million square miles — an area larger than the entire United States.
![A tulip tree is silhouetted against a blue sky with some clouds](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/neq6ArjNXDaUGAaWXz3Jx5-320-80.jpg)
'Completely unexpected': New type of wood discovered by scientists dubbed 'midwood'
By Raymond Wightman, Jan Łyczakowski published
Tulip trees were long renowned for their carbon storage. Their unique wood may be responsible.
![Cows graze in a golden field during sunset with oil rigs in the background](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/BoNfYaoqAmyTXJGG9YGH6n-320-80.jpg)
Greenhouse gas 80 times more potent than CO2 is rising in the atmosphere — and fast
By Pep Canadell, Marielle Saunois, Rob Jackson published
Human activities now account for two-thirds of all methane venting to the atmosphere, and our efforts to staunch the flow are not yet bearing fruit.
![Two researchers drill into a glacier](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/zvCC7zDFgegKV7pDCghcCM-320-80.png)
Ancient viral genomes plucked from glaciers reveal how pathogens have adapted to Earth's shifting climate
By Zhi-Ping Zhong, Ellen Mosley-Thompson, Lonnie Thompson, Matthew Sullivan, Virginia Rich published
Over the past 41,000 years, viral communities have varied significantly between cold and warm climatic periods, scientists found.
![A photo of the ocean around the Bahamas taken from space](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/mbCSLnDYECHcfALHmZcixU-320-80.jpg)
Large patch of the Atlantic Ocean near the equator has been cooling at record speeds — and scientists can't figure out why
By Sharmila Kuthunur published
Scientists are trying to decipher what drove the recent dramatic cooling of the tropical Atlantic, but so far few clues have emerged. "We are still scratching our heads as to what's actually happening," the researchers said.
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