Articles By

Hannah Wallinga, M.Sc. Agriculture

7 Rivers That Have Changed Course in the Last Decade

Rivers are rarely as fixed as maps suggest. Over long stretches of time, they meander, jump channels, and quietly redraw ...
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10 Climate Predictions From the 1990s – And What Actually Happened

The 1990s were a strange decade for climate science. On one hand, researchers were issuing increasingly specific warnings about what ...
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8 Times the Sky Did Something Scientists Couldn’t Immediately Explain

The sky has always held a certain authority over human imagination. It’s where weather lives, where stars burn, and where, ...
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8 Things Climate Scientists Would Change First in an Average Home

Most households don’t feel like a significant part of the climate problem. The refrigerator hums, the furnace clicks on, the ...
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If You Struggle With Energy Bills, You Likely Have Too Many of These 7 Appliances

Most people who open a high electricity bill instinctively blame the thermostat or the lights. Rarely does anyone pause and ...
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6 Affordable U.S. Cities Where You Can Still Live Sustainably on a Budget

For a long stretch of the past decade, the idea of living green on a tight budget felt like a ...
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12 Things Meteorologists Wish People Would Stop Doing

Weather forecasting touches nearly every decision we make, from what to wear in the morning to whether to evacuate ahead ...
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11 Ways Climate Change Is Affecting You Without You Realizing

Most people associate climate change with dramatic imagery: coastlines swallowed by rising seas, forests reduced to ash, cities paralyzed by ...
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Why Scientists Track Atmospheric Carbon With Giant Towers

The Birth of Atmospheric Monitoring The Birth of Atmospheric Monitoring (image credits: flickr) The carbon dioxide data on Mauna Loa ...
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The Link Between Melting Ice and Rising Sea Levels Explained

Why Ocean Water Expands When It Gets Warmer Why Ocean Water Expands When It Gets Warmer (image credits: pixabay) Think ...
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