Climate Change Archives | The Cool Down

A woman stands at a screen in a fast food restaurant to select food from a menu

Food

Study finds fast-food climate labels nudged US adults toward smaller-impact meals

A bus stop with a schedule sign, shelter, and people crossing the street in Bristol, England.

Business

English city becomes first in the UK to ban fast-fashion ads from its bus stops, billboards

A panoramic view of a dry, rocky landscape with distant hills under a hazy sky.

Tech

Earth's atmosphere is 10% less dusty, UCLA study says, and that may be adding to warming

A waterlogged landscape with tall grasses and a bird swimming in the water.

Tech

England's Fens may not survive climate threats without major investment, researchers warn

A person plants a young sapling in the soil surrounded by dry grass.

Outdoors

Ethiopian woman plants thousands of trees despite mockery, then watches neighbors follow

A silhouette of factory smokestacks against a cloudy sky.

Business

US EPA rolls back power plant safeguards, raising pollution fears for communities

A solar panel installed on metal frames in a field.

Tech

Bhutan turns former military range into solar farm as winter power crunch deepens

A large fire engulfs trees near residential buildings under a smoke-filled orange sky.

Tech

'No world in which you can escape': Expert says climate change is coming for everyone

A glacier flows down a mountain, surrounded by rocky terrain and clouds.

Tech

Alarming new map reveals when individual glaciers could vanish as planet warms

A glacier in Nepal.

Tech

Scientists say warming destabilized Nepal glacier before collapse that killed 1,300

A group of squids swimming near a coral reef in clear blue water.

Tech

Squid populations are surging worldwide, but experts say oceans may be paying the price

A crocodile rests in shallow water near a sandy bank.

Outdoors

Robert Irwin names Australia's 300th tagged crocodile 'Prince William' after royal's work