‘I’m dreaming of a green Christmas’: Here’s how to reduce plastic consumption over the holidays
By Fiona Skeggs Medill Reports Christmas is a time for family. For gifts. For sweet treats. For plastic waste? People who celebrate a winter holiday
New glacier records show westerly winds accelerate ice melt, massive sea level rise
By Poonam Narotam Medill Reports Veteran climate scientist George Denton calls Pine Island Bay the “weak underbelly” of the western Antarctic ice sheet. Increased melting
Into the unknown: Exploring caves to uncover climate change records
By Christian Elliott and Brittany Edelmann Medill Reports Nearly 20 years ago, then Ph.D. student Gina Moseley walked into a bar in Bristol to meet
COLDEX: The search for Earth’s oldest ice and new climate solutions
By Christian Elliott Medill Reports Even summer days are cold in the Allan Hills Blue Ice Area, a meteorite-strewn expanse of glacier flanked by mountains
Enhanced weathering: When climate research takes unexpected turns
By Brittany Edelmann and Carly Menker Medill Reports Oxford University Ph.D. student Frankie Buckingham collected the 30, 1-meter-long cylindrical tubes of soil she needed for climate
Melting tropical glaciers threaten freshwater sources while sea ice melt accelerates rising oceans
By Sarah Anderson Medill Reports “Tropical glacier” — the term sounds like an oxymoron and, due to climate change, it might become one. These bodies
Fermilab following clues to unravel the latest mysteries of the universe
By Hana Ahmed, Brittany Edelmann and Daphne Yao Medill Reports Near light-speed collisions of streams of subatomic particles at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory near
Vital initiatives confront COVID crisis for those with intellectual and developmental disabilities
By Brittany Edelmann Medill Reports “It has been a struggle,” Bonnie Schmidt said. Schmidt is the guardian to Kim Winger, a 35-year-old with autism, and the
Neurologist revels in the personal touch to treat multiple sclerosis and autoimmune conditions
By Anokhi Saklecha Medill Reports At the age of nine, Dr. Elena Grebenciucova got into trouble for taking one of her aunt’s textbooks on clinical
On a scale of 1 to 10, how helpful are self-monitoring tools for mental health?
By Sarah Anderson Medill Reports You settle into your seat on the bus and open the app with the virus icon. “Are you experiencing any
Fermilab on the trail for a new building block of matter and quantum computing power
By Sarah Anderson and Yuliya Klochan Medill Reports Researchers transported a gigantic electromagnetic ring from Brookhaven National Laboratory on Long Island to Fermilab near Chicago
Many students feel heightening rates of back-to-school anxiety and uncertainty
By Carly Menker Medill Reports Max*, a young man with congenital immunodeficiency, felt extremely anxious this summer and wanted to avoid going back to school