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My last days in the field brought us to monuments in a makeshift home near the ocean, a flooded field next to a school, and adjacent to a jute mill. Most of us now head back to Dhaka, the capital. Céline will stay on a few more days, then Hasnat with Saif and Nahin will continue until all the monuments are resurveyed.

For about 10 years, environmental law professor Karl Coplan has been trying to winnow down his direct footprint of CO2 emissions. He has been successful, and has just published a book chronicling his efforts.

Leading researchers design formal wear with a scientific edge

We continued our GPS surveys of monuments to measure land subsidence. While the work general went very well, we faced challenges from obscured or tilted monuments. We also struggled with large traffic delays, particularly at unpredictable ferry crossings.

Getting to remote sites started to prove challenging, and involved many forms of transportation by land and water.

A new study uncovers a previously undocumented relationship between erosion and wind speed.

I am back in Bangladesh once more to investigate the balance between sea level rise, the sinking of the land, and the filling of the space with sediments.

Evidence suggests that this major ocean current, which influences the weather in parts of Europe and the U.S., is already changing.

And how to protect yourself from them. 

The PlastiX-Snow project will track microplastics that contaminate Earth’s most remote and pristine locations.

Report finds extreme heat, coastal storm surge, inland flooding and more violent storms will significantly impact the energy systems of the New York City area in the 21st century.

Warming temperatures create two major drying trends, jeopardizing corn and soybean crops.