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By Jeff Masters The top weather story of 2016: Earth had its warmest year on record (again)! While the final numbers are not officially tabulated, 2016 appears certain to be the warmest year in every major dataset scientists use to track global warmth. Scientists Say 2016 Is Hottest Year Ever Recorded https://t.co/uRy1L8T2Qa @ClimateReality @sierraclub @NRDC […]

Columbus’ ships were leaking, their provisions spoiling. It was clear that they would have to turn back. Yet, anchored off Cuba’s southwestern coast near a large, mountainous pine-covered island during his second voyage, Columbus had seen enough. He was convinced Cuba was part of Asia and that return to Spain by land would be possible […]

Our captain watched with some consternation as an unidentified vessel, gray with no markings, headed straight toward our vessel, anchored more than 50 miles off Cuba’s southern coast. Others in the crew speculated nervously about the approaching boat, never previously seen in these parts. The boat pulled alongside and two imposing figures boarded, both in […]

By Daniel Grossman At times, marine biologist Ruth Gates is appalled by the path her research has taken. “It’s horrifying,” she said recently, sitting in a spartan office at the Hawaii Institute of Marine Science. Gates, the institute’s director, manages a far-reaching research program to develop novel techniques to prevent climate change from harming the […]