As a result of warmer waters, over the last 20 years 99 percent of the green sea turtles born in a large colony on Australia's Great Barrier Reef have been female.
Birds that nest near fracking operations show signs of chronic stress, similar to those shown by people with post-traumatic stress disorder.
Falcons and kites in Australia deliberately spread wildfires in order to flush out prey.
New York City will sue the top five oil companies for their role in climate change and will divest itself of billions of dollars in fossil fuel investments. More than 100 climate-related lawsuits were filed in 2017.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Wildlife Services agency says that it will stop killing beavers in Oregon, the Beaver State.
A mutation enabled a marbled crayfish in Germany to clone itself asexually. The six-inch crayfish are now spreading rapidly across Europe and beyond.
Temperatures in Siberia fluctuate by 126°F over a two-week period in January.
The North Pole in February is 50°F warmer than normal.
Teenagers in the United States are twice as likely to die in traffic as kids in other wealthy countries.
A big-game hunter in Zimbabwe dies when an elephant shot by another hunter falls on him. In South Africa, a suspected poacher is eaten by lions.
The earth's polar sea ice falls to its lowest level since human civilization began.
A Russian ship bearing liquefied natural gas becomes the first vessel to cross the Arctic in winter without an icebreaker escort.
People who are concerned about climate change are prone to depression and anxiety.
This article appeared in the May/June 2018 edition with the headline "Up to Speed: Two Months, One Page."
Paul Rauber is a senior editor at Sierra. You can follow him on Twitter @paulrauber or on Bluesky @citizenstx.bsky.social.
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