Throughout the world's oceans, forests of kelp—crucial to biodiversity, carbon sequestration, and coastal protection—are under threat from climate change, pollution, and human development. Will they disappear before we fully understand their massive environmental benefits?

It’s sometimes forgotten that in March 2013 the head of America’s Pacific Command said the top security threat in the region was global warming. Simon Winchester thinks it’s worth remembering.

John Morales made history as the first degreed meteorologist on Spanish TV. And he's breaking the mold in another way, arguing in favor of facts and evidence for climate change.