World Nov 11 COP29 opens with calls for a path away from the climate ‘road to ruin.’ But the real focus is money COP29 got right to the major focus of striking a new deal on how many hundreds of billions — or even trillions — of dollars a year will flow from rich nations to poor to try to curb and adapt…
Science Nov 07 Carbon pollution from high-flying rich in private jets soars “The problem is that the 26,000 aircraft and the individuals using them will say ‘We are just a small group. We are not relevant in terms of emissions.’ But everybody else will look at the small group and say, 'Look…
World Oct 24 World on pace for significantly more warming without immediate climate action, UN report warns The report authors warned that major cuts to the burning of coal, oil and gas are needed now if there's any hope of keeping the 1.5 goal alive.
Science Oct 08 ‘If meteorologists could stop hurricanes, we would.’ Here’s why humans still can’t control the weather Scientists say hurricanes are far too powerful for humans to try and control their paths — and climate change is providing more fuel than ever for storms like Helene and Milton.
Science Oct 06 WATCH: AI pioneers John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton win 2024 Nobel Prize in physics Hinton, who is known as the Godfather of artificial intelligence, is a citizen of Canada and Britain who works at the University of Toronto and Hopfield is an American working at Princeton.
Nation Oct 02 Why hurricanes like Helene are deadly when they strike and kill years later Researchers say hurricanes contribute to more American deaths than car accidents or all the nation's wars.
Science Sep 04 The world is producing 57 million tons of plastic pollution per year, new study finds Researchers say the world creates 57 million tons of plastic pollution every year — enough to fill New York City’s Central Park as high as the Empire State Building — and spreads it from the deepest oceans to the highest…
Nation Jul 23 Inland counties top disaster list as extreme weather becomes more frequent Despite the common belief that America's hurricane or earthquake prone coasts pose the greatest risk for climate-related disasters, the highest concentration of federally declared disasters is actually found in states like Kentucky or Vermont.
World Jun 27 Canada’s 2023 wildfires burned nearly 30,000 square miles of forest, spewed heat-trapping gas into the air Canadian wildfires pumped more heat-trapping carbon dioxide into the air last year than India did by burning fossil fuels.
Science Apr 08 Carbon dioxide, methane levels in the atmosphere hit record highs last year Both greenhouse gases jumped 5.5% over the past decade of souped-up climate change. The third biggest human-caused greenhouse gas, nitrous oxide, also spiked to a record high.