Nov 10 With ailing astronauts recovered, SpaceX aims for night crew launch By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press SpaceX is counting down toward a nighttime launch of four astronauts for NASA. The Falcon rocket is scheduled to blast off Wednesday night from Florida's Kennedy Space Center. Continue reading
Nov 10 China and U.S. promise more climate cooperation at COP26 talks By Seth Borenstein, Aniruddha Ghosal, Frank Jordans, Associated Press China and the United States have pledged to increase cooperation on climate action in a joint declaration at U.N. climate talks in Glasgow. Continue reading
Nov 10 The new Global Methane Pledge can buy time while the world drastically reduces fossil fuel use By Jeff Nesbit, The Conversation Of the big pledges so far at the UN climate conference, cutting methane could have the most immediate impact. Continue reading
Nov 10 Loss of glaciers will hurt tourism, power supplies and more By Victoria Milko, Associated Press Countries that rely on glaciers are facing trouble as many ice sheets melt because of climate change. For generations, glaciers have helped make electricity, draw visitors and uphold ancient spiritual traditions. Continue reading
Nov 09 Watch 11:02 How developing nations pay the price for climate goals missed by wealthier countries By William Brangham, Sam Lane At the COP26 climate change conference in Glasgow, Scotland, world leaders are trying to reach new agreements and commitments toward reducing emissions and slowing the impacts of a warming planet. William Brangham reports from Glasgow on the key issue of… Continue watching
Nov 09 Watch 3:56 A Brief But Spectacular take on making a living on a living planet By Melissa Williams Bren Smith has spent his life on the water. After seeing firsthand the harsh effects of commercial fishing on the climate, he wanted to find a more environmentally friendly way to do what he loved. In 2013, he founded the… Continue watching
Nov 09 NASA bumps astronaut moon landing to 2025 at earliest By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press NASA plans to launch an uncrewed mission, Artemis I, in early 2022, with the spacecraft flying to the moon and back as a prelude to crewed missions. Continue reading
Nov 09 SpaceX returns four astronauts to Earth, ending 200-day flight By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press Four astronauts are back on Earth after a 200-day space station mission. They rode home Monday in a SpaceX capsule, parachuting into the Gulf of Mexico near Pensacola, Florida, in darkness. Continue reading
Nov 09 COP26 agreements so far won't reduce warming enough, independent analysis says By Associated Press The world has already warmed 1.1 to 1.2 degrees Celsius (2 degrees Fahrenheit) since pre-industrial times. Continue reading
Nov 09 Russia launches forest plan as testing ground for climate action By Tanya Titova, Frank Jordans, Associated Press More than two-thirds of Sakhalin Island is forested. With the Kremlin’s blessing, authorities there have set an ambitious goal of making the island — Russia's largest — carbon neutral by 2025. Continue reading