• Painter Christopher Volpe connects environmental conditions to our historic, literary past

    Painter Christopher Volpe connects environmental conditions to our historic, literary past

    Apr 27, 2022 10:20 PM EDT

    ... continues. And then you can come into the exhibition spaces and hopefully find exhibits like Christopher's that speak to the larger challenges of addressing global warming, ocean warming, and marine mammal health. Jared Bowen: It's a conversation that Herman Melville launched in 1851 and, says Christopher Volpe, in ...

  • WATCH: On Earth Day, Biden signs order to protect old-growth forests from wildfire

    WATCH: On Earth Day, Biden signs order to protect old-growth forests from wildfire

    Apr 22, 2022 11:30 AM EDT

    ... has been marred by setbacks, a year after he took office amid a flurry of climate-related promises. The president hosted a virtual summit on global warming at the White House last Earth Day. He used the moment to nearly double the United States’ goal for reducing greenhouse gas emissions ...

  • Why both climate activists and the oil industry are unhappy with Biden’s new drilling leases

    Why both climate activists and the oil industry are unhappy with Biden’s new drilling leases

    Apr 18, 2022 10:40 PM EDT

    ... scientists are telling us right now about carbon emissions is that, with the amount of carbon emissions now in the atmosphere, and the rate of global warming that we're experiencing globally, global economies really do need to put the brakes right now on any new oil, gas and coal ...

  • How going electric lets homeowners help slow climate change

    How going electric lets homeowners help slow climate change

    Apr 14, 2022 05:12 PM EDT

    The latest reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change show that to avoid massive losses and damage from global warming, nations must act quickly to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. The good news is that experts believe it’s possible to cut global greenhouse gas emissions in half by ...

  • Driven by climate change, thawing permafrost is radically changing the Arctic landscape

    Driven by climate change, thawing permafrost is radically changing the Arctic landscape

    Apr 13, 2022 07:46 PM EDT

    Under the surface, something else is active – and it is amplifying global warming. When the ground thaws, microbes begin feasting on organic matter in soils that have been frozen for millennia. These microbes release carbon dioxide and methane, potent greenhouse gases. As those gases escape into the atmosphere, they further ...

  • Climate change worsens cyclones that reach Africa, study says

    Climate change worsens cyclones that reach Africa, study says

    Apr 11, 2022 04:48 PM EDT

    ... today’s — which is approximately 1.2 degrees Celsius (2.2 degrees Fahrenheit) warmer. The difference between the models determined the impact of human-caused global warming. Sarah Kew, from the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute and participated in the study, said they investigated the influence of climate change using 34 ...

  • Here's why France's presidential election this weekend has ripple effects across the world

    Here's why France's presidential election this weekend has ripple effects across the world

    Apr 08, 2022 01:53 PM EDT

    ... priority such as climate change. “They might not prioritize the large economic cost of keeping the Paris Climate Agreement alive and the potential to limit global warming to 1.5 percent,” Dennison added. Migration in the continent In light of a huge migrant influx into Europe last year, France’s ...

  • News Wrap: China sends 10,000 health care worker to battle COVID outbreak in Shanghai

    News Wrap: China sends 10,000 health care worker to battle COVID outbreak in Shanghai

    Apr 04, 2022 10:45 PM EDT

    ... other news, leading climate scientists warn that governments are falling well short on lowering the planet's temperature. Instead, the United Nations panel said that global warming could increase this century by twice the limits agreed in 2015. It called for urgent action this decade. We will get details after ...

  • We have the tools to save the planet from climate change. Politics is getting in the way, new IPCC report says

    We have the tools to save the planet from climate change. Politics is getting in the way, new IPCC report says

    Apr 04, 2022 06:19 PM EDT

    ... said in a press release. The latest report – one of three released by the United Nations agency since August 2021– focused on promises made around global mitigation efforts to address and reduce global warming. It was originally scheduled to go public earlier in the day on Monday, but was delayed ...

  • WATCH: IPCC warns Earth is 'firmly on track toward an unlivable world'

    WATCH: IPCC warns Earth is 'firmly on track toward an unlivable world'

    Apr 04, 2022 03:23 PM EDT

    ... of warming, Skea told the AP. Last August, it said climate change caused by humans was “an established fact” and warned that some effects of global warming are already inevitable. In late February, the panel published a report that outlined how further temperature increases will multiply the risk of floods ...