Jan 19 ‘We’re frankly astonished.’ Why 2023’s record-breaking heat surprised scientists By Bella Isaacs-Thomas Last year also featured the most annual billion-dollar disasters on record in the United States. Continue reading
Jan 19 Japan becomes the 5th country to land a spacecraft on the moon By Mari Yamaguchi, Associated Press Japan became the fifth country in history to reach the moon when one of its spacecrafts without astronauts successfully made a soft landing on the lunar surface early Saturday. Continue reading
Jan 13 Watch 6:24 Why you may be eating and drinking more microplastics than you thought By John Yang, Lorna Baldwin, Andrew Corkery, Andrew Chambers From takeout containers to water bottles, plastic seems unavoidable in our daily lives. Now, two new studies have found that we’re eating and drinking more plastic than we might have realized. George Leonard, a co-author of one of the studies… Continue watching
Jan 12 EPA proposes ‘methane fee’ for waste generated by oil and natural gas companies By Matthew Daly, Associated Press EPA Administrator Michael Regan said the proposed fee would work in tandem with a final rule on methane emissions EPA announced last month. Continue reading
Jan 10 Carbon pollution is down in the U.S., but not fast enough to meet Biden’s 2030 goal, new report says By Matthew Daly, Associated Press The report from the Rhodium Group said the decline is a step in the right direction but far below the rate needed to meet President Joe Biden's pledge to cut U.S. emissions in half by 2030. Continue reading
Jan 09 Watch 5:30 2023 beats record for hottest year on record by larger than expected margin By Amna Nawaz, Dorothy Hastings Last year was the hottest on record by a long shot. Europe’s top climate agency released data showing 2023 global temperatures averaged 1.48 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. Record-high temperatures are expected to continue this year. Amna Nawaz discussed the… Continue watching
Jan 09 First human moon landing in over 50 years delayed to 2026 By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press The news came barely an hour after a U.S. company abandoned its own attempt to land on the moon because of a fuel leak. Continue reading
Jan 09 Earth was hotter than ever in 2023, approaching 1.5-degree warming limit By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press There are several factors that made 2023 the warmest year on record, but by far the biggest factor was the ever-increasing amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere that trap heat. Continue reading
Jan 08 Scientists find about a quarter million invisible microplastic particles in a liter of bottled water By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press Scientists long figured there were lots of these microscopic plastic pieces, but until researchers at Columbia and Rutgers universities did their calculations they never knew how many or what kind. Continue reading
Jan 06 6 space missions to look forward to in 2024 By Ali M. Bramson, The Conversation From the Moon’s south pole to an ice-covered ocean world, several exciting space missions are slated for launch in 2024… Continue reading