WATCH: Bill Nye testifies before Congress about impacts of climate change on homeland security
Bill Nye testified before Congress about impacts of climate change on homeland security.
Carbon dioxide in the air has reached another dangerous milestone
The annual peak of global heat-trapping carbon dioxide in the air has reached 50% higher than when the industrial age began. And the average rate of increase is faster than ever, scientists say.
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A ‘Hail Mary’ to save some species of birds in Maryland
On Maryland’s eastern shore, small islands used by birds for nesting are disappearing. That coincides with a steep drop in several species of colonial nesting birds in the state. But this spring, in what's being described as a ‘Hail Mary’,…
Climate change responsible for 37% of global heat deaths, new study says
The study is one of the first to do a global accounting of the toll of climate change, and it only looks at a fraction of the deaths from warming.
Three major oil and gas firms — ExxonMobil, Royal Dutch Shell and Chevron — suffered hits in court and among their own investors Wednesday, amid pressure for businesses and governments to seriously curtail emissions that drive climate change. William Brangham…
"I'm seeing probably the worst combination of conditions in my lifetime," said Derrick DeGroot, a county commissioner in southern Oregon's Klamath County. "We have an enormous fuel load in the forests, and we are looking at a drought unlike we've…
Agriculture researchers seek ways to reduce nitrous oxide’s impact on warming.
Last year alone, the nation endured 22 separate weather and climate-related disasters with losses greater than $1 billion each. The disasters, including wildfires, hurricanes and snowstorms, had a cumulative price tag of nearly $100 billion.
Biden toured Ford's Electric Vehicle Center, a new factory being built on the grounds of the automaker's massive Rouge complex in Dearborn, Michigan.
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