Jun 17 Watch 4:32 Sea levels could rise three feet by 2100, study projects By PBS News Hour Antarctica is losing ice three times faster than it was in 2007 as greenhouse gas emissions by human activity contribute to global warming. A study in Nature says that sea levels could rise between three and six feet by 2100,… Continue watching
Jun 13 Antarctica is losing ice twice as fast as anyone thought By Amanda Grennell Over the last 25 years, melting Antarctic ice has added nearly 3 trillion tons of water to the ocean, enough to fill Lake Erie six times over. Continue reading
Jun 09 Pope to oil execs: Clean energy is an 'epochal' challenge By Associated Press Pope Francis told world oil executives Saturday that the transition to less-polluting energy sources “is a challenge of epochal proportions,” and warned that satisfying the globe’s energy needs “must not destroy civilization.”… Continue reading
Jun 03 Marine heatwaves are getting hotter, lasting longer and doing more damage By Eric Oliver, Alistair Hobday, Dan Smale, Thomas Wernberg, Neil Holbrook, The Conversation Unusually warm periods can last for weeks or months, killing off kelp forests and corals, and producing other significant impacts on marine ecosystems. Continue reading
May 30 Watch 3:36 In this flood-prone community, youth learn climate change resilience In our NewsHour Shares moment of the day, a Virginia environmental conservation organization is teaching local school children strategies to live with rising waters. From the NewsHour's Student Reporting Labs, Ariyail Banks and a team from Grandby High School report. Continue watching
May 25 Emails show collaboration among EPA and climate-change deniers By Ellen Knickmeyer, Associated Press Newly released emails show senior Environmental Protection Agency officials collaborating with a conservative group that dismisses climate change to rally like-minded people for public hearings on science and global warming. Continue reading
May 02 This fragile glacier could help predict how sea level rise will affect you By Fedor Kossakovski The International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration — a new $25 million mission of a breadth and depth rarely seen in climate science research — wants to nail down a much better estimate of global sea level rise. Continue reading
Apr 25 How Macron distanced himself from Trump's policies in his address to Congress By Larisa Epatko Here are major moments from Macron's speech and what they could mean for the relationship between France and the U.S. Continue reading
Apr 23 Watch 6:26 India's struggling farmers find seeds of hope in heritage crops By Fred de Sam Lazaro About two-thirds of India's 1.3 billion people live on small subsistence farms, struggling to eke out a living. Many farmers have felt left behind as crops have failed or diminished due to disease, degraded soil and drought. Not thousands are… Continue watching
Mar 31 Watch 6:27 Cape Town drought is a global harbinger, says NASA scientist Factors like population growth, income inequality and climate change have exacerbated water related issues around the world. Abuse and depletion of the natural resource has led to instability and violence in places like Iran, Syria and Bangladesh as well as… Continue watching