Oct 29 How will coastal cities weather future superstorms? This week, PBS NewsHour Science correspondent Miles O'Brien reported on new technologies engineers are using to protect coastlines from rising waters. For an expanded look at how mussels could save New York, how 600-year-old windmills enabled the Dutch… Continue reading
Oct 23 Watch Shellfish made poisonous by toxic algae may bloom into bigger problem Shellfish made poisonous by toxic algae may bloom into bigger problem… Continue watching
Oct 15 Australian climate change researchers look to penguin poo .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 2.25%; padding-top: 30px; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; height: auto; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; } If you're going to study… Continue reading
Oct 09 The new climate normal: coming soon to a city near you Map displaying years when cities around the world will cross the climate threshold. Created by Mora Lab/University of Hawaii Manoa By 2047, the global climate will have veered drastically off course from weather as we know it,… Continue reading
Oct 01 NASA visualizes Earth’s possible climate future .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 2.25%; padding-top: 30px; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; height: auto; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; } Video by NASA NASA's… Continue reading
Oct 01 10,000 walruses, lacking ice, storm Alaska’s shores By News Desk Creative image of bull walrus group. Photo by Peter Orr via Getty Creative Images. NOAA imagery of the event unavailable due to the government shutdown. ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- An estimated 10,000 walrus unable to find sea ice over… Continue reading
Sep 27 Watch Climate Scientists Warn Opportunity to Prevent Dangerous Warming Is Dwindling Climate Scientists Warn Opportunity to Prevent Dangerous Warming Is Dwindling… Continue watching
Sep 27 How much will the climate change in your lifetime? This morning, the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released the first of five parts of its report on climate change. Take a look at PBS NewsHour's cheat sheet on what to look for the mega… Continue reading
Sep 27 U.N. report declares climate change is here to stay, and it’s our fault By Jenny Marder Protesters in Stockholm demand political action on climate change as the United Nations panel released its latest assessment on Friday. Photo by Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP/Getty Images. On Friday, a group of sleep-deprived climate scientists in Stockholm revealed highlights from the latest… Continue reading
Sep 27 Watch UN Panel: ‘Extremely Likely’ Earth’s Rapid Warming Is Caused by Humans The U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change issued its strongest warnings yet on global warming. The scientists found it is "extremely likely" -- 95 percent certain -- that human activity is the main cause of rising temperatures. Tom Clarke of… Continue watching