Jun 22 Watch 6:11 The scientist and his family tracking melting glaciers for nearly half a century By Ben Tracy The world’s glaciers are receding at an alarming rate, losing more than a trillion tons of ice a year. Fueled in part by climate change, it’s driving sea levels higher, which could threaten coastal communities around the world. One man,… Continue watching
Jun 15 Lawmakers fight to stop the Trump administration's dismantling of a $386 million ocean observatory project By Annika Hammerschlag, Associated Press Monday’s pushback against the Republican administration’s actions comes as scientists are set to remove instruments from the Pacific and as an El Niño event is predicted to arrive this summer. Continue reading
Jun 04 WATCH: Trump announces $700m investment in coal plants, exports By Matthew Daly, Associated Press President Donald Trump is again seeking to boost the struggling U.S. coal industry, with an announcement expected Thursday to spend nearly $700 million to support coal-fired power plants and coal exports. Continue reading
Jun 03 Watch 5:23 Trump administration dismantles ambitious ocean monitoring program By William Brangham, Karina Cuevas Scientists across the country are expressing alarm as the Trump administration dismantles another tool for understanding how the planet is changing. More than 900 deep-sea ocean sensors will be pulled out of the Pacific and Atlantic oceans near Washington, Oregon,… Continue watching
May 28 Think it's hot now? The next five years will smash records, UN says By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press In the next five years, the Earth is overwhelmingly likely to surge again and again past the international climate threshold set as safe and shatter its hottest-year record along the way, according to new United Nations climate projections. Continue reading
May 27 A warmer world creates bigger and more damaging hailstones, study says By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press A warmer world will likely make bigger and more damaging hail, a new study said. Continue reading
May 22 Watch 8:09 Carbon credit program pays small landowners to keep forests standing By Stephanie Sy, Sam Weber Markets to offset carbon emissions are now worth about $2 billion annually, and supporters say they're a key tool to address climate change. But carbon credits have also been criticized for being opaque and not reducing emissions nearly enough. Stephanie… Continue watching
May 21 WATCH: Trump, Zeldin announce looser rule on refrigerant greenhouse gases By Matthew Daly, Associated Press The move to relax the Biden-era rules on harmful pollutants known as HFCs emitted by refrigerators and other appliances was the latest attempt by the Trump administration to try to address rising voter concerns over the cost of living ahead… Continue reading
May 20 Watch 8:29 How Denmark's wind and solar investments shield it from global energy turmoil By Malcom Brabant, Trine Villemann The European Union’s climate commissioner has told the 27-country bloc that the only way out of energy crises fueled by the wars in Iran and Ukraine is homegrown energy, and that the EU must accelerate its transition away from fossil… Continue watching
May 11 Watch 5:12 How underwater speakers are helping revive coral reefs devastated by climate change By Ben Tracy Coral reefs are essential to the health of oceans, the food supply and to protecting the coast from storms. But as climate change pushes ocean temperatures higher, reefs are dying and bleaching events have put them at higher risk. Special… Continue watching