Climate Change

U.N. aims to give every person on Earth access to natural disaster early warning systems

By Jamey Keaten, Associated Press

The chief of the United Nations announced a project Wednesday to put every person on Earth in range of early weather-warning systems within five years.

SEC proposes new rules for companies to monitor climate risks

By Marcy Gordon, Associated Press

Under the proposals, public companies would have to report on their climate risks, including the costs of moving away from fossil fuels.

Antarctica and the Arctic are at least 50 degrees warmer than average

By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press

Earth’s poles are undergoing simultaneous freakish extreme heat with parts of Antarctica more than 70 degrees (40 degrees Celsius) warmer than average and areas of the Arctic more than 50 degrees (30 degrees Celsius) warmer than average.

Our past and future is written in Earth's landscape. Here's how one geomorphologist is reading it

By Isabella Isaacs-Thomas

Taylor Perron seeks to answer questions about Earth's past and future by reading landscapes from our world and out in the solar system.

Climate change is already disrupting the global supply chain. Here's how

By Jacques Leslie, Yale Environment 360

The impact of the COVID pandemic on the global supply chain has been widely reported. But extreme weather, from floods to wildfires, is increasingly hammering ports, highways, and factories worldwide, and experts warn these climate-induced disruptions will only get worse.

How climate change poses unique risks to pregnancy, according to the latest IPCC report

By Jessica Kutz, The 19th

Heat, air pollution and natural disasters all have been shown to impact maternal and fetal health. Climate and health expert Kristie Ebi says we can take more measures to protect those affected.

EPA proposes stronger rules on emissions for tractor-trailer rigs

By Tom Krisher, Associated Press

The Biden administration is proposing stronger pollution regulations for new tractor-trailer rigs that would clean up smoky diesel engines and encourage new technologies during the next two decades.

Cow burps are a major contributor to climate change — can scientists change that?

By Christopher Booker, Sam Weber

Livestock production—primarily cows—produce 14.5 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. The majority of that is in the form of methane, a potent greenhouse gas that is a natural byproduct of how some livestock process food. But as Christopher Booker reports,…

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UN begins work on treaty to fight global plastic pollution

By Wanjohi Kabukuru, Associated Press

A United Nations panel has agreed to create a legally binding global treaty to address plastic pollution in the world's oceans, rivers and landscape.

Record-breaking heat wave in 2021 is an example of climate change's impact in North America

By Gillian Flaccus, Associated Press

A deadly heat wave in the Pacific Northwest last summer offers a glimpse of the types of extreme weather that a United Nations report says will become more common in North America with worsening climate change.