Sep 20 NASA satellites record 6th lowest arctic ice extent on record By Travis Daub From NASA: This summer’s sea ice minimum in the Arctic is still the sixth lowest extent of the satellite record and is 432,000 square miles (1.12 million square kilometers) lower than the 1981-2010 average, roughly the size of… Continue reading
Sep 19 Twitter Chat: How is Climate Change Affecting You? By Bridget Shirvell Photo by David Doubilet/National Geographic/Getty Images Climate change and its effects are the subject of this week's #NewsHourChats. On Thursday, from 1 to 2 p.m., EDT, on the @NewsHour Twitter account we'll discuss the things we risk… Continue reading
Sep 17 Russia’s Cold War navy has been revived to patrol the melting arctic By News Desk Russia's nuclear powered battle cruiser "Peter the Great" Russia is moving ships to the arctic and rebuilding a naval base in Siberia to begin regular, permanent patrols of the newly open Northern Sea Route, reports the Christian Science Monitor. Continue reading
Sep 16 Alaska vs. the lower 48 By Elizabeth Shell Glaciers surround the Prince William Sound on the south coast of Alaska. Photo by Mike Fritz, PBS NewsHour. This week, PBS NewsHour, in collaboration with the Seattle Times and the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, is rolling out a… Continue reading
Sep 13 Changing Ocean Chemistry Threatens Alaskan Crabs By News Desk The chemistry of the North Pacific Ocean is changing in ways that pose serious threats to Alaska's two signature crab species: the red king crab and the snow crab. The culprit is ocean acidification. This report, produced in partnership with… Continue reading
Sep 10 Climate change forces migration from Pacific islands By News Desk flickr/Christopher Michel Stronger storms, rising sea levels and beach erosion are altering life for Pacific Island communities, driving native residents to leave home for the United States, according to a new story by Scientific American and ClimateWire. "There's an… Continue reading
Aug 20 China May Have New Shipping Shortcut Thanks to Melting Arctic Ice By Elizabeth Shell The Chinese commercial cargo ship Yong Sheng makes its way from east Asia to western Europe through the new northern "shortcut" above Russia. The Northeast Passage is made possible for a few weeks to months this summer due to melting… Continue reading
May 16 Latest Forecast Shows the U.S. Drought Moving West By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy Last year's drought scorched over half of country last year. Now that drought is shifting towards the Southwest and western Plains, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which held a meeting on summer drought outlook Thursday in… Continue reading
May 15 How Cities Are Preparing for the Next Big Disaster By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy Homes in the Rockaways, N.Y., were severely damaged during Hurricane Sandy in October 2012. Photo by Spencer Platt/ Getty Images. Last fall Hurricane Sandy crippled sections of the East Coast of North America. It left New York City and cities… Continue reading
Apr 02 James Hansen Steps Down from NASA By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy // Revisit NewsHour's interview with retiring NASA climate scientist James Hansen, who discussed why summer droughts in the summer of 2012 were linked to climate change. James Hansen, an outspoken advocate for action on climate change, announced Monday that he… Continue reading