Science Mar 27 Timekeepers may subtract a second from clocks as soon as 2029 as planet spins slightly faster By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press
World Mar 19 UN weather agency issues ‘red alert’ on climate change after record heat, ice-melt increases in 2023 The U.N. weather agency is sounding a "red alert" about global warming, citing record-smashing increases last year in greenhouse gases, land and water temperatures and melting of glaciers and sea ice. By Jamey Keaten, Seth Borenstein, Associated Press
Science Aug 24 Loss of Antarctic ice endangers the survival of emperor penguin chicks, study says Emperor penguins hatch their eggs and raise their chicks on the ice that forms around the continent each winter and melts in the summer months. By Christina Larson, Associated Press
Science Apr 20 Watch 5:29 Ice sheets in Greenland, Antarctica melting faster than previously thought, research shows New research shows that the massive ice sheets at the top and bottom of our planet are shrinking much faster than previously thought. The international study compiled satellite measurements over time and depict what one researcher described as a "devastating… By William Brangham, Dorothy Hastings, Shoshana Dubnow
Science Feb 07 New study finds 15 million people live under the threat of glacial floods A new study finds that as glaciers melt and pour massive amounts of water into nearby lakes, some 15 million people across the globe are living in the danger zone of a sudden and deadly outburst flood. By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press
Jan 05 Two-thirds of glaciers are on track to disappear by 2100, study says By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press The world’s glaciers are shrinking and disappearing faster than scientists thought, with two-thirds of them projected to melt out of existence by the end of the century at current climate change trends, according to a new study. But if the world can… Continue reading
Aug 20 In a record melt, Greenland lost 586 billion tons of ice in 2019 By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press A new satellite study finds that Greenland lost 586 billion tons of ice in a record melt last year. That's 140 trillion gallons of water or enough to cover all of California in more than four feet of water. Continue reading
Feb 05 ‘King tides’ documented globally show risks of climate change By Gillian Flaccus, Associated Press Volunteers from New Zealand to the United States are helping scientists document what will happen to coastal communities as climate change melts the polar ice caps and sea levels rise. Continue reading
Apr 10 Watch 10:15 Antarctica is losing ice at an accelerating rate. How much will sea levels rise? By William Brangham, Mike Fritz, Emily Carpeaux The frozen continent of Antarctica contains the vast majority of all freshwater on Earth. Now that ice is melting at an accelerating rate, in part because of climate change. What does this transformation mean for coastal communities across the globe?… Continue watching
Aug 02 Watch 3:42 Arctic journey shows the glaring effects of climate change By PBS News Hour A Finnish icebreaker has completed the Northwest Sea passage, which links the Atlantic and Pacific oceans across the Arctic. The trip, from Vancouver to Greenland’s capital city Nuuk, took 24 days -- a new record, in part because climate change… Continue watching