Youth Lobby Climate Day is taking place across the country
Young people will congregate in statehouses across the country for Youth Lobby Climate Day to persuade lawmakers to address climate change.
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“Warnings from Antarctica” teaches global lessons of climate change
PBS NewsHour travels to Earth’s southernmost continent to tell stories about Antarctica's changing climate, tourism and wildlife.
Michael Oppenheimer Warns of “More Violent Storms, Worse Floods”
A pattern is forming across the world: storms are becoming more violent, and more frequent, according to Princeton professor Michael Oppenheimer.
Op-ed: The 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill, how we see climate change then and now
BY: Sarah Sax Shortly after midnight on March 24, 1989, the Exxon Valdez — an oil tanker carrying 53 million gallons of North Slope crude oil — hit a reef in the Gulf of Alaska, ripping half a dozen holes in the hull of the ship. More…
How feasible is it to “climate-proof” lower Manhattan?
A frightening thought: a massive storm surge completely knocking out a third of lower Manhattan within the next 30 years. The possibility is real and so is a solution.
A time capsule of Earth’s climate can be found under the ocean floor
Researchers are digging underneath the ocean floor to understand the history of climate change.
Why the Atlantic Ocean’s ‘conveyor belt’ is key to global climate
This circulation pattern is an important player in the global climate, regulating weather patterns in the Arctic, Europe, and around the world.
“They failed us, so we’re stepping up”: A conversation with the nation’s youth climate activists
It's impossible to talk about climate action without discussing the young people who have taken the lead on the climate change fight.
New research shows New York’s views on climate change
A new study from the Nature Conservancy with some surprising findings shows sweeping support for climate policies across the state.
Six Bangladeshi Women on the Front Lines of Climate Change
We already know that climate change affects women disproportionately, but it is especially dramatic in Bangladesh. Caught between erratic rainfall and rising sea levels, women are struggling to guard their lives and livelihoods. During an especially severe tropical cyclone in 1991,…
Winter Rains Are Melting Greenland Ice, Raising Sea Levels
https://youtu.be/MakHMmYNFZ4 According to Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, while warmer climate and melting events have contributed to rising sea levels, a new study of Greenland's ice sheet shows how subsequent factors -- down to the tiny organisms produced in these melting…
Five Black farmers and researchers making the food system more inclusive
We spoke with five Black farmers, activists and researchers about their work to protect the land and the communities who depend on it.