By Jenna Tipaldo There’s a buzz at the New York Hall of Science in Corona, Queens, and it’s not just the bees pollinating the thriving plants of Carbon Sponge Garden. They are testing which plant varieties and soil types…
Population growth and climate change could in the coming years bring water shortages along the Rio Grande river, a source of drinking water and agriculture for U.S. and Mexico. “Shallow Waters,” a nine-part series by Quartz and the Texas Observer,…
At the Ocean Memory Lab, part of California’s Monterey Bay Aquarium, scientists are undertaking a study of the world’s oceans and marine life before plastic and chemical pollutants were introduced to the water. By studying the feeding habits of seabirds…
Could chocolate go extinct? As part of “Peril and Promise: The Challenge of Climate Change,” the multi-platform public media initiative reporting on the human impact of climate change, we explore how global climate change is effecting the regions where some…
Thanks to climate change, disease carrying critters are expanding their ranges, and their seasons are getting longer -- meaning they have more space and more time to take a bite out of you or me.
Although too much greenhouse gases are dangerous, they play an important role in regulating Earth's temperature. Without them, the world would be way too cold for humans. But adding extra greenhouse gases is causing Earth to heat up and disrupting…
Housing over 60,000 New Yorkers, Stuyvesant Town Peter Cooper Village, is going green with a simple coat of white. Find out how.
If you think about it, the human story is a story of climate migration. 60,000 years ago, changes in the climate allowed modern humans from Eastern Africa to migrate, creating the different civilizations and nations we know today. In 2017,…
A plan has been proposed to relieve traffic and put a tunnel under the infamous Gowanus Canal. Is this a necessary infrastructure upgrade or a pipe dream? We’re digging for answers!
In our ongoing Peril and Promise series, we’ll take you from the urban jungle of New York City to the Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, one of the seven natural wonders of Costa Rica, which is now under the growing threat…
It’s impossible to say that climate change is responsible for any individual storm or hurricane, but climate change is making these storms stronger. How much stronger? It turns out, Hurricane Harvey is the ideal test case to measure how a…
Script Timeline One hundred thousand years ago, the world was cold and getting colder. Buried under thousands of feet of ice, North America was descending toward the last Glacial Maximum, when the glaciers blanketing the northern hemisphere would reach…