Winegrowing is all about controlling the slightest variations of flavor. With climate change causing warmer temperatures that change wine flavor, wildfires that turn grapes smokey, and sudden frosts that can entirely ruin a harvest, wine lovers certainly have reason to…
By Carolyn Beeler, environmental reporter for PRI's The World [original article here] Billions of people all over the globe are already feeling the impacts of climate change — from the deserts of Somaliland to the peat bogs of northern Canada. Here are some…
By: Emily Harris Palisades, New York-- It always sounds like it’s raining inside the Monell building at Columbia University’s International Research Institute (IRI) for Climate and Society. The roof is made of rows of aluminum slats aligned side-by-side, also known…
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…