Record flooding, human-made channels and environmental disasters have exacerbated the already harsh effects of climate change in Louisiana's Mississippi Delta, impacting the region's coastal wildlife and seafood supplies. Special correspondent Joshua Landis reports on how local oyster farmers are coping…
One of the largest trading hubs along the Mississippi River, can Baton Rouge survive the overwhelming risks of flooding?
“Yes, I happen to be conservative,” soybean farmer Ray Gaesser said, “but that doesn’t mean I am not seeing the impacts of our changing planet first hand.”
Climate change impacts like drought and extreme heat means greater health risks for farmers and larger economic costs across the country.
We break down some primary sources of these greenhouse gas emissions from food and discuss how we can reduce them.
Growing more seaweed could clean up an estimated 135 million tons of carbon and 10 million tons of nitrogen, according to a report from the World Bank.
We spoke with five Black farmers, activists and researchers about their work to protect the land and the communities who depend on it.
The warmer waters are just one factor that's killing these fish before they even come out of the water.
One of the most important species in the ocean's food chain is in danger of being overfished. Tonight, we take a look at how New Yorkers are fighting to protect menhaden fish.
In 2017, New Jersey passed a law establishing a food waste reduction goal of 50 percent by 2030. The DEP says part of the problem is that consumers are confused about food labels and have unrealistic ideas about how long…
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…
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…