With her 1-year-old son, Adriel, on her hip, Herrera Ceja leafed through a stack of medical bills on her kitchen table, amounting to nearly $4,000 she owes for a hospital visit in January when the toddler fell ill during the evacuation center. “We all got sick from the humidity, but the little one got the … Read more
One thing I knew: This was a direct result of my decision to talk about climate change on television. As Chief Meteorologist at KCCI-TV in Des Moines, I saw it as my responsibility to our audience to connect the dots between climate change and extreme weather events in the region. I had moved to the … Read more
High in the Austrian Alps, hundreds of construction workers toil away at a huge underground project aimed at storing hydroelectricity as climate change has reduced the country’s water-dependent electricity generation. Austria derives more than 60% of its electricity generation from the renewable energy source, compared to a global average of 16%, with more than 3,100 … Read more
Plutonium from nuclear weapons tests that began in 1945 have been found while drilling through the ice of glaciers. Paris, France: As scientists argue that humans have radically transformed the planet enough to account for our geological epoch, another question arises: Is there anything that hasn’t been touched by humanity’s presence? The soaring greenhouse gases, … Read more
China’s Zhurong Mars rover has found evidence of a dramatic change in Mars’ climate 400,000 years ago, in the form of dark ridges above bright dunes rippling across the sands of Utopia Planitia, which the rover is exploring. Scientists led by Li Chunlai from the National Astronomical Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences used … Read more
Wealth manager Abrdn, known as Standard Life Aberdeen until 2021, has stakes in some of the world’s biggest polluters, including oil multinationals Shell and BP, German coal firm RWE, and global mining companies Glencore and Rio Tinto. Abrdns’ investments in the 20 most polluting companies in its portfolio resulted in the emission of 4.8 million … Read more
KCCI-TV Chief Meteorologist Chris Gloninger stands outside his home, Tuesday, June 27, 2023, in West Des Moines, Iowa. Gloninger has announced that he will be leaving the Des Moines station due in part to threats he has received for his on-air coverage of climate change. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) Charlie Neibergall DES MOINES, Iowa The harassment … Read more
Heavy monsoon rains in Pakistan in the past week have killed at least 50 people across the country, nearly a year after massive floods killed more than 1,700 people and affected another 33 million. In neighboring India, about a dozen districts in the northeastern state of Assam were hit by deadly flash floods in June, … Read more
A federal judge has given the city of Charleston an early win in its climate change lawsuit against “Big Oil” by ruling that the case will remain in South Carolina, where the city wants the issue fought. U.S. District Judge Richard Gergel agreed on July 5 that Charleston’s bid to have fossil fuel companies pay … Read more
The second TED Countdown Summit on Climate Change will be hosted in Detroit next week. The invitational rally will take place Tuesday through Friday at Michigan Central Station and the Fillmore Detroit. The summit is the only TED conference that focuses on a single topic, with the goal of advancing solutions to climate change. The … Read more
