A climate change bill that promises to dominate this year’s 2020 Oregon legislative session got its first public hearing Monday — with little sign that the …
Travel, climate change and guilt
This hour, we’ll look at the impact flying has on the climate, if “flight shaming” will take off in the United States, and the pros and cons of carbon offsets.
Common Reading 2020 novel tackles climate change
A novel that chronicles the life of a family facing the threats of a changing climate has been chosen as the Common Reading selection for the coming …
Study: You won’t believe where Kentucky ranks among worst states for climate change
If you came to Kentucky from a coastal state hoping to put off feeling the effects of climate change, you have our deepest sympathies. A new study from …
Climate change is making us sick — and Big Pharma will profit
“Climate change is our biggest public health threat right now because of its global effects and its pervasive effects on our health,” said Dr. Daniel Wolk, …
Poetry in a warming world
For decades, fiction, and especially science fiction, has led the literary field in its effort to grapple with climate change. Weather-induced catastrophes …
Phytoplankton and climate change are having a strange effect on Arctic skies
Climate change is affecting the entire world, but nowhere is it felt more than in the Arctic. According to a recent IPCC report, the Arctic has already …
Climate change driving vegetation growth higher into the Himalayas
This expanding coverage of plant life is in-line with climate change modeling, with the researchers behind the study conscious of the effects it could …
Climate change unlikely to drive sugar maples north
Climate is an important factor in determining a plant species’ growing zone. Some studies suggest that by the turn of the next century, climate change …
Acqua Alta: Floods exacerbated by climate change could destroy Venice
Climate change, Oppenheimer says, is the major reason we’ll see more floods for the ages across the globe, like the one that hit Venice two months …