Sep 18 Ancient baobab trees in Africa once supplemented local’s income, now climate change and demand have them barely surviving By Farai Mutsaka, Associated Press The baobab tree is known as the "tree of life" and its fruit is feeding a growing global market for natural food and beauty products. Continue reading
Sep 16 Watch 5:41 Miami art project puts spotlight on threat of rising sea levels By Jeffrey Brown By 2100, scientists project sea levels around parts of Florida will rise between two and eight feet. The majority of Miami-Dade County is just six feet or less above the ocean today. One local artist is doing what he can… Continue watching
Sep 11 Strengthened by warm oceans, Francine hits Louisiana as a Category 2 hurricane By Michael Phillis, Associated Press Warm water in the Gulf of Mexico helped quickly strengthen Hurricane Francine, which made landfall in Louisiana as a Category 2 storm Wednesday evening. Continue reading
Sep 07 Watch 4:37 How Wisconsin is trying to save its freshwater mussels from drought and rising heat By Nathan Denzin, Wisconsin Public Television Wisconsin is coming back from its worst drought in decades. Along with unusually high temperatures, it’s affected wildlife in and around the state’s rivers. While spring rains ended the drought, recovery in some places has been slow. PBS Wisconsin’s Nathan… Continue watching
Sep 06 The hottest summer on record could lead to our warmest year ever measured. Again. By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press Summer 2024 sweltered to Earth's hottest on record, making it even more likely that this year will end up as the warmest humanity has measured, European climate service Copernicus reported Friday. Continue reading
Sep 03 Endless summer? Phoenix swelters in 100-plus degree temps for 100 straight days By David Brandt, Associated Press It doesn't look like a break is coming any time soon. Continue reading
Sep 02 5 lessons from ancient architecture for keeping homes cool in hot, dry climates By Adriana Zuniga-Teran For millennia, civilizations knew how to shelter humans in hot and dry climates. Continue reading
Aug 31 Watch 6:43 Why carbon monoxide poisoning is on the rise as extreme weather causes more power outages By Ali Rogin, Andrew Corkery, Veronica Vela Climate change is making extreme weather events like wildfires, floods and hurricanes more frequent and severe. Scientists now say that carbon monoxide poisonings are on the rise amid widespread power outages following those events. ProPublica’s Lexi Churchill joins Ali Rogin… Continue watching
Aug 28 Yes, corn can sweat. And it may be why hot Midwestern summers are getting more humid By Melina Walling, Associated Press Corn sweat is the process by which corn plants release moisture into the air to stay cool, and it brings the Midwest a surge in humidity every summer. Now, climate change and evolving agriculture are making the phenomenon even stickier. Continue reading
Aug 26 Watch 6:27 How Americans affected by extreme weather events feel about the future By Sam Lane The punishing heat hitting much of the U.S. this week, and the downpour that Hawaii is enduring, are just the latest in what has been a relentless drumbeat of extreme weather this summer. We spoke with people in different parts… Continue watching