Jan 10 Watch 4:58 Warming climate created ‘perfect storm’ for catastrophic fires, NASA researcher says By Geoff Bennett, Jackson Hudgins Prolonged drought and powerful Santa Ana winds set up extreme conditions that have fueled the devastating wildfires in the Los Angeles area. Those conditions were compounded by climate change. According to NOAA and NASA, the ten warmest years on record… Continue watching
Jan 10 Planet recorded hottest year in 2024, broke key 1.5 degree Celsius threshold By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press Three government climate agencies in Europe and Japan say last year's global average temperature easily passed 2023's record heat and kept pushing even higher. Continue reading
Jan 08 A quarter of the world’s freshwater animals are threatened with extinction, new research shows By Christina Larson, Associated Press New research shows about a quarter of animals living in rivers, lakes and other freshwater sources are threatened with extinction. Continue reading
Jan 07 Watch 5:36 How Olafur Eliasson uses elements of the natural world to see it in new ways By Jeffrey Brown, Lena I. Jackson Eliasson is a globally renowned artist who uses elements of the natural world to make us see that world in new ways. Senior arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown spoke with Eliasson for our arts and culture series, CANVAS. Continue watching
Jan 06 Biden bans new offshore drilling in most federal waters in last-minute effort to block possible action by Trump administration By Matthew Daly, Associated Press Biden said he is using authority under the federal Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to protect offshore areas along the East and West coasts, the eastern Gulf of Mexico and portions of Alaska's Northern Bering Sea from future oil and… Continue reading
Dec 28 Extreme drought, wildfires and deforestation battered the Amazon rainforest in 2024 By Steven Grattan, Associated Press A warming climate fed drought that in turn fed the worst year for fires in the Amazon rainforest since 2005. And those fires contributed to deforestation, with authorities suspecting some fires were set to more easily clear land to run… Continue reading
Dec 26 Watch 3:57 As Arctic warms, Indigenous communities there face dramatic changes to their way of life By Casey Kuhn Since the 1980s, temperatures in the Arctic have risen at nearly triple the global rate. This past summer was the wettest on record, while a heatwave in August set records in northern Alaska and Canada. Digital producer Casey Kuhn explains… Continue watching
Dec 24 Watch 8:52 Concerns swirl over impact of offshore wind farms on fishing industry By Miles O'Brien With the growth of offshore wind farms there are many questions surrounding their impact. In the second of two stories about what researchers are finding, science correspondent Miles O'Brien takes us to New Bedford, Massachusetts, where local officials are trying… Continue watching
Dec 20 The biggest science stories that lit up our world in 2024 By Nicola Jones, Knowable Magazine A look at some of the most notable research-related events and discoveries of 2024, as well as a few studies and policy moves that will play out in the coming year. Continue reading
Dec 18 Montana Supreme Court upholds state judge’s landmark ruling in youth climate case By Amy Beth Hanson, Associated Press The justices, in a 6-1 ruling, rejected the state’s argument that greenhouse gases released from Montana fossil fuel projects are minuscule on a global scale and reducing them would have no effect on climate change, likening it to asking: “If… Continue reading