Climate Change

Democratic Vice Presidential nominee Kamala Harris joins MSNBC's Brian Williams and reacts to Pres. Trump's refusal to accept climate science during the chaotic first presidential debate.Sept. 30, 2020Read More

President Donald Trump and 2020 Democratic Presidential nominee Joe Biden square off in their first debate with contentious topics like the Supreme Court and the coronavirus pandemic. Kevin Dietsch/UPI/Bloomberg via Getty Images President Donald Trump and challenger Joe Biden tangled over the government's response to the coronavirus pandemic and other…

University of Southampton scientists investigating ways of removing carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases from our atmosphere believe volcanic ash could play an important role. A team from the University's School of Ocean and Earth Science has modelled the impact of spreading volcanic ash from a ship to an…

The year was 2008. The first Iron Man movie was in theaters, California had just become the second state to legalize same-sex marriage, and — oh yeah — presidential debate moderators asked candidates two questions about climate change. That was it. That was the last time. In the last 12…

By AP Sep 27, 2020JOHANNESBURG — In a year of cataclysm, some world leaders at this week’s annual United Nations meeting are taking the long view, warning: If Covid-19 doesn't kill us, climate change will.With Siberia seeing its warmest temperature on record this year and enormous chunks of ice caps…

TAIPEI (Reuters) - The dispute over international organisations referring to Taiwan as Chinese has moved from wild bird conservation to climate change, after a global alliance of mayors began listing Taiwanese cities as belonging to China on its website.FILE PHOTO: An audience waves Taiwanese flags during the National Day celebrations…

IMAGE: Data analyzed for the study came from soil profiles, such as this one, gathered by the National Ecological Observatory Network. view more  Credit: National Ecological Observatory Network A new way of analyzing the chemical composition of soil organic matter will help scientists predict how soils store carbon -- and how…

By David Hasemyer, InsideClimate News, and Lise Olsen, Texas ObserverSept. 24, 2020 This article was published in partnership with InsideClimate News, a nonprofit, independent news outlet that covers climate, energy and the environment, and the Texas Observer, a nonprofit investigative news outlet. This is part 1 of "Super Threats," a…

Water-resistant, underground peatland fires in Russia's Arctic circle are "climate bombs", environmental activists say. SHIPUNOVO, Russia: Equipped with a shovel, Grigory Kuksin lifts and turns smouldering earth in the marshy clearing of a sprawling Siberian forest.Together with a small cohort of volunteer firefighters, he is battling a winter-resistant, underground blaze,…

Rev. Kyle Meyaard-Schaap is the national organizer and spokesperson for Young Evangelicals for Climate Action, and is a public voices fellow of the Op-Ed Project and the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication. Before the coronavirus and economic recession took up all the oxygen, 2020 was shaping up to become…