climate change

Is cannabis actually green? Experts unpack the climate impacts of weed’s rising popularity

U.S.
Amanda Smith

Cannabis is one of the fastest growing industries in the world, this year estimated to rake in more than $64 billion globally ...

Coral reef misinformation bubbles up amid bleaching worldwide

World
David Turner

A screenshot of a post on X taken on April 18, 2024 Bleaching occurs when water temperatures rise and coral expel microscopic ...

Here’s why experts don’t think cloud seeding played a role in Dubai’s downpour

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

With cloud seeding, it may rain, but it doesn’t really pour or flood — at least nothing like what drenched the United ...

Coral reefs suffer fourth global bleaching event, NOAA says

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

By Gloria Dickie and Alison Withers (Reuters) – Along coastlines from Australia to Kenya to Mexico, many of the world’s colorful coral ...

Scientists say coral reefs around the world are experiencing mass bleaching in warming oceans

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

Coral reefs around the world are experiencing global bleaching for the fourth time, top reef scientists declared Monday, a result of warming ...

CNN’s Bill Weir on raising resilient kids during the climate crisis and on choosing whether to have them in the first place

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

Record-breaking heat, rising sea levels, increasingly extreme weather and more are fueled by the human-made climate crisis. It doesn’t feel like a ...

Making cement is very damaging for the climate. One solution is opening in California

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

It’s a major contributor to climate change — the way buildings and roads are made with concrete. It’s also a problem that’s ...

US bets on climate friendly farming; experts doubt it is climate friendly enough

Politics
Amanda Smith

By Leah Douglas WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden‘s administration is offering farmers money for adopting practices that store carbon in the ...

Searing heat is back across Southeast Asia and it’s not going away anytime soon

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

The death of a toddler from extreme heat highlighted the risk of climate-related illnesses across Malaysia. The same week, Vietnam declared a ...

Extreme temperatures are tied to more than half a million stroke deaths a year. With climate change, expect more

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

In 2019 alone, more than half a million people died due to a stroke linked to high and low temperatures, a new ...