climate crisis

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 ...

Tens of millions facing hunger and water shortages as extreme drought and floods sweep southern Africa

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

More than 24 million people in southern Africa face hunger, malnutrition and water scarcity due to drought and floods, an aid group has ...

Michael Imperioli responds to climate protestors who crashed his and Jeremy Strong’s Broadway show: ‘Wild’

Entertainment
Laura Davis

“No hard feelings,” the Emmy winner wrote after helping physically escort one protester from the theater. Michael Imperioli has reacted to his ...

California’s luxe clifftop mansions in peril after record rain

U.S.
Amanda Smith

The torrents of water coming from the sky are having ripple effects on the cliffs that hold up some of California’s most ...

Researchers warn of climate change’s effects on insect populations

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

They might be tiny, but insects rule the planet, making up over two-thirds of the world’s 1.5 million known animal species and ...

Scientists say they can use AI to solve a key problem in the quest for near-limitless clean energy

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

Scientists pursuing fusion energy say they have found a way to overcome one of their biggest challenges to date — by using ...

Wellness influencers fueled pandemic misinformation. Now they have another big conspiracy in their sights

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

When wildfire ripped through Hawaii’s Maui last August, the impact was devastating: a whole town reduced to ashes, more than 100 lives ...

Senate approves Biden pick to lead EPA air office as final rules near on power plants, vehicles

Politics
Amanda Smith

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has approved President Joe Biden’s nominee to lead the Environmental Protection Agency’s air pollution office just as ...

Barcelona declares drought emergency, with big fines for breaking water rules

World
David Turner

Citizens could be fined for washing cars or watering gardens. ADVERTISEMENT After months of warnings, authorities in Catalonia have declared a drought ...

John Kerry, the US climate envoy, to leave the Biden administration

Politics
Amanda Smith

FILE – John Kerry, U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, speaks during a news conference at the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit, Dec. ...