climate crisis

Forgotten, Half-Century Old Film Photographs Reveal A Hidden Truth About Antartica’s Glaciers

Forgotten, Half-Century Old Film Photographs Reveal A Hidden Truth About Antartica’s Glaciers

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

In March 2002, the Larsen B Ice Shelf collapsed catastrophically, breaking up an area about one-sixth the size of Tasmania. In a ...

Caribbean seeks help in fighting climate change after Hurricane Beryl devastates small islands

Caribbean seeks help in fighting climate change after Hurricane Beryl devastates small islands

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Caribbean officials on Friday demanded more access to funding and help in fighting climate change, weeks ...

Heat waves in Europe are getting more dangerous. Here’s what that means for travelers

Heat waves in Europe are getting more dangerous. Here’s what that means for travelers

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

Growing up in Texas, Mary Beth Walsh thought she was accustomed to high temperatures. Her hometown of Dallas, which is currently being ...

Scientists identify new Antarctic ice sheet ‘tipping point,’ warning future sea level rise may be underestimated

Scientists identify new Antarctic ice sheet ‘tipping point,’ warning future sea level rise may be underestimated

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

The Antarctic ice sheet is melting in a new, worrying way that scientific models used to project future sea level rise have not taken ...

Youth activists win ‘groundbreaking’ climate settlement in Hawaii

Youth activists win ‘groundbreaking’ climate settlement in Hawaii

U.S.
Amanda Smith

Hawaii officials have announced what they called a “groundbreaking” legal settlement with a group of young climate activists, which they said will ...

This 3.6-million-year-old footprint was made by our earliest known ancestor. Now it’s at risk of being lost forever

This 3.6-million-year-old footprint was made by our earliest known ancestor. Now it’s at risk of being lost forever

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

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

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

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’

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

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 ...