Environmental activists rally in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in 2022 after it ruled against the Obama administration’s plan to cut climate-warming emissions at the nation’s power plants. The Supreme Court has since further limited the power of federal agencies like the Environmental Protection Agency. Nerdy question for […] Click here to view original […]

The animals are highly sensitive to particle pollution. How far will they go to avoid wildfires? By Kylie Mohr David McNew / Getty This article was originally published by High Country News . Last summer, Carrie Brown-Kornarens spent 10 minutes every week observing birds in her Los Angeles backyard […] Click here to view original

Alf Norkko, marine ecologist and professor leading the largest marine research station in the Baltic Sea Tvarminne Zoological Station (TZS), poses in Hanko, Finland. Image: Alessandro Rampazzo / AFP© Climate change combined with pollution from farming and forestry could flip northern Europe’s Baltic Sea from being a sponge for […] Click here to view original

Thompson Fire in Oroville County, California on July 2, 2024. Earth has broken temperature records for 13 consecutive months — with every month registering temperatures 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) higher than pre-industrial averages, according to a new report. Every month since June 2023 has been hotter than […] Click here to view original

Hurricane Ian flood, Florida. Credit: DepositPhotos This story was originally published by Grist . Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here . When the Federal Emergency Management Agency spends millions of dollars to help rebuild schools and hospitals after a hurricane, it tries to make the community more resilient […] Click here to view original

The 2024 hurricane season is here, and we’ve already had our first record-breaking hurricane in Beryl, which caused billions in damage and deaths in Texas, Grenada, Venezuela and nearby areas. Importantly, climate change helped this storm break these records and do so much damage. But if you watched the […] Click here to view original