Climate scientist links Arctic melting to U.S. weather fluctuations
David Robinson knows just about everything there is to know about climate change.But starting a borrowed chainsaw is another thing altogether.“Ahh, this doesn’t look good,” Robinson said as he...
View ArticleNew model says science under-estimates climate change
Scientists agree that the planet is warming, but there is a wide range of projections as to how hot it’s going to get.A new analysis from scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research...
View ArticleArchitect proposes natural-inspired rethink of New York City waterfront
Hurricane Sandy has made it clear that flooding is not only a New Orleans problem in the United States.Some of the country’s densest population centers are also extremely vulnerable to rising sea...
View ArticleWarming climate presents grave risk of greenhouse gas release in Arctic
As international climate negotiators meet in Doha, Qatar, scientists are issuing a stark warning of possibly huge emissions of the greenhouse gas methane from the warming Arctic.If you want to...
View ArticleCIA closes down intelligence center focused on climate change
The annual U.N. climate talks are underway in Doha, Qatar. Delegations from around the world are negotiating over potential solutions to the global climate crisis.But scientists say the world isn’t...
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Philippines picks up pieces after freak typhoon roars across country
Government agencies and rescue teams in the Philippines are picking up the pieces after Typhoon Bopha roared ashore on the southern island of Mindanao as the strongest storm ever to hit that area.A...
View ArticleUN Climate Secretariat meets with renewed sense of urgency
Progress and the sense of renewed urgency was to be the theme for this year’s meeting of the United Nations Climate Change Secretariat in Doha, Qatar.The conference, made up of delegates from more than...
View ArticleUniversity students rally to get endowments out of fossil fuels
Bill McKibben may be the closest thing the environmental movement has to a rock star.In November he took to the road, urging colleges to pull their endowments out of fossil fuel stocks, to pressure the...
View Article2012 in review: These PRI.org stories captured your interest most
The re-election of President Barack Obama — and the seemingly endless campaign that led up to it — was perhaps the dominant story of 2012 in the United States.But here at PRI.org, you turned to us for...
View ArticleGreat Lakes threatened by decreasing water levels
The decreasing water levels in Lake Michigan and Lake Huron are raising concerns over the future of the lakes' freshwater reserve.A recent report from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reveals that the...
View ArticleScientists find waste heat affects climate in winter
As cities around the world burn energy to keep the lights on and heaters running, waste heat is released into the atmosphere and picked up by powerful jet streams.A recent study by climate scientists...
View ArticleCitizens, climate scientists track climate change with backyard skating rink...
Backyard skating rinks in Canada and across the northern latitudes are being threatened by increasing temperatures caused by global warming, scientists say.In an effort to track these changes, a group...
View ArticleResearchers suggest supplemental feeding as a potential solution to save...
As the Arctic Ocean sea ice rapidly diminishes, threatening the habitat and lives of polar bears and their prey, a group of researchers are arguing we may need to consider a large-scale supplemental...
View ArticleClimate change enhances risks of glacial lakes flooding mountain communities
The hamlet of Carhuaz, in Peru’s Cordillera Blanca Range, could hardly be more picturesque.Birds chirp while venders hawk their goods at an open-air market in the town tucked into a fold at the...
View ArticleMicrobes below Earth's surface could be potential link to Mars rover discovery
NASA scientists recently announced that a drill sample taken by the Mars Curiosity rover contained carbon and other elements necessary for life.Robert Hazen, executive director of the Deep Carbon...
View ArticleBuffalo zoo about to take polar bear cub population from one to two
Climate change is making life difficult for polar bears across the world. But an orphaned polar bear cub from Alaska is about to get a new home and a new sibling at the Buffalo Zoo in upstate New...
View ArticleU.S. students compete to improve environment -- and win trip to Costa Rica
More than 500 high school students from across North America have taken up the challenge to find practical solutions to ecological problems in their communities.Participants in the Glocal Competition...
View ArticleClimate change a persistent threat to Maasai's traditional way of life
NAROK, KENYA — The sky is pink turning to red and purple as 77-year-old Takaita Kariankei brings 50 head of cattle home for the night in Kenya’s southern Rift Valley.Kariankei is a Maasai, a member of...
View ArticleEPA raises concerns about State Department's Keystone environmental statement
Some say the proposed Keystone XL pipeline to bring tar sands crude from Canada would unleash climate disaster — others claim it would provide jobs and energy security.The U.S. State Department has...
View ArticleU.K. researchers develop new grass type to better capture water runoff
As the atmosphere heats up, flooding is on the rise throughout the world.Kit Macleod, a scientist at the James Hutton Institute in Scotland, is working to develop a new hybrid grass to combat that...
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