The world's melting ice has surprising impacts. Can you guess them?
Melting glaciers and ice sheets are far from where most people live. But the impacts stretch across the planet. See if you can guess how.
Environment
Why Texans need to know how quickly Antarctica's ice is melting
Ice in Antarctica is melting rapidly. That's driving sea level rise around the world. But some places are threatened more than others, and Texas is in the crosshairs.
Living in the shadow of a dangerous shrinking glacier
Melting glaciers are leaving behind unstable lakes around the world. Millions of people live downstream, in places increasingly threatened by deadly flash floods. What will it take to protect them?
The surprising connection between Arctic ice and Western wildfires
The ice that covers the Arctic Ocean is shrinking as the climate gets hotter. Scientists are finding it could be linked to weather that's helping fuel disasters.
The unexpected link between imperiled whales and Greenland's melting ice
Climate change is pushing already endangered right whales to the brink. Scientists say the oceans will fundamentally shift as the world's ice melts.
Greenland's melting ice could be changing our oceans. Just ask the whales
The massive ice sheet on Greenland is shrinking as the climate gets hotter, pouring fresh water into the Atlantic Ocean. That could be setting off a chain reaction that's altering ocean ecosystems.
Sewage often becomes fertilizer, but the issue is it's tainted with PFAS
A lot of products contain toxic PFAS. Some of these "forever chemicals" are ending up in sewage that is turned into fertilizer.
A year after New Mexico's biggest wildfire, victims have yet to see $2.5 billion aid
Congress set aside $2.5 billion for victims of New Mexico's biggest wildfire, started by accident by the U.S. Forest Service. A year after the fire, distributing that money is still in the works.
New emissions rules can only be met if auto makers can sell lots of EVs soon
NPR's Ailsa Chang and Keith Barry of Consumer Reports discuss whether now is a good time to buy a new electric vehicle, or whether it's best to wait.
This floating ocean garbage is home to a surprising amount of life from the coasts
A study of plastic trash hauled out of the Pacific Ocean found that most of it had been colonized by coastal life that was thriving right next to species that normally live in the open sea.