climate change

Why taking apart buildings piece by piece is a climate solution

6:00am June 13, 2025

Deconstruction is a growing approach to taking down homes that diverts waste from landfills, cuts carbon emissions and creates a circular economy for construction materials.

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A popular climate website will be hobbled, after Trump administration eliminates entire staff

4:47pm June 12, 2025

Climate.gov is the main source of timely climate-related information for the public. It will stop publishing new information because the Trump administration laid off everyone who worked on it.

Live in a hurricane-prone area? Here's how to prepare your home for flooding

5:00am June 12, 2025

If you're worried about flooding this hurricane season, here are some ways to harden your home with flooding and climate change in mind.

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How homeowners are saving on insurance by upgrading their houses against disasters

6:00am June 11, 2025

Home insurance is getting pricier as hurricanes and wildfires get worse. States are trying new incentives, encouraging homeowners to retrofit homes against disasters to get an insurance discount.

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In Seattle, preserving trees while increasing housing supply is a climate solution

6:00am June 11, 2025

Seattle, along with other cities, is struggling to balance the need for more housing with the preservation and growth of trees that help address the impacts of climate change.

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Los Angeles Recovers From Historically Devastating Wildfires

Here's how climate change is affecting your home insurance

5:06am June 11, 2025

by Michel Martin

Insurance costs are soaring, and coverage is hard to find in some parts of the United States. Communities say insurers are ignoring their efforts to confront the problem.

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Environment

Carolina Curious: How are North Carolina's sea turtles affected by climate change?

5:00am June 09, 2025

by April Laissle

A brutal cold snap in January left hundreds of the state’s turtles cold-stunned. And a gender imbalance among new hatchlings has sparked concern among researchers. All this had WFDD’s April Laissle wondering: How is climate change affecting the state’s sea turtle population? For this edition of Carolina Curious, she traveled to a sea turtle hospital in Surf City to find the answer.

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These researchers think the sludge in your home may help save the planet

8:28am June 02, 2025

What if the solutions to some of Earth's biggest problems could be found in some of its smallest creatures? That bet has led a team of researchers to places both remote and — lately — rather familiar.

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Some clownfish are shrinking, according to new study. Here's why

4:14am June 02, 2025

Clownfish in Papua New Guinea are temporarily shrinking in response to heat stress caused by climate change, a new study found. Here's how that might help them deal with warmer water temps.

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Penguins in Antarctica could actually be helping cool the climate… with their poop

5:57pm May 30, 2025

by Lauren Sommer

In places like Antarctica, small things can make a difference. Scientists are finding that penguin waste is helping form clouds, which could be offsetting the effects of climate change.

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