climate change

How dead stuff at the bottom of the ocean helps slow the pace of climate change

5:48pm November 06, 2024

by Lauren Sommer

The oceans play a big role in preventing the Earth from getting even hotter due to climate change. That's thanks to the ocean's natural waste recycling system, a process that's still mysterious.

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Environment

Forsyth voters to decide on new county Soil and Water Conservation District supervisor

1:21pm November 04, 2024

by April Laissle

The nonpartisan position is one of five on the county’s Board of Supervisors, which is tasked with preserving the district’s natural resources. At monthly meetings, they discuss issues including water quality and soil erosion.

Flooding And Heavy Rain In Valencia Region Of Spain

Hundreds are dead in Spain's floods. Scientists see a connection to climate change

5:30am November 02, 2024

Hundreds are dead after torrential rains devastated Spain’s east. Climate scientists say a hotter planet makes deadly events like it more likely.

Rain is finally coming to the drought-stricken Amazon. But it may not be enough

5:00am October 30, 2024

The world’s longest river is at its lowest levels after a long drought. That's left the Amazon Rainforest, the vital waterway and tributaries parched, stranding communities and affecting livelihoods.

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Storm Helene Causes Massive Flooding Across Swath Of Western North Carolina

How is the world doing on climate change? Not great

10:22am October 24, 2024

Greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise and the world is still on track for severe climate change impacts, a new U.N. report finds. Action this decade will be essential.

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Over 60? Climate change could be coming for your nest egg

3:52am October 17, 2024

by Leila Fadel

Higher utility bills. Rising home insurance costs. Damage from floods, wildfires and hurricanes. Climate change is hitting Americans’ bank accounts, and older adults are particularly at risk.

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Biden Administration Close To Naming First National Marine Sanctuary Site Designated By A Tribe, Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary

The U.S. gets a new national marine sanctuary, the first led by a tribe

5:15am October 14, 2024

by Lauren Sommer

Over 4,500 square miles of ocean will be protected off the California coast. It will also be managed in partnership with the Indigenous groups that fought to create it.

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Pulitzer Prize-winning environmental journalist Elizabeth Kolbert to speak at Wake Forest University

9:28am October 10, 2024

by Paul Garber

Kolbert is known for her writings in The New Yorker magazine, and won a Pulitzer Prize for her book “The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History.”

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Climate change boosted Helene's deadly rain and wind and scientists say same is likely for Milton

8:12am October 09, 2024

by Alexa St. John, Associated Press

Human-caused climate change boosted a devastating Hurricane Helene's rainfall by about 10% and intensified its winds by about 11%, scientists said in a new flash study released just as a strengthening Hurricane Milton threatens the Florida coast less than two weeks later.

They came to Asheville looking for a 'climate haven.' Then came Hurricane Helene

5:30am October 09, 2024

When Mary Ann Roser and her husband moved to Asheville four months ago they introduced themselves to neighbors as “climate refugees from Austin.” After Helene, she has thoughts on “climate havens."

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