How Climate Change Affects Fall Crops In North Carolina
When fall arrived this year, it didn't make its entrance with crispy air and cooling temperatures.
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Young Researchers Feel Excitement And Sadness To See Arctic Ice That May Disappear
Young Arctic researchers get their first glimpse of sea ice — and reflect on how the ice caps may melt away over the course of their careers.
Activists Disrupt Harvard-Yale Rivalry Game To Protest Climate Change
The game was delayed for about an hour Saturday when students stormed the field after half-time calling on the universities to divest their multi-million dollar endowments from fossil fuels companies.
Climate Planners Turn To Virtual Reality And Hope Seeing Is Believing
The threat of climate change and the efforts needed to adapt to it are hard to comprehend. One Maryland community hopes it can be a model for communicating the risk and prompting action.
Some Pacific Island Nations Are Turning To China. Climate Change Is A Factor
The Solomon Islands and Kiribati recently established ties with China. Economic considerations are a key driver, but both nations also cite concerns about climate change as a reason for the decision.
Environmental Activists Say Lebanon's Government Has Failed To Regulate Polluters
Lebanon is suffering from environmental devastation. With activists alleging the government is failing to regulate the polluters, some Lebanese citizens are taking matters into their own hands.
In Australia, Stubborn Fires Shroud Cities In Smoke, Char Terrain And Menace Koalas
The blazes in one state alone have consumed an area about eight times the size of Los Angeles, and other fires have erupted across Australia. Amid drought and dry months to come, it could get worse.
Residents Want Action As Cities, State Grapple With Toxins In Drinking Water
North Carolina cities and state environmental regulators are at odds over who is responsible for shocking levels of a toxic chemical found in the Cape Fear River Basin. This compound is polluting drinking water sources for hundreds of thousands of people.
'Maybe It Will Destroy Everything': Pakistan's Melting Glaciers Cause Alarm
Pollution and global warming are causing glaciers to melt and form unstable lakes in the north of the country. NPR visits a valley where farms were destroyed by glacial floods.
Southeast Asia's Largest Lake Is Under Threat And So Is The Greater Mekong Ecosystem
Southeast Asia's biggest lake is in serious trouble. Drought, dam building and overfishing have brought the Tonle Sap to a tipping point. And as the lake goes, so goes the greater Mekong ecosystem.