A look at the first commercial direct air carbon capture plant in the U.S.
This month in California, the nation's first commercial direct air carbon capture plant went live. Climate experts say the technology has its limits.
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Biden wants to win over young voters. They want him to do more about climate change
President Biden is grappling with how to convince young voters to support him. Climate and the pushback around him skipping COP28 is one example.
Widespread flooding has already killed hundreds in East Africa
Many countries in East Africa have gone from drought to deluge, and the rains aren't over yet.
3 climate impacts the U.S. will see if warming goes beyond 1.5 degrees
Climate science shows that beyond 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming, impacts in the U.S. get substantially worse. The world is on track for almost double that level of warming by the end of the century.
Harris plans to attend the COP28 climate summit
Vice President Harris will travel to United Arab Emirates this week for the annual international climate meeting, the White House has announced.
Weather experts in Midwest say climate change reporting brings burnout and threats
Talking about climate change can be a tough job, especially in places where audiences may be less likely to accept the science. Strong resistance has pushed some meteorologists out of the field.
U.S. moves to protect wolverines as climate change melts their mountain refuges
The North American wolverine would receive threatened species protections under a Biden administration proposal. Warming temperatures are expected to shrink the mountain snowpack wolverines rely on.
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Secretary of State Blinken will head to the Middle East again. President Biden to tout clean energy jobs in Colorado. How the U.S. will be impacted if global warming goes beyond 1.5 degrees Celsius.
Midwest meteorologists face pushback and threats when bringing up climate change
Explaining climate change can be a challenging job, particularly in areas where the public is more wary of the science. Some climate experts in the Midwest and Great Plains have faced death threats.
Armed with barriers made of human hair, Venezuelans take on massive oil slicks
Venezuelans attempt to tackle the massive oil slicks that are clogging up one of South America's largest bodies of inland water — by using human hair.