Climate

A robot nicknamed Icefin operates under the sea ice near McMurdo Station in Antarctica in 2020. The pencil-shaped robot is giving scientists their first look at the forces eating away at the Thwaites glacier.

Environment

A skinny robot documents the forces eroding a massive Antarctic glacier

4:13pm February 16, 2023

by The Associated Press

Scientists got their first up-close look at what's eating away part of Antarctica's Thwaites ice shelf, nicknamed the Doomsday Glacier because of its massive melt and sea rise potential.

National

Washington state's push to reduce emissions

11:14am February 16, 2023

by Bellamy Pailthorp

Several states have new laws to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions that fuel rising temperatures. Washington has changed how big businesses use energy and how people fuel their vehicles.

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A U.S. Air Force member releases a weather balloon from the deck of the U.S.S. Portland off the coast of Baja California, Mexico, in December 2022.

Balloon shoot-down has U.S. on alert. Weather forecasters know how to steer clear

3:54pm February 15, 2023

by Mallika Seshadri

The U.S. military started tracking more airborne objects it calls "low speed clutter" after shooting down the Chinese balloon. The National Weather Service says it launches about 184 balloons a day.

After a profitable year, some oil companies are slowing their pivot to renewables

6:42pm February 14, 2023

by Camila Domonoske

Oil executives have mostly stopped denying climate change, but now argue that the world should not act quickly to cut fossil fuel use. In fact, last year, industry leaders slowed down climate plans.

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Greta Thunberg says the fight for social justice is the fight for climate justice.

Where Greta Thunberg does (and doesn't) expect to see action on climate change

4:48pm February 14, 2023

Greta Thunberg says she has no plans to get into politics as a career, and she thinks she can do more as a climate campaigner on the outside.

Homes and a school have been destroyed by rising seas on Guet Ndar.

If there's a war against climate change, Saint-Louis is on the front line. And losing

5:00am February 13, 2023

The UNESCO World Heritage city of Saint-Louis is perched precariously between the Atlantic Ocean and the Senegal River. And it's on borrowed time.

Antonio López, East Palo Alto's vice mayor, stands next to floodwaters in the city.

After January storms, some California communities look for long-term flood solutions

12:28pm February 10, 2023

by Ezra David Romero/KQED

California cities, like East Palo Alto, work on long-term infrastructure changes to help adapt to future extreme weather brought on by climate change.

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Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg waits in Erkelenz, Germany, to take part in a demonstration at a nearby a coal mine on Jan. 14.

Greta Thunberg's 'The Climate Book' urges world to keep climate justice out front

6:28am February 09, 2023

by Barbara J. King

Activist Greta Thunberg was just 15 when she called on the world to take action on the climate crisis. Just as impressively, she has now pulled together essays by 100 scholars on what's needed now.

Residents of southwest Pakistan move through floodwaters in September 2022. People with less wealth are more vulnerable to the effects of climate change, including more severe rainstorms.

Environment

Why the EPA puts a higher value on rich lives lost to climate change

10:40am February 08, 2023

by Rebecca Hersher

There is one number that the Environmental Protection Agency relies on to decide which climate policies to pursue. So why does that number assume the lives of richer people are worth more?

World News

Indonesia has a deal to get off coal. But it's building new coal plants

7:26pm February 07, 2023

by Julia Simon

The U.S. helped broker a $20 billion deal to transition Indonesia to renewables from coal. International observers are excited, but inside Indonesia, there are doubts about the deal.

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