climate

Since May, authorities have now uncovered four sets of human remains at Lake Mead, as the country's largest reservoir deals with extremely low water levels.

A fourth set of human remains is found at Lake Mead as the water level keeps dropping

1:44pm August 08, 2022

by Shauneen Miranda

The reservoir continues to suffer from a 22-year drought that now has water levels at only 27% of capacity. That's surfaced four sets of skeletal remains in the past four months.

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Young activists have pushed Florida to set clean energy goals

5:07am August 08, 2022

by Amy Green

The state is expected to transition to 100% renewable energy by 2050. The new climate targets are thanks to about 200 young activists who demanded change from state leaders.

Sports

Pro-climber Tommy Caldwell details climate change's impact on rock climbing

8:48am August 07, 2022

by Alina Selyukh

NPR's Alina Selyukh talks with pro-climber Tommy Caldwell about how a warming climate is changing the outdoor sport and making it even more dangerous.

Pakistan's beloved mangoes are at risk as climate change shrinks harvest

5:20pm August 05, 2022

by Diaa Hadid

Pakistanis proudly call their sweet mangoes "the king of fruit," and the country even practices "mango diplomacy." But can it survive climate change?

Deep sea mining could provide materials to help us quit fossil fuels — but at a cost

5:12pm August 05, 2022

Building everything necessary for fighting climate change is going require metal. There's plenty on the ocean floor. But extracting it is controversial because it involves deep sea mining.

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Faced with drought, a wine region in central California looks to develop a spaceport

5:41pm August 04, 2022

by Benjamin Purper

California's Central Coast is facing a future with much less water. Vineyards and the irrigation they need aren't sustainable. So Paso Robles is courting a spaceport as the region's new moneymaker.

Encore: Sprite ditches its iconic green bottle, but critics say it's not enough

5:41pm August 04, 2022

by Becky Sullivan

For decades, Sprite has come in green bottles, but the company says clear plastic is more easily recycled. Environmentalists say the issue is not the color but the single-use plastic.

Seaweed covers the Atlantic shore in Frigate Bay, St. Kitts and Nevis, on Wednesday. A record amount of seaweed is smothering Caribbean coasts from Puerto Rico to Barbados.

A record amount of seaweed is choking shores in the Caribbean

11:00am August 03, 2022

by The Associated Press

Seaweed is smothering Caribbean coasts from Puerto Rico to Barbados as tons of brown algae kill wildlife, choke the tourism industry and release toxic gases.

High tide flooding in downtown Annapolis, Md., in 2021. The number of days with high tide flooding is accelerating on the East and Gulf coasts.

Floods are getting more common. Do you know your risk?

8:18am August 03, 2022

by Rebecca Hersher

Climate change means more rain and higher seas, which adds up to more flooded homes. Even a small amount of water indoors can cost a lot.

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FEMA coordinator describes catastrophic flooding in Kentucky

4:58pm August 02, 2022

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with FEMA's Federal Coordinating Officer Brett Howard overseeing the disaster response to massive floods in the Appalachian mountain communities in Kentucky.