Environment

Climate change activists from the group Extinction Rebellion demonstrate on Lambeth Bridge in central London on Monday. The group has planned protests in Europe, North America and Australia over the next two weeks.

How A Small English Town Spurred The Group That's Reshaping Global Climate Protests

2:44pm October 07, 2019

by Joanna Kakissis

The town of Stroud has long been an incubator for activism. Last year, it gave rise to the group Extinction Rebellion, which has rallied thousands globally to demand action on climate change.

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Fight To Slow Climate Change Produces New Wave Of British Activists

6:01am October 07, 2019

by Joanna Kakissis

In an activist town in the English countryside, parents have sparked a global movement by planning law-breaking disruptions so their Brexit-consumed politicians will focus on stopping climate change.

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A minke whale breaks the surface near Boothbay Harbor in the Gulf of Maine on Aug. 10, 2018. Researchers say warming in the gulf is driving whales into waters farther north where fewer environmental protections exist.

The Gulf Of Maine Is Warming, And Its Whales Are Disappearing

3:41pm October 06, 2019

Waters off the coast of Maine are warming faster than 99 percent of the world's oceans. That's forcing whales northward in pursuit of prey, threatening some of their already dwindling populations.

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Ocean Cleanup Project Finally Collects Plastic From Great Pacific Garbage Patch

5:52pm October 05, 2019

That giant pile of plastic trash in the ocean just got a little smaller. Dutch inventor Boyan Slat's Ocean Cleanup project recently collected its first plastic from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

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The ocean (right) and the lagoon (left) are separated by a thin strip of land in Funafuti, Tuvalu. The small South Pacific island nation is striving to mitigate the effects of climate change. Tuvalu's 11,000 inhabitants see effects such as rising sea leve

'We Need Support': Pacific Islands Seek Help And Unity To Fight Climate Change

11:57am October 05, 2019

by Ashley Westerman

They are urging the international community for more resources to help manage climate change and calling for larger countries to cut their carbon emissions.

Environment

Climate Change In Canada's Yukon

8:01am October 05, 2019

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Paul Josie, a member of the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation, about how climate change in Canada's Yukon territory is affecting his community.

New Research: China Is Winning Some Health-Care Battles — And Losing Others

7:01am October 05, 2019

by Susan Brink

A suite of new research shows the country beating infectious diseases over the last two decades. But deaths from lifestyle-related diseases like cancer and diabetes are on the rise.

Climate Change Lags Behind Other Issues On Charitable Giving Despite Large Donations

4:59pm October 04, 2019

by Nathan Rott

A staggering $750 million donation was given to Caltech to fund climate change and sustainability research. But can private philanthropists fill in the funding gap left by the federal government?

A new study finds that tuna harvests, including of some species considered "vulnerable," have increased by an astonishing 1,000% in the last 60 years — a rate that some scientists warn is unsustainable.

We're Pulling Tuna Out Of The Ocean At Unprecedented — And Unsustainable — Rates

2:02pm October 04, 2019

by Clare Leschin-Hoar

A new study finds that tuna harvests, including of some species considered "vulnerable," have increased by an astonishing 1,000% in the last 60 years — a rate some scientists warn is unsustainable.

The Akademik Federov in heavy ice, Sept. 29, 2019.

Researchers Are Freezing Their Ship Into Arctic Ice To Study Climate Change

1:38pm October 04, 2019

by Ravenna Koenig

An ambitious Arctic expedition has reached a milestone. Researchers have found a floe to freeze into, where they'll construct an observatory and study Arctic systems from a ship.