NEW YORK (AP) — In the opening scene of American writer Kim Stanley Robinson’s “The Ministry for the Future,” a heat wave combined with a breakdown of the electrical grid in India kills 20 million people. The devastation causes the world’s nations to unite to combat climate change. Scientists have …
The president may disdain clean energy tech, but energy storage is also crucial for A.I. and defense — and China’s dominance in the sector has officials worried. President Trump has been scornful of electric cars for years. But his administration is now pouring billions of dollars into the battery …
The Hawk Fire in northwest Reno, Nevada, ballooned to more than 15,000 acres by Sunday, forcing mandatory evacuations for 42,000 residents. Officials say the wildfire was caused by human activity, but there is no indication it was set intentionally.
A memo reviewed by The Washington Post, circulated by U.S. diplomats, comes as negotiations over a plastics treaty reach a critical point. The United States has doubled down on its opposition to plastic production limits in global treaty talks, according to a diplomatic memo reviewed by The …
Here’s what to consider instead. Popular conceptions of farming tend to associate good animal welfare with environmental virtue — an intuition so strong that researchers have described a “humane halo” effect, where consumers who are told that a farm uses better environmental practices also assume …
A rare convergence of a powerful El Niño, super king tides and sea level rise spurred by climate change could menace California with record coastal flooding this winter. Already, officials are observing higher tides than typical. Swells are eroding beaches, damaging parking lots and bathrooms, and …
This summer’s deadly heat calls for news coverage based on science, not ideology. In June, during the first of the record heat waves to scorch Europe …
Even the most calm, cheerful and mild-mannered among us might notice their mood worsens on extremely hot days. And they’re right: The heat can make us feel cranky, irritable or downright angry—and there’s a scientific reason for it.
NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben speaks with Jørgen Hollesen, a Senior Researcher at the National Museum of Denmark, about how climate change is impacting the study of archaeology. DANIELLE KURTZLEBEN, HOST: Earlier this summer, Europeans stumbled across ancient mammoth skeletons and rotting Nazi warships …