Climate change turning sea turtle babies female
A new study finds warmer temperatures are having a dramatic impact on the green sea turtle population
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Natural disasters cost U.S. a record $306B last year
Sixteen natural disasters cost more than a billion dollars each in 2017, and the total cost blew past the previous U.S. record
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From greenlighting the Keystone Pipeline to removing climate change from the list of national security threats, President Trump has done much to undo climate policies enacted by former President Obama. Axios energy reporter Amy Harder joins CBSN to discuss what to expect from his administration in 2018.
Why is it so cold right now in a warmer world?
More than 1,600 daily records for cold were tied or broken in the last week of December, according to NOAA
Why the winter cold snap doesn't disprove climate change
Atmospheric scientist Adam Sobel disputes President Trump's suggestion that we "could use a little bit of that good old Global Warming"
Trump mocks climate change
President Trump is catching heat for a tweet he wrote that appears to mock climate change by saying the frigid East Coast could use some "good old Global Warming." Atmospheric scientist and Columbia University professor Adam Sobel joined CBSN to talk about the science behind climate change and how the cold weather fits in.
Trump: Maybe frigid East could use some "good old Global Warming"
With frigid temperatures in much of U.S., president weighs in and sparks controversy
"Climate gentrification" takes housing to new heights
Rising sea levels in coastal areas could recalibrate land values, pushing poorer people out of safer areas
As climate warms, humidity could put lives in danger
Dangerous combination of higher heat and humidity could make it risky to work or even live in certain areas, researchers say
327 toxic Superfund sites in climate change bulls-eye: AP
The sites are prone to flooding, which can spread toxins, or vulnerable to climate change-linked sea level rise, analysis finds
U.S. experienced 15 billion-dollar natural disasters in 2017, group says
The disasters included one drought event, two flooding events, one freeze event, seven severe storm events, three tropical cyclone events and one wildfire event
How did global warming affect Hurricane Harvey?
Researchers also believe climate change goosed aspects of hurricanes Irma and Maria
Sea ice melting at fastest pace in 1,500 years
Scientists remain concerned because the far northern region is warming twice as fast as the rest of the globe
Emmanuel Macron interview with Jeff Glor -- full transcript
French president sat down with "CBS Evening News" anchor in Paris
Leaders ramp up climate fight, with "momentum" from Trump
Paris summit takes aim at emissions on 2 year anniversary of climate accord Trump wants U.S. to abandon
One-on-one with Macron
CBS News had an extended conversation with French President Emmanuel Macron Monday on a number of issues including terrorism, the future of Jerusalem, and more. We began with the One Planet Summit, which was organized by Macron to focus on climate change following President Trump’s decision to pull the U.S. out of the Paris accord.
Macron says it was "aggressive" for U.S. to decide to leave Paris climate accord
"CBS Evening News" anchor Jeff Glor sat down with French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday
France announces winners of climate change grants
The majority of applicants for the "Make Our Planet Great Again" grants, and 13 of the 18 winners, were U.S.-based researchers
Photographer shares "soul-crushing" video of dying polar bear
The video shows the polar bear suffering after the troubling affects of starvation had run its course because of climate change
France lures U.S. scientists with anti-Trump climate grants
President Emmanuel Macron to unveil grant winners ahead of climate summit aimed at boosting Paris accord abandoned by Trump
Governor Brown
When it comes to climate change, California Governor Jerry Brown says President Trump doesn't have the fear of the wrath of God
Food and climate
Food systems account for as much as one-third of the world's greenhouse gas emissions. The Natural Resources Defense Council's Sujatha Jahagirdar joins CBSN to explain how to lessen your diet's impact on the planet.
Report: Earth is warming faster
A new report published in the journal Nature says the Earth's temperatures could rise 15 percent more than expected by 2100. The report's authors looked at data from the weather models that most accurately reflect current conditions in the atmosphere to support their findings.
Obama at climate summit
Former President Barack Obama spoke in Chicago Tuesday about the need to push forward against climate change, despite the current administration's opposition. Watch his remarks at the North American Climate Summit.
Obama warns the "climate is changing faster than our efforts to address it"
The former president is in Chicago explaining what was behind the actions he took on climate change
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Village swallowed by the sea 8,500 years ago found off Denmark
Divers have collected evidence of a Stone Age settlement lost to rising seas after the last ice age from the seabed off Denmark's coast.
World's first commercial carbon storage facility gets first CO2 injection
The first commercial carbon storage facility has been inaugurated off Norway's coast, but is storing CO2 deep under the seabed really the answer?
U.S. scientists work to preserve vulnerable species at a Smithsonian lab
Experts at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute care for endangered species on 32,000 sprawling acres in Northern Virginia.
See Hurricane Erin from the International Space Station
As Hurricane Erin hovered over the Atlantic Ocean, the first hurricane of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season was spotted from above by cameras on the ISS.
Capturing the melting of glaciers, with data and art
For more than 40 years, glaciologist Mauri Pelto has been measuring shrinking glaciers in Washington State. He's been joined by his daughter, artist-scientist Jill Pelto, whose watercolors provide another view of the drastically-changing landscape.
Capturing the melting of glaciers, with data and art
For more than 40 years, glaciologist Mauri Pelto has been measuring the shrinking glaciers in the rugged North Cascade Mountains of Washington State. He's been joined by his daughter, artist-scientist Jill Pelto, whose watercolors provide another view of the drastically-changing landscape, as the effects of human-caused climate change on glaciers becomes even more starkly apparent. This story was provided by Climate Central.
What a shooting star looks like up close
A meteorite appeared as a fireball seen in several states, including Georgia, where it landed in a house. Dave Malkoff explores its past.
62-year-old fish thought to be oldest-ever trout found in Great Lakes
Researchers say that a lake trout recently captured in Lake Superior is believed to be the oldest-known specimen of its species ever caught in the Great Lakes, estimated to be 62 years old.
mRNA tech could help fight cancer, but cuts threaten progress, experts say
Federal funding cuts to mRNA technology research doesn't just impact COVID vaccines — experts say it could stall progress in treatment for cancers, rare disease and more.
New species of "deceptively cute" ancient whale found on beach
Scientists have discovered a razor-toothed whale that prowled the seas 26 million years ago, saying the species was "deceptively cute" but a dangerous predator.
Why ASMR is making a lot of noise
ASMR (or autonomous sensory meridian response) is the tingling sensation some people experience from certain sounds or visuals – a "brain massage," in the words of Maria Viktorovna, who's been called the "ASMR queen." Correspondent Faith Salie talks with Viktorovna about her wildly successful "Gentle Whispering" videos, and with physiology professor Craig Richard, who discusses ASMR's physical effects. Salie also visits Whisperwave, New York City's first ASMR spa. [Originally broadcast Dec. 8, 2024.]
Meteorite that ripped through Georgia home's roof is older than Earth
A mysterious fireball blazed across the sky in broad daylight on June 26, sparking hundreds of siting reports in Georgia and South Carolina.
Butterfly populations rapidly declining in Midwest
A new study finds that butterfly populations are rapidly declining in the Midwest. Elise Zipkin, one of the authors of the study, joins "The Daily Report" to discuss.
Perseids meteor shower will peak this week. But will the moon ruin views?
The Perseids meteor shower — considered one of the best shows in the sky — is set to peak this week.
New image shows high-speed comet visiting from another solar system
Discovered last month by a telescope in Chile, the comet known as 3I-Atlas is only the third known interstellar object to pass our way.