Scientists say reindeer may be shrinking due to this
Reindeer living on the Arctic island of Svalbard are getting smaller – and scientists think they know why
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Trump pick Scott Pruitt signals "180-degree shift" for EPA
Pruitt is a climate change skeptic who has long advocated against federal regulations and "the EPA's activist agenda"
Climate change's impact on coffee
A warming planet could make coffee harder to find. For his Climate Diaries series, Mark Phillips traveled to Mount Elgon in Uganda to find out how the greenhouse gases may be threatening your morning cup.
For many, coffee really is a matter of life and death
Climate change brings new challenges to estimated 120 million of world's poorest people, who depend on the crop not to wake up, but to survive
Weather Channel to Breitbart: Stop using us to mislead public
The Weather Channel: “Though we would prefer to focus on our usual coverage of weather and climate science, in this case we felt it important to add our two cents"
Climate concerns
2016 is on track to be the warmest year on record. Dr. Ari Friedlaender describes his research from Antarctica, which has seen major change due to global warming.
Ice melting
Scientists are trying to figure out what has been happening to the Arctic Sea. CBSN's Elaine Quijano has more on why its ice is melting.
Polar ice the size of India has melted into the sea, scientists say
Climate scientists are concerned about the latest report showing polar ice is rapidly vanishing
Australia considers new price tag on greenhouse gas pollution
Australia is among the world’s worst greenhouse gas polluters on a per capita basis
"Extreme" downpours could become much more common
Severe storms will happen nearly three times more often in the U.S. in the coming decades, scientists warn
Antarctic ice shelf melting
Scientists have issued a dire warning about the future of Antarctica.
Gorillas and climate change
There are less than 900 mountain gorillas left in the world, and their fight for survival is getting even harder. Climate change is forcing the apes to travel farther for food. In our continuing series, "The Climate Diaries," Mark Phillips went to the mountains of Rwanda to see what else is putting these endangered animals in harm's way.
California's next global warming target: dairy cows
An ambitious effort in California aims to cut down on methane emissions without driving dairy industry out of the state
Great Barrier Reef hits sad milestone
After the largest die-off of coral ever recorded on Australia's Great Barrier Reef, what comes next?
Wind turbines face uphill battle in New York
The dozens of wind turbines planned for western New York could be among the nation's tallest
The problem with Donald Trump's stance on global warming
The president-elect's statement to New York Times conflated weather and climate -- two vastly different phenomena
Heat records have become the new normal
The author of a new study warns: “This climate is on a trajectory that goes somewhere we’ve never been"
Fight against climate change runs into cold hard reality
The reality of today's carbon-emitting energy systems sinks in after the fanfare surrounding the Paris Agreement
Climate Diaries: Drought threatening mountain gorillas
Rains in Rwanda were a month late this year, impacting the food supply of the mountain gorillas
Endangered gorillas
A drought in Africa has altered the food supply for endangered mountain gorillas. Their problems are made worse by their human neighbors coming into their habitat, looking for food of their own. Mark Phillips reports for his ongoing series, The Climate Diaries.
France: U.S. must respect "irreversible" climate deal
French President Francois Hollande urged the Trump administration to respect the agreement signed by more than 190 countries
World set to break annual heat record – again
The U.N. reports global temperatures are soaring to a record high this year, even though carbon emissions are slowing
Supermoon elevates flooding risk in South Florida
South Florida, already susceptible to rising sea levels, faces possibility of ever more devastating “king tides” thanks to the lunar phenomenon
Kerry visits Antarctica, with climate legacy under threat
The secretary of state's visit follows years of work to make climate change a focus of U.S. diplomacy
Trump likely to take aim at Obama environment initiatives
A range of policies put in place to combat climate change and promote clean energy could be in jeopardy
Science
Northern lights might be visible across 18 states tonight
People in 18 U.S. states could see the green or red glow of the aurora in the sky Monday night into Tuesday.
"Punk rocker" dinosaur had long spikes, newly discovered fossils show
"Spicomellus is one of the strangest dinosaurs that we've ever discovered," the project's leader said.
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.