Electric cars: Norway's latest climate-friendly trend
The Norwegian government is encouraging drivers to buy electric cars by offering incentives that are hard to turn down
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President Obama discussed the global threat of climate change at the U.N. climate summit in Paris
President Obama discussed the global threat of climate change at the U.N. climate summit in Paris. CBS News correspondent Margaret Brennan has analysis for CBSN.
Obama calls climate change an "imperative" despite terror threat
The president explained why the world is focusing on climate amid a terror threat before leaving the Paris climate talks
Paris climate talks: What comes next?
The success of the summit largely depends on how seriously countries take the commitments they have made
Rising arctic temperatures have scientists nervous that trapped greenhouse gasses may be escaping the frozen ground and increasing global warming
Rising arctic temperatures have scientists nervous that trapped greenhouse gasses may be escaping the frozen ground and increasing global warming. Mark Phillips reports.
As world leaders meet in Paris to discuss combating air pollution and climate change, residents in China are struggling for a breath of fresh air, particularly in Beijing
As world leaders meet in Paris to discuss combating air pollution and climate change, residents in China are struggling for a breath of fresh air, particularly in Beijing. Seth Doane is there with a report.
At the Global Climate Summit in Paris, President Obama pitched an international deal to cut carbon emissions
At the Global Climate Summit in Paris, President Obama pitched an international deal to cut carbon emissions. He said the United States has a responsibility to lead the battle against climate change. Margaret Brennan reports.
Extreme photos of pollution
These pictures illustrate the importance of reducing greenhouse emissions and curbing the flow of harmful pollutants into the environment
What is COP21? Mysterious acronyms of Paris climate talks
UNFCCC? AOSIS? How to decipher the coded language of the climate talks
Extreme weather threats
In the last two decades weather-related disasters claimed more than 600,000 lives and affected more than 4.1 billion people, according to the UN
World leaders kick off Paris climate summit
The Paris terror attacks cast a long shadow over the start of the two-week summit on slowing global warming
Some of the most important new research on the subject is being done in Svalbard, a collection of Norwegian islands just 800 miles from the North Pole
World leaders may be negotiating in Paris about climate change, but some of the most important new research on the subject is being done far away from civilization in Svalbard, a collection of Norwegian islands just 800 miles from the North Pole. Mark Phillips reports on 22-year-old American Sarah Strand and her Swedish colleague Norbert Pirk who are trying to unlock secrets of climate change that have been frozen into the landscape for tens of thousands of years.
Unlocking climate change secrets in the frozen north
A young American scientist is in on remote Norwegian islands, where global warming is happing faster than anywhere else
Beijing is currently experiencing the worst pollution it has seen so far this year
As world leaders meet in Paris for the United Nations Climate Change Conference, Beijing is currently experiencing the worst pollution it has seen so far this year. Officials have issued an "orange" alert, which suspends construction, limits factory work and warns residents to stay indoors. Seth Doane reports from Beijing on how the country is fighting to bring life-threatening pollution under control.
As leaders meet, pollution "beyond index" in Bejing
World Health Organization says maximum safe air quality index is 25, today in the Chinese capital it hit 608
A new CBS News/New York Times poll shows 66 percent of Americans say the U.S. should join an international treaty to reduce global warming
Nearly 150 world leaders are meeting in Paris for the largest-ever climate change summit. A new CBS News/New York Times poll shows 66 percent of Americans say the U.S. should join an international treaty to reduce global warming. Margaret Brennan reports from Paris, where security concerns threaten to overshadow the talks.
Global warming and the Paris climate change conference
CBS News/New York Times polled Americans on global warming and the environment, ahead of the climate change conference in Paris
Why 2 degrees are so important to the climate
Paris climate talks aim to stop the Earth from warming more than 2 degrees Celsius; here's the story behind that number
Paris Climate Summit: What you need to know
Representatives from around the globe are gathering for a major two-week summit on slowing global warming
World rallies for action against climate change
Hundreds of thousands take part in rallies around the globe on the eve of the COP21 climate conference in Paris, calling on leaders to halt climate change
U.N.: 2015 is the hottest year on record
Things are so bad, the World Meteorological Organization made the proclamation without waiting for the end of the year
Prince Charles: Climate change fueled crisis in Syria
The prince, a longtime environmentalist, says climate change is playing a dangerous role in world events
Britain's Prince Charles says climate change and drought have helped destabilize Syria, contributing to the refugee crisis
In an interview with Britain's Sky News, Prince Charles said climate change and drought have helped destabilize Syria, contributing to the refugee crisis.
Antarctica is gaining ice, so why is Earth still warming?
It may seem like a contradiction, but scientists say these changes in the Antarctic are a worrying sign
Bernie Sanders doubles down on climate change-terrorism link
The Vermont senator tells "Face the Nation" climate change the greatest national security threat
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Iguana shocks zookeepers with "virgin birth" of 8 hatchlings
"When we confirmed the eggs were fertile without any contact with a male, our jaws hit the floor," a U.K. zoo director said after an iguana gave birth to eight healthy babies.
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.