Obama to sound alarm on climate change
President will deliver a call to action during his commencement address at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy
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MIT: solar critical to confronting climate change
Major policy shifts needed to increase what now accounts for only one percent of global electricity production
As temperatures increase, so will extinction rates
A new study found that one in six species on the planet could face extinction due to the effects of climate change
GOP conservatives remain skeptical on climate change: Poll
A majority of conservative Republicans believe global warming will never happen, or it won't happen in their lifetime
Obama: "No greater threat" than climate change
Ahead of Earth Day, the president wants America to focus on the dangers of global warming
Obama's climate change plan faces high-profile legal challenge
Critics of the Clean Power Plan want to stop it in its tracks, before the new regulations are even implemented
The White House is launching a new initiative to help combat the effects of climate change, including asthma and allergies
The White House is launching a new initiative to help combat the effects of climate change, including asthma and allergies. CBS News chief medical correspondent Dr. Jon LaPook sat down with President Obama to discuss the environment's impact on personal health.
These states are least concerned about global warming
New survey maps Americans' varying beliefs about climate change, what's causing it and what - if anything - needs to be done
Climate change forcing polar bears to go on diet
As sea ice melts, polar bears on land are having to make do with berries and bird eggs instead of more satisfying seals
One-fifth of New England's plant life threatened
Farming, climate change and harvesting for pharmaceutical use could devastate biodiversity all the way up the food chain
Climate change could make your food taste worse
Rising temperatures in the coming years may result in less tasty vegetables, meat and dairy products, report says
Hawaii frets over vanishing beaches
Climate change-related rising sea levels are expected to intensify erosion; "It's half of our economy"
Climate change could be good news for gray whales
A new study finds that the whales, once extinct in the Atlantic Ocean, could return as Arctic ice melts and sea levels rise
Global cost of flooding to increase tenfold by 2030
Study finds that in 15 years, floods driven by climate change and development will put $52 billion and 54 million people at risk
Sen. Jim Inhofe denies climate change, tosses snow ball in Congress
The Oklahoma Republican, who chairs the Senate Environment and Public Works committee, has long argued climate change is a "hoax"
Could climate change take oysters off the menu?
A new study finds that ocean acidification due to climate change may seriously hurt the U.S. shellfish industry
The Doomsday Clock, an ominous metaphor for dangers facing the world, was moved forward two minutes by a group of prominent scientists, reflecting concerns over climate change and the state of the world's nuclear arsenals
The Doomsday Clock, an ominous metaphor for dangers facing the world, was moved forward two minutes by a group of prominent scientists, reflecting concerns over climate change and the state of the world's nuclear arsenals.
In his State of the Union address, President Obama made the case for strong environmental policies, pointing to the fact that 2014 was the hottest year on record
In his State of the Union address, President Obama made the case for strong environmental policies, pointing to the fact that 2014 was the hottest year on record.
2014 proves hottest on record
Heat waves from Australia to Alaska contributed to temperatures being the warmest recorded since 1880, says a report released Friday
Giant pandas under threat from global warming
Pandas have seen their numbers rise thanks to conservation efforts in China but those gains could be undermined by climate change
To slow global warming, massive restraint needed
Researchers say that to meet climate change goals would require saving half our gas reserves and putting a virtual ban on coal
11 species threatened by climate change
As the world warms, many plants and animals are struggling to adapt
Nearly 100 feet of beach that served as a buffer between the Atlantic and the launch pads has been lost since 2003
Climate change threatens NASA's launch pads in Florida. Nearly 100 feet of beach that served as a buffer between the Atlantic and the launch pads has been lost since 2003. Vicente Arenas reports from the Kennedy Space Center.
Hotter, weirder: How climate change has changed Earth
In the last three decades, climate change has contributed to higher temps, more fires, less ice and rising, more acidic oceans
What will make the skeptics accept climate change?
If you think that further storms, droughts and floods will make a difference, think again
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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.