Trump’s Air Pollution Adviser Actually Said That Clean Air Saves No Lives
Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by Reveal. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Last spring, air pollution researchers from around the world gathered to discuss their latest findings. Among them were scientists who led landmark studies linking smog and soot to…
This Video Perfectly Captures How the US Failed to Combat Climate Change
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. After a week of near-nonstop, dire climate news, Vox published a 12-minute video today that painfully illustrates how repeatedly the US failed to make an effective stand against global warming. Beginning, fittingly, with Al Gore—”I’ve been trying to tell this story for 30 years”—the video traces the history of broken…
President Trump Just Visited the Trail of Devastation Hurricane Michael Left Behind
Evan Vucci/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Monday, President Donald Trump headed to Florida to tour the areas affected by Hurricane Michael. Last week, the storm made landfall as a powerful Category 4 in Florida’s Panhandle, leaving behind a wake of devastation and destruction. Will be leaving for Florida and…
Dead Whales Once Saved Polar Bears From Climate Change, But Not This Time
Paul Zinken/picture alliance via Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by Atlas Obscura. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Polar bears need ice, because ice leads them to seals, and seals are their favorite. But as soon as 2040, the warming Arctic is going to…
Florida Has It All: Hurricanes, Toxic Algae, and Stifling Heat
(Joe Cavaretta/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by Grist. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. No one really knew what would happen when Hurricane Michael hit Florida’s red tide. The toxic algae bloom has plagued Florida’s Gulf Coast this year, killing fish,…
This Amazing True-Crime Story Involves Bees, Thieves, and Almonds
Honeybees return to a hive at an apiary in California’s Central Valley. Bees have become big business in California, as they are an essential ingredient in the state’s yearly almond harvest.Paul Kuroda for Reveal Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by the Reveal. It appears here as part of…