Climate change

Wealthy adventurers and bucket listers rub shoulders with scientists looking to gather data as funding vanishes under the Trump administration. 

As the Trump administration continues slashing budgets of groups like the National Science Foundation, scientists may increasingly need to rely on private tour companies for their research. In contrast, global research shows 74% of Americans want our leaders to do more to address climate change. Meteorologist Chase Cain traveled to Antarctica to explore how ecotourism could help persuade climate skeptics...

A new study estimates that the world’s biggest corporations have caused $28 trillion in climate damage.

Harmful bleaching of the world’s coral has now grown to include 84% of the ocean’s reefs in the most intense event of its kind in recorded history.

Penguin chicks, whose coats are made of fluffy down feathers, aren’t as protected from the rain as adult penguins. Getting too wet can kill them.

As ice melts, water temperature changes, impacting ocean currents and sea life around the globe.

The algae that grows on patches of ice in Antarctica alters the albedo — or the ice’s reflectivity — enough to make the entire planet warm faster.

NOAA research shows it would take the average tree more than 1500 years to sequester the amount of carbon dioxide a whale can in a single year.

You’re about to go on vacation and must decide how to get there. What method of travel contributes the most greenhouse gas emissions? Test yourself.

National climate reporter Chase Cain and a team of scientists from the California Ocean Alliance traveled to Antarctica to track the growing impacts of coal, oil, and gas pollution on whales. The giant mammals help phytoplankton produce half of the oxygen human’s breathe but that job is threatened by Earth’s rising temperatures.

Millions of people around the world will pause on Tuesday, at least for a moment, to mark Earth Day. Here are answers to some common questions about Earth Day.

The Yale Climate Opinion Maps have been released from the Yale Program on Climate Change Communications. The goal is to study how people around the world are responding to the issue of climate change, mostly focusing on the U.S.

The Yale Climate Opinion Maps have been released from the Yale Program on Climate Change Communications, within the Yale School of the Environment. The goal is to study how people around the world are responding to the issue of climate change, mostly focusing on the United States. “We study how people around the world are responding to the issue of…

The coldest parts of our planet act like giant mirrors, reflecting the sun’s energy back to space. What happens when algae and pollution cover snow and ice? National climate reporter Chase Cain explains the ripple effects from Antarctica.

Stormtracker Meteorologist Steve Glazier recently talked with NBC climate reporter Chase Cain to learn firsthand about how we are affecting the conditions on the frozen continent.

At the Salk Institute in San Diego, scientists are using AI to identify roots which will make crops more resilient to drought, floods, and extreme heat. If successful, it could also mean extra revenue for farmers. National climate reporter Chase Cain got an exclusive look inside the high-tech lab.

Comedians have long used jokes to raise awareness of serious problems, and many are now turning the gaze to climate change.

NBC National Climate Reporter Chase Cain explains why bringing back coal may raise costs of energy and have a negative effect on our climate.

Public funding for agricultural research was already declining. Now Trump has frozen or paused support for a variety of research programs.

U.S. states are positioning themselves to compete for newer, cheaper nuclear reactors being developed as communities and tech giants compete in a race for electricity.