Apr 08 Watch 8:50 Millions of people witness rare total solar eclipse across North America By Miles O'Brien, Shoshana Dubnow, Eliot Barnhart Millions of people on Monday watched a rare total eclipse cut across the U.S., Mexico and Canada, plunging some towns and cities into darkness for several minutes. In many other places it was a chance to view a partial eclipse. Continue watching
Apr 08 Carbon dioxide, methane levels in the atmosphere hit record highs last year By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press Both greenhouse gases jumped 5.5% over the past decade of souped-up climate change. The third biggest human-caused greenhouse gas, nitrous oxide, also spiked to a record high. Continue reading
Apr 08 PHOTOS: The 2024 total solar eclipse By Associated Press The first location in continental North America to experience totality: Mexico's Pacific coast, at around 2 p.m. EDT. The eclipse exits continental North America on the Atlantic coast of Canada less than two hours later. Continue reading
Apr 08 Why batteries come in many different shapes and sizes By Wesley Chang, The Conversation The first batteries were made in the 1800s and have changed a lot since then. The reason batteries come in so many types has as much to do with history as innovation. Continue reading
Apr 08 WATCH: The 2024 total solar eclipse By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press A chilly, midday darkness fell across North America on Monday as a total solar eclipse raced across the continent, thrilling those lucky enough to behold the spectacle through clear skies. Continue reading
Apr 07 Climate change is shifting plant growth zones. Here’s what to know for your garden this year By Matt Kasson, The Conversation As climate change warms the Earth, plant hardiness zones are shifting northward. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has updated its plant hardiness zone map, which shows where various plants will grow across the country. Continue reading
Apr 06 Watch 5:48 Food waste is a global problem. Here are major drivers and what can be done about it By Ali Rogin, Winston Wilde More than 2 billion people, about a third of the world’s population, face food insecurity. At the same time, a recent UN report estimated that more than 1 billion metric tons of food went to waste in 2022, enough to… Continue watching
Apr 06 Watch 5:30 Why air quality is getting worse in many places and how it puts human health at risk By William Brangham, Andrew Corkery While the U.S. has made great progress improving air quality in recent decades, air pollution is still a driver of many serious health conditions both domestically and globally. According to a new report, only seven countries met the World Health… Continue watching
Apr 06 Watch 1:16 Dozens of endangered sea turtles released off the coast of Georgia By John Yang, Kaisha Young On Jekyll Island off the Georgia coast, some sea turtles and people who care about their survival marked a small victory on Thursday. The Georgia Sea Turtle Center teamed up with volunteers from Northeast aquariums and conservation groups to move… Continue watching
Apr 05 Amid legal challenges, SEC pauses its climate disclosure rule By Suman Naishadham, Associated Press The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday said it would pause the implementation of its new climate disclosure rule while it defended the regulation in court. Continue reading