Covering ClimateHere & Now's continued coverage of climate change and environmental news.Trouble in paradise: Stress caused by climate change leads to albatross divorceA new study shows that as the ocean's water surface temperatures rise, monogamous albatross mates are more likely to break up. Play04:527 hours agoChina increases use of coal this year despite pledging to reduce fossil fuelsThe skyrocketing demand for coal is driving new mining, coal stockpiling and widespread power cuts.Play05:09Dec 6, 2021How hydroelectric dams fit into the U.S. energy portfolioHarnessing energy from rivers accounted for about 7% of electrical generation in the U.S. last year.Play06:16Dec 3, 2021Restoring Colorado's forests lost to wildfiresIt’s been a little more than a year since Colorado experienced the biggest wildfires in the state’s history.Play04:56Dec 2, 2021President Biden is going all-in on wind powerEarlier this year, the White House called for 30 gigawatts of offshore wind by 2030.Play06:41Dec 2, 2021A bright future ahead: The U.S. wants to grow solar from less than 4% to 45% of its energy portfolioAt this point, very little electricity comes from solar power in the United States.Play09:01Dec 1, 2021How nuclear power fits into a carbon-free energy futureGovernments around the world are trying to reduce the amount of planet-warming pollution in the atmosphere, and that means many are now taking a closer look at nuclear power.Play07:00Nov 30, 2021Airlines need to cut emissions. That will make flying more expensiveThe United States has a goal of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions from the U.S. aviation industry by 2050. But meeting that goal is going to be a big challenge.Play04:57Nov 24, 2021Ending gas cars: An environmentalists' dream that went mainstreamThe push to phase out gas cars shows an understanding of the urgency to act on climate change.Play04:19Nov 17, 2021Colorado River Basin to receive much of Western water infrastructure moneyOut West, a good chunk of money will go toward upgrading critical water infrastructure in a region where climate change has led to shorter winters, warmer temperatures and drier soil...Play05:42Nov 17, 2021Human rights abuses run rampant in the renewable energy sector, report findsIt's just as common as in the fossil fuel sector, according to the report. Play06:21Nov 17, 2021After COP26, Washington Post investigation finds flawed climate dataCOP26 ended recently without any binding agreements on the cutting of carbon emissions. But a new report by The Washington Post argues that we might be further than ever from...Play09:18Nov 16, 2021COP26 ends with some compromises but mostly disappointmentsThere were agreements on curbing emissions as well as a blanket call to draw down fossil fuel use.Play05:28Nov 15, 2021'Our people are watching': Barbados PM's warning about climate change among memorable COP26 speechesActivists and world leaders have taken the opportunity over the past two weeks to deliver powerful speeches about the future of the planet.Play06:05Nov 12, 2021Flood control lessons from the Dutch as we enter a wetter futureLike many parts of the world, the Netherlands experienced heavy rainfall this year. But unlike its neighboring countries, it averted disastrous floods.Play10:58Nov 12, 2021Bridging faith and science in the existential struggle against climate changeKatharine Hayhoe, chief scientist for the Nature Conservancy and a devout Christian, shares how she bridges the divide.Play10:57Nov 12, 2021Frequency of wildfires in Alaska concerns scientistsThere's evidence that the frequency and intensity of burning in that state have increased in recent decades.Play06:02Nov 12, 2021Forced relocation of Native Americans has made them more vulnerable to climate change, study findsA study shows how forced relocation of Native Americans in the U.S. has moved them to lands more susceptible to climate change.Play10:46Nov 11, 2021For one Pennsylvania farmer, cutting methane emissions helps businessDairy farmer Brett Reinford first installed methane digesters on his family farm 13 years ago.Play09:26Nov 11, 2021Glaciers, disappearing at alarming rate, prove no match for global warmingCitizens from around the world have converged on COP26 to beg for leaders to save glaciers.Play11:07Nov 10, 2021Next Page
Trouble in paradise: Stress caused by climate change leads to albatross divorceA new study shows that as the ocean's water surface temperatures rise, monogamous albatross mates are more likely to break up. Play04:527 hours ago
China increases use of coal this year despite pledging to reduce fossil fuelsThe skyrocketing demand for coal is driving new mining, coal stockpiling and widespread power cuts.Play05:09Dec 6, 2021
How hydroelectric dams fit into the U.S. energy portfolioHarnessing energy from rivers accounted for about 7% of electrical generation in the U.S. last year.Play06:16Dec 3, 2021
Restoring Colorado's forests lost to wildfiresIt’s been a little more than a year since Colorado experienced the biggest wildfires in the state’s history.Play04:56Dec 2, 2021
President Biden is going all-in on wind powerEarlier this year, the White House called for 30 gigawatts of offshore wind by 2030.Play06:41Dec 2, 2021
A bright future ahead: The U.S. wants to grow solar from less than 4% to 45% of its energy portfolioAt this point, very little electricity comes from solar power in the United States.Play09:01Dec 1, 2021
How nuclear power fits into a carbon-free energy futureGovernments around the world are trying to reduce the amount of planet-warming pollution in the atmosphere, and that means many are now taking a closer look at nuclear power.Play07:00Nov 30, 2021
Airlines need to cut emissions. That will make flying more expensiveThe United States has a goal of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions from the U.S. aviation industry by 2050. But meeting that goal is going to be a big challenge.Play04:57Nov 24, 2021
Ending gas cars: An environmentalists' dream that went mainstreamThe push to phase out gas cars shows an understanding of the urgency to act on climate change.Play04:19Nov 17, 2021
Colorado River Basin to receive much of Western water infrastructure moneyOut West, a good chunk of money will go toward upgrading critical water infrastructure in a region where climate change has led to shorter winters, warmer temperatures and drier soil...Play05:42Nov 17, 2021
Human rights abuses run rampant in the renewable energy sector, report findsIt's just as common as in the fossil fuel sector, according to the report. Play06:21Nov 17, 2021
After COP26, Washington Post investigation finds flawed climate dataCOP26 ended recently without any binding agreements on the cutting of carbon emissions. But a new report by The Washington Post argues that we might be further than ever from...Play09:18Nov 16, 2021
COP26 ends with some compromises but mostly disappointmentsThere were agreements on curbing emissions as well as a blanket call to draw down fossil fuel use.Play05:28Nov 15, 2021
'Our people are watching': Barbados PM's warning about climate change among memorable COP26 speechesActivists and world leaders have taken the opportunity over the past two weeks to deliver powerful speeches about the future of the planet.Play06:05Nov 12, 2021
Flood control lessons from the Dutch as we enter a wetter futureLike many parts of the world, the Netherlands experienced heavy rainfall this year. But unlike its neighboring countries, it averted disastrous floods.Play10:58Nov 12, 2021
Bridging faith and science in the existential struggle against climate changeKatharine Hayhoe, chief scientist for the Nature Conservancy and a devout Christian, shares how she bridges the divide.Play10:57Nov 12, 2021
Frequency of wildfires in Alaska concerns scientistsThere's evidence that the frequency and intensity of burning in that state have increased in recent decades.Play06:02Nov 12, 2021
Forced relocation of Native Americans has made them more vulnerable to climate change, study findsA study shows how forced relocation of Native Americans in the U.S. has moved them to lands more susceptible to climate change.Play10:46Nov 11, 2021
For one Pennsylvania farmer, cutting methane emissions helps businessDairy farmer Brett Reinford first installed methane digesters on his family farm 13 years ago.Play09:26Nov 11, 2021
Glaciers, disappearing at alarming rate, prove no match for global warmingCitizens from around the world have converged on COP26 to beg for leaders to save glaciers.Play11:07Nov 10, 2021
