Transformational change is coming to how people live on Earth, UN climate adaptation report warns: Which path will humanity choose?

An author of the report explains the damaging effects climate change is already having and why adaptation is essential.

Edward R. Carr, Professor and Director, International Development, Community, and Environment, Clark University • conversation
Feb. 28, 2022 • ~9 min

A mild-mannered biker triggered a huge debate over humans' role in climate change – in the early 20th century

His theory, based on years of detailed climate and weather data, became known as the Callendar Effect. Today we call it global warming.

Sylvia G. Dee, Assistant Professor of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Rice University • conversation
Feb. 21, 2022 • ~8 min

How climate change threatens the Winter Olympics' future – even snowmaking has limits for saving the Games

Innovation made the 2022 Winter Games possible in Beijing, but snowmaking has limits in a warming climate.

Sunshine Swetnam, Assistant Professor of Natural Resources, Colorado State University • conversation
Feb. 19, 2022 • ~9 min

What will the Winter Olympics look like in a warming world? Snowmaking can defy climate change for only so long

Innovation made the 2022 Winter Games possible in Beijing, but snowmaking has limits in a warming climate.

Sunshine Swetnam, Assistant Professor of Natural Resources, Colorado State University • conversation
Feb. 19, 2022 • ~9 min

How climate change threatens the Winter Olympics' future – even snowmaking has limits for saving it

Innovation made the 2022 Winter Games possible in Beijing, but snowmaking has limits in a warming climate.

Sunshine Swetnam, Assistant Professor of Natural Resources, Colorado State University • conversation
Feb. 19, 2022 • ~9 min

How climate change threatens the Winter Olympics' future

Innovation made the 2022 Winter Games possible in Beijing, but snowmaking can go only so far in a warming climate.

Sunshine Swetnam, Assistant Professor of Natural Resources, Colorado State University • conversation
Feb. 19, 2022 • ~9 min

Rising costs of climate change threaten to make skiing a less diverse, even more exclusive sport

As temperatures warm, ski and snowboard resorts are investing more in snowmaking and seeing their seasons shrink. Those costs roll down to customers in an already expensive sport.

Lance Warwick, Graduate student, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign • conversation
Feb. 17, 2022 • ~8 min

What drives sea level rise? US report warns of 1-foot rise within three decades and more frequent flooding

A sea level scientist explains the two main ways climate change is threatening the coasts.

Jianjun Yin, Associate Professor of Geoscience, University of Arizona • conversation
Feb. 16, 2022 • ~6 min

What drives sea level rise? US report warns of 10-12 inches more by midcentury with frequent coastal flooding

A sea level scientist explains the two main ways climate change is threatening the coasts.

Jianjun Yin, Associate Professor of Geoscience, University of Arizona • conversation
Feb. 16, 2022 • ~6 min

What's causing sea level rise? It's now expected to add 10-12 inches by midcentury

A sea level scientist explains the two main ways climate change is threatening the coasts.

Jianjun Yin, Associate Professor of Geoscience, University of Arizona • conversation
Feb. 16, 2022 • ~6 min

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