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Climate

Effects of surgery on a warming planet: Can anesthesia go green?

Effects of surgery on a warming planet: Can anesthesia go green?

Anesthesia revolutionized surgery by vanquishing patients' pain. But many of the chemicals are greenhouse gases. One Oregon doctor who has done the math says some are much less damaging to the planet.
by Kristian Foden-Vencil

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1 million animal and plant species are at risk of extinction, U.N. report says

1 million animal and plant species are at risk of extinction, U.N. report says

"Protecting biodiversity amounts to protecting humanity," says UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay, who warns that species are being lost at an alarming rate.
by Nathan Rott and Bill Chappell

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This winter tested Minnesota's readiness and resilience. How'd we do?

This winter tested Minnesota's readiness and resilience. How'd we do?

We slipped on the ice, scrambled for child care and spent good money on snow and ice dam removal. We saw barns collapse and were forced to cancel, cancel, cancel. As Minnesotans, we expect winter disruptions, but this winter put those expectations -- and the systems designed to meet them -- to the test.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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Most teachers don't teach climate change; 4 in 5 parents wish they did

Most teachers don't teach climate change; 4 in 5 parents wish they did

As students around the globe participate in Earth Day, a new NPR/Ipsos poll finds 55 percent of teachers don't teach or talk about climate change and 46 percent of parents haven't discussed it with their kids.
by Anya Kamenetz

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Floods show national security threat posed by climate change

Floods show national security threat posed by climate change

The military has warned that climate change is a security threat on many fronts. That includes "through direct impacts on U.S. military infrastructure and by affecting factors, including food and water availability, that can exacerbate conflict outside U.S. borders," the government's grim climate report said last year.
by The Associated Press

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Minnesota's famed winter isn't what it used to be

Minnesota's famed winter isn't what it used to be

Minnesota is among the fastest warming states, and Minnesota's winters are warming faster than its other seasons. Data show that since 1970, Minnesota's winters have warmed at an average rate of 1.1 degrees per decade -- that's more than five times faster than the rate of winter warming in previous years.
by Jeff Baenen, Associated Press and Amy Forliti, Associated Press

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Skipping school to protest climate change

Skipping school to protest climate change

Students around the world and across the U.S. skipped classes Friday to protest inaction on climate change. It's part of a wave of pressure from young people who say their future is at stake.
by Jeff Brady and Jennifer Ludden

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UN: Environment is deadly, worsening mess, but not hopeless

UN: Environment is deadly, worsening mess, but not hopeless

The report concludes "unsustainable human activities globally have degraded the Earth's ecosystems, endangering the ecological foundations of society." But it also says changes in the way the world eats, buys things, gets its energy and handles its waste could help fix the problems.
by The Associated Press

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