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News Articles: climate

Thousands of mosquitoes, encased in cardboard tubes, are loaded into a helicopter by Aidan Callahan, Layla Rohde and Nicole Ferguson of the Maui Forest Bird Recovery Project, part of a novel strategy to save Hawaii’s endangered birds.<br/>

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  • Climate

Hawaii's birds are going extinct. Their last hope could be millions of mosquitoes

Hawaii's unique birds, known as honeycreepers, are being wiped out by mosquitoes carrying avian malaria. The birds' last hope could be more mosquitoes, designed to crash their own population.

June 13, 2024
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By:
  • Lauren Sommer and
  • Ryan Kellman
Catastrophic flash floods killed dozens of people in eastern Kentucky in July 2022. Here, homes in Jackson, Ky., are flooded with water.

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  • Climate

Climate change is deadly. Exactly how deadly?

Multiple federal and state government agencies count the number of deaths from extreme floods, wildfires, heat waves and hurricanes. They don't always agree on which deaths should be counted.

June 12, 2024
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By:
  • Rebecca Hersher and
  • Alejandra Borunda
Pima County Medical Examiner Greg Hess at his office in Tucson, Ariz. Hess and another Arizona-based medical examiner are rethinking how to catalog and count heat-related deaths, a major step toward understanding the growing impacts of heat.

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  • Climate

Here's why an Arizona medical examiner is working to track heat-related deaths

No one across the U.S. is consistently tracking climate-fueled deaths. One medical examiner has a new protocol on heat-deaths.

June 11, 2024
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By:
  • Alejandra Borunda
Hurricane Ian passes over western Cuba in 2022, as captured by a U.S. weather satellite. Climate change is causing more extreme weather, and creates new challenges for weather forecasters.

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  • Climate

FAQ: 5 things to know about weather forecasts and climate change

Climate change means more extreme weather across the U.S. That’s a challenge for weather forecasters.

June 11, 2024
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By:
  • Rebecca Hersher
A trash can overflows as people sit outside of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington, D.C.

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  • Environment

Creating a throw-away culture: How companies ingrained plastics in modern life

Plastic has become embedded in everyday life. That’s because for the last 70 years, the plastics industry convinced consumers to embrace the material for its low cost and disposability.

June 09, 2024
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By:
  • Michael Copley
People walk through cooling misters on June 4, 2024 in Las Vegas. Tens of millions of people from California to Texas are experiencing intense heat. New data shows that the amount of planet-warming carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has hit a new record.

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  • Climate

There is more carbon dioxide than ever in the atmosphere. That’s bad for the climate

The amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere hit an all time high in May. That trend must reverse in order to rein in climate change.

June 07, 2024
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By:
  • Rebecca Hersher
When patients use telehealth or visit health care centers closer to home, the overall climate impact of health care can be reduced.

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  • Health

How to reduce health care’s climate impact? Increase telehealth

A new study finds telehealth for cancer treatment could make a big difference in reducing carbon footprint of health care. Health care generated 8.5% of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions and there’s a growing effort in medicine to find ways to reduce this impact.

June 06, 2024
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By:
  • Ronnie Cohen
Hurricane Lee (left) and Tropical Storm Margot, as seen from a NOAA satellite on Sept. 11, 2023.

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  • Weather

More than meets the eye of the storm: What Georgians should be prepared for this hurricane season

The National Hurricane Center's deputy director joined GPB to discuss the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season.

June 05, 2024
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By:
  • Benjamin Payne
Two students dancing at prom. Sinking sun during the 2022 California wildfires.

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  • Climate

Is it time to re-name "summer?" Plus, prom fashion is all grown up

Summer is supposed to be for vacation and more relaxation, right? Well, for climate watchers, this season goes by a more sinister name. Brittany and NPR climate correspondents Lauren Sommer and Nate Rott get into what changes in summer weather mean for how and where we live.

Then, it's prom season and high schoolers are showing out! But styles have changed since the days of poofy dresses and bedazzled purses: prom fashion has reportedly become more adult. For many young people, prom reflects their ideas of glamour, so does this shift say something new about the fantasies of girlhood? Brittany sits down with writer Hilary George-Parkin who wrote about the blurring of age in fashion.

May 31, 2024
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By:
  • Barton Girdwood,
  • Alexis Williams,
  • and 5 more
Mandy Messinger's early memories of her father, Craig, are of the smell of his tobacco pipe and how he taught her to throw a baseball. Craig Messinger, was killed in a flash flood near Philadelphia in 2021. She is still processing his death.

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  • Climate

Her father was killed in a climate-driven flood. Here's how she's remembering him

Mandy Messinger is one of hundreds who lose loved ones to climate-linked extreme weather each year in the U.S. Her father Craig Messinger was killed in a 2021 flash flood in the Philadelphia suburbs.

May 28, 2024
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By:
  • Rebecca Hersher
 A truck sits in still water after Hurricane Laura swept through Cameron Parish, La., in 2020. The storm killed dozens of people in the U.S.

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  • Climate

Have you lost someone to extreme weather? We want to hear from you

Wildfires, hurricanes, flash floods and heat waves contribute to deaths across the U.S. every year. Have you lost a loved one in an extreme weather event? Share your story.

May 28, 2024
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By:
  • Rebecca Hersher
In the face of human-caused climate change, paperbacks and e-readers each have pros and cons.

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  • Books

What’s better for the climate: A paper book, or an e-reader?

Books take a lot of resources to make. Digital readers do, too. What's the more sustainable option? The answer isn't straightforward.

May 26, 2024
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By:
  • Chloe Veltman
NOAA's GOES-16 satellite captured Hurricane Idalia approaching the western coast of Florida while Hurricane Franklin churned in the Atlantic Ocean at 5:01 p.m. EDT on August 29, 2023. (Image credit: NOAA Satellites)

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  • Weather

Heads up: NOAA forecasts ‘extraordinary’ 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, in strength and numbers

Forecasters expect between 17 and 25 named storms in the Atlantic Ocean during the 2024 season, about half of which are likely to become hurricanes.

May 23, 2024
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By:
  • Benjamin Payne
Hurricane Ian killed more than 150 people when it slammed into Florida in 2022. Here, Fort Myers, Fla., resident Stedi Scuderi looks over her apartment after it was inundated by flood water from the storm.

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  • Climate

The 2024 Atlantic hurricane season will be 'extraordinary,' forecasters warn

The National Hurricane Center is predicting the largest number of storms ever forecast for the Atlantic, putting tens of millions of Americans at risk.

May 23, 2024
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By:
  • Rebecca Hersher
Mangroves are unique ecosystems protecting humans and wildlife. Sea level rise and more severe storms from climate change threaten them, according to a new global assessment.

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  • Climate

Mangroves protect communities from storms. Half are at risk of collapse, report finds

Mangroves are unique coastal ecosystems protecting humans and wildlife. Rising sea levels and storms pose an increasing threat to their survival.

May 22, 2024
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By:
  • Julia Simon
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