Climate action can be politically divisive. But a love for nature is bringing people together 鈥� even in Washington.
A new report sums up the known science on climate change 鈥� and walks a fine line between desperation and hope in an effort to spur global action.
How can the world be massively shifting toward renewables and boosting its overall carbon emissions at the same time? We parse the progress in a global transition that鈥檚 far from finished.
The Monitor鈥檚 climate reporter heads out of her town in western Massachusetts to find a lake that鈥檚 frozen enough for ice skating.
The Southwest confronts growing water scarcity, from states wrangling over the Colorado River to one Arizona community where a key source just dried up.
A family鈥檚 lobstering business was destroyed by a hurricane in the Bahamas. With the rebuilding price too high, the family pivoted.
Sometimes joy arrives in unexpected ways. In the Bahamas, the hottest attractions now have snouts, hoofs, and a willingness to hang out with humans.
Our reporter dove off the coast of the Bahamas to see Ocean Atlas, a breathtaking sculpture. She found in it proof that responsibility and humility can work together with resilience and cooperation.
Scientists are trying to replicate resilient 鈥渟uper reefs鈥� to slow the decline of one of the ocean鈥檚 most important ecosystems.
Storm resilient design 鈥� a solar field, water system, human-made wetlands, native plants 鈥� helped Babcock Ranch, Florida, stand up to a powerful test.
With effects of climate change being felt worldwide, demands from marginalized nations for fairness are rising at the COP27 global summit in Egypt.
To solve humanity鈥檚 reliance on fossil fuels, solar and wind power isn鈥檛 enough. Some researchers and investors are looking down, not up.
Indigenous construction methods from around the world offer ways to beat the heat from a time before air conditioning 鈥� and are coming back in vogue.
Nuclear power is getting a rethink from California to Germany, as a way to reduce reliance on fossil fuels in an energy-hungry, yet warming world.
As the climate warms, more people are seeking air conditioning to stay cool. But air conditioning itself can exacerbate global warming. Is there a way to balance these competing needs?
Some analysts see the proposed Inflation Reduction Act as a blueprint for more carbon-reduction progress 鈥� focused around incentives and investments.
Heat waves make global warming tangible. But do they change mindsets? It鈥檚 still hard for climate to rise to the top among political priorities.
Warming waters put lobster harvests at risk, but Maine鈥檚 fishers are neatly positioned to farm kelp 鈥� aiding their livelihoods and the environment.
What lessons does history offer about how much parents can and should shape education in a democracy? Part 4 in a series.
