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Climate

August's Iowa derecho was most costly thunderstorm event in modern U.S. history

August's Iowa derecho was most costly thunderstorm event in modern U.S. history

The powerful derecho that swept through the Midwest in August, focusing its destruction on central Iowa, is officially the most costly thunderstorm event in recorded U.S. history with at least $7.5 billion in damage.
by Matthew S. Schwartz

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Experts worry NOAA appointees will undermine climate science

One of the appointees has questioned the link between climate change and extreme weather events. The other questions humans’ role in climate change.
by Paul Huttner

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Like factory-built homes, nuclear reactors are going modular

Like factory-built homes, nuclear reactors are going modular

The federal government recently approved a new kind of nuclear reactor that’s smaller, cheaper and could be one the final pieces of the carbon-free puzzle.
by Paul Huttner and Megan Burks

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'It was angry in the way it gobbled up the ground': Fighting fires on the front line of climate change

'It was angry in the way it gobbled up the ground': Fighting fires on the front line of climate change

This year’s historic fire season in the west has made the link between climate change and more intense and frequent wildfires abundantly clear. For firefighter Don Whittemore, it was a close call with a fireball in 2006.
by Paul Huttner and Megan Burks

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How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting climate change?

How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting climate change?

Climate scientist Kim Cobb and MPR News Chief Meteorologist Paul Huttner joined host Angela Davis to explore how the pandemic is affecting climate change. We're flying less, staying at home more — is it helping?
by Angela Davis and Karen Zamora

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Climate One: The link between climate change and wildfires

Climate One: The link between climate change and wildfires

From the Climate One series at the Commonwealth Club of California: “Living with Fire.”

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Feds reject petition to place moose on endangered species list

Feds reject petition to place moose on endangered species list

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has denied a petition made five years ago by two environmental groups to grant endangered species protection to the moose in the Upper Midwest.
by Dan Kraker

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