Climate in Crisis

"We must address the crisis by systematically targeting the root causes of one of the biggest and most imminent threats we face today."

As a result of climate change, farmers in Guatemala are struggling with severe draught, followed by torrential rain, which has destroyed crops. Now many look to migrating to the U.S. as their only option to provide for their families. Meagan Fitzgerald reports on climate change and migration and how one crisis contributes to another.

“California is doubling down on our nation-leading policies to confront the climate crisis head-on while protecting the hardest-hit communities,” he said.

The British prime minister is due to host a major United Nations climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland in six weeks’ time.

Atmospheric ozone absorbs ultraviolet light coming from the sun. Its absence means more of this high-energy radiation reaches Earth, where it can harm living cells.

The migration would be largely within countries where rising sea levels, water scarcity and declining crop productivity would lead to stress on cities and urban centers areas.

This summer beat the record set by the Dust Bowl summer of 1936, when huge parts of the West and the Great Plains were parched by severe drought.

The world’s top medical journals have released a study that says climate change poses the biggest threat to public health just days after President Biden vowed strong action on climate change while touring damage from tropical storm Ida. Editor-in-Chief of the New England Journal of Medicine, Dr. Eric Rubin, joins News NOW to discuss what needs to change to mitigate the global impacts of climate change and why "global targets" are not enough. 

The map gives users the ability to see detailed information about local reefs, including different types of submarine structure like sand, rocks, seagrass and, of course, coral.

Many owners of flooded cars could find that, despite carrying insurance, they are out of luck when it comes to recouping their losses.

With climate change amplifying natural disasters, businesses focused on clean up are thriving — and Wall Street is buying in.