climate change Will More Cities Hire a Chief Heat Officer? In preparation for a hotter future, Los Angeles became the 3rd local government in the U.S. to hire a “chief heat officer.” The CHO will examine how the city buildings and pavement create “heat islands” that lead to cities being much warmer than the suburbs. Ladd Keith, a city planning expert and professor at the University of Arizona, explains how...
sea level rise This Island Nation Is Preparing For a Future Underwater Tuvalu, an island of about 12,000 people in the South Pacific, is preparing for a future without land as rising sea levels threaten the nation. Spots that were dry land a decade ago are now submerged – including a spot where Simon Kofe, Minister for Justice, held a press conference to show how high the water goes.
climate change Yikes, Climate Change Is Even Making Cuffing Season More Stressful Cuffing season, aka the search for a mate to keep you company when the world hunkers down for the winter, is a late-fall tradition in some cities.
recycling How To Properly Recycle Cell Phones, Computers and Other E-Waste Say you just bought a new computer — hooray! But before you can celebrate, you have to get rid of the old one, and whatever you do, don’t throw it in the trash. Here’s a guide for how to properly recycle computers and other e-waste.
COP26 Will COP26 Agreements Even Mention Fossil Fuels? The COP26 climate conference in Glasgow, Scotland is coming to a close and countries are working on their climate commitments now. But the words “fossil fuels” have never been used in one of these agreements, says Chloe Demrovsky, president of Disaster Recovery Institute International. Demrovsky says countries will “peer pressure” each other into making climate commitments – but even in...
ocean pollution Meet the Marine Scientist Turning Ocean Trash Into Works of Art Marine scientist and artist Ethan Estess gets packages from people all over the country with waste pulled from the oceans that he then turns into art. The goal of his work is not just to clean up garbage and create art — but to draw attention to policies creating the waste. NBCLX contributor Greg Bledsoe brings his Family Geography Project...
climate change survival guide A Woman Warned Us About Climate Change 165 Years Ago. Naturally, We Ignored Her Eunice Newton Foote's 1856 research foreshadowed how both climate change and women would be treated by society for decades. The first kind of, sort of, maybe global action on climate change, the Kyoto protocol, didn't come until 140 years later.
climate change survival guide A Brief Timeline of Warnings About Climate Change That We Totally Ignored Researchers have been sounding the alarm on climate change since the 1800s, but time and again, these warnings have been ignored. NBCLX Storyteller Chase Cain takes a look at the history of climate change and how we got to this point.
cenotes Explore the Yucatan Peninsula's Ancient Caves and Cenotes with LX News Host Tabitha Lipkin Diving the cenotes of Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula is like a trip back in time. Cenotes are natural sinkholes that originated millions of years ago and contain ancient remains of past civilizations. Join LX News host Tabitha Lipkin as she explores the cenotes and cave systems of the Yucatan and learns more about how we can protect them for the generations...
climate change Why ‘We Have to Turn Off the Tap' of Plastic Production We already ingest about a credit card worth of plastics every day. Scientists predict by 2050, there could be more plastic than fish in the world’s oceans. So what do we do? We have to cease plastic production, says Emma Priestland of the Break Free from Plastic campaign.
