Climate Driven News Today

TOKYO -- 2023 is set to be the world's hottest year on record, and the consequences for the human body are deadly.Record-shattering temperatures

Research by Cardiff University has shown that the warmer, wetter winters in the U.K. caused by climate change are likely to impact the stability of insect populations in streams.

A new study has examined the consequences of heat surpassing the limits of human tolerance. In the wake of Earth surpassing the critical 1. 5 degrees Celsius climate threshold in June, breaking heat records, scientists are sounding the alarm on the consequences.

Cookbook author and cooking teacher Colin McCullough makes plant-based cooking easy, fast and tasty for beginners.

Mainers drive more than 15 billion miles a year, and transportation is the state’s largest source of greenhouse gas emissions. But working remotely can reduce those numbers. And state employees are offering a test case of how much of an impact remote work can have.

At the Maine Science Festival, Mainers have an opportunity to learn about and celebrate science that is happening in Maine, from the people who do the science. Maine Public is very pleased to not only be the Atmospheric Sponsor of this event, but to include our own Deep Dive: Climate Driven display in this year’s line-up of exhibits and activities.

For more than a year, Maine Public's news staff has been taking a deep dive into the all-encompassing subject of climate change — examining its effects, its challenges and what future adaptation might look like in Maine, one county at a time.

This blog is a biweekly feature highlighting recently published working papers from around the World Bank Group. It introduces 5 papers published from June 1 to June 15, 2022, on various topics related to gender, migration, energy consumption and support towards policy reforms.  

The main takeaway? EV drivers need to use extra care planning their trips outside of southern Maine, where most of the chargers are.

In this week's Pulse: Gearing up for a Mills v. LePage faceoff, tribal gaming bill gets through committee, another debate over debates, other congressional candidates, lowering energy costs, State House flooded, and a programming note.