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While most of the country was watching the Green Bay Packers play the New York Giants, CBS aired an hour-long, severely one-sided special about the threat of global warming. The special was hosted by CBS's Scott Pelley. In January 2007, Pelley was asked why he refused to include global warming skeptics in his reporting. He responded, "If I do an interview with [Holocaust survivor] Elie Wiesel, am I required as a journalist to find a Holocaust denier?" The January 20 CBS special at...

The University of Maine’s Climate Change Institute celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2023, marking half-century of research and education related to climate change in Maine, New England and across the planet. In 1973, professor emeritus Harold Borns, whose research focused on glaciers and glaciation in Maine, founded the Institute for Quaternary Studies with the goal […]

A research facility halfway up Mount Everest is crucial for research on climate change and biodiversity. And it’s falling apart

The "dark period" was triggered by rapid and drastic climate change.

Paul Mayewski, director and professor at the Climate Change Institute at the University of Maine, co-authored an opinion piece for The Hill with Anders Beal, associate in the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, about how critical this decade is in terms of addressing the climate crisis before certain “tipping points” are surpassed. “There is […]

Nepal is considering relocating Everest Base Camp due to environmental concerns. According to Nepals Depar...

China and Nepal have both established unmanned weather stations high on the world’s tallest mountain.

Rising seas, raging fires, more powerful hurricanes—as the climate changes, so do many facets of life. A look at how 60 Minutes has documented the transformation.

The University of Maine Climate Change Institute and Summer University will host the first Climate Change Workshop for pre-K–12 educators this summer. “Climate Change Teaching Tools” is designed for educators to learn more about climate change and, in particular, how to bring this important subject area into the classroom in meaningful ways for students. Participants […]

/PRNewswire/ -- Long Island University in partnership with the Global Council for Science and the Environment (GCSE) and the Office for Science and Technology...