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Living with climate catastrophe Illustration: Annelise Capossela/Axios From stronger storms to Arctic warming to California fires, rising atmospheric carbon levels mean there's no escaping the fallout from global warming. Now, we're plunged into a new world of managing the consequences. Why it matters: Some regions will require power grids more prepared for extreme heat and cold. But the needs go far beyond power systems to building codes, workplace regulations and design and placement of infrastructure. Rutgers University climate scientist Robert Kopp tells Axios that the pandemic and the Te...

Climate collision Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY Published 11:02 am UTC Jan. 18, 2021 As he steps into office this week, President-elect Joe Biden brings an ambitious plan to address climate change, and with Democrats in control of Congress for the first time in a decade, he may have the opportunity to accomplish some of his loftiest goals. “It’s enormous,” said Susan Glickman, Florida director of the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, one of many climate advocates, scientists and concerned citizens looking forward with optimism.  Biden’s goals include carbon-free electricity by 203...

Biden’s climate crusade: How his plan to cut carbon emissions, create jobs could impact U.S. Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY © Illustration: Andrea Brunty, USA TODAY Network, and Getty Images Biden’s climate crusade: Big on ideas, short on detail. How Biden’s plan to cut carbon emissions and put people to work could impact you. As he steps into office this week, President-elect Joe Biden brings an ambitious plan to address climate change, and with Democrats in control of Congress for the first time in a decade, he may have the opportunity to accomplish some of his loft...

Credit: Rutgers University Robert Kopp is a professor at Rutgers University–New Brunswick and director of the Rutgers Institute of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences. The incoming Biden administration needs to rebuild the federal government’s capacity to respond to the climate crisis after four years of denial by the Trump administration, a leading climate scientist from Rutgers University urged. And the federal government must help universities advise communities on how to manage the effects of climate change, said Robert Kopp, who works with the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Cli...

Cedar Rapids Robert "Bob" Walter Kopp, 93, passed away on Jan. 6, 2021, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Bob was born in Madison, Wis., to Walter and Hildegard Kopp on Jan. 22, 1927. He grew up in Madison. While in high school, he met a young woman at the florist shop where they both worked, but he was very shy. After graduating from high school, he enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corp and served in Germany at the end of World War II. He returned home, attended the University of Wisconsin majoring in engineering, and worked at the same florist shop. The young woman was still there, and this time the l...