Climate Change

The urgency of addressing human causes of climate change has long been apparent. To amplify this issue that's paramount to us all, KPBS has launched a Climate Change Desk to step up our coverage of this existential threat including reported stories and interviews with experts and newsmakers.

KPBS Midday Edition

U.N. Report: Avoiding Climate Change Possible With 'Substantial Emission Reductions'

Alison St John

Peggy Pico

Megan Burke

The U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has just released its fifth report on the rapidly closing window of time to take action on reducing greenhouse gases.
KPBS Midday Edition

Roundtable: City Budget, Climate Change Politics, Vets And Painkillers

Pat Finn

Mark Sauer

San Diego's 2015 budget increases public safety, infrastructure expenses. The U.N. says action on climate change is needed urgently, but the political divide is wide and deep. San Diego's VA leads the way on curbing painkiller abuse among vets.
Education

San Diego Scientists Offer Free Online Course On Climate Change

Susan Murphy

Researchers have warned for years of climate change's potential effects, including higher sea levels and increasing extreme weather events. Now the general public has an opportunity to explore the science and share ideas with participants from around the world.
Environment

Greenhouse Gas Levels Surpass Troublesome Milestone

Susan Murphy

The heat-trapping gas hit a troublesome milestone last year in May when it reached levels of 400 parts per million of carbon dioxide. But this year, those levels are already being seen in March.
KPBS Evening Edition

Study: Fewer Rainy Days Ahead For San Diego

Marissa Cabrera

Peggy Pico

California is experiencing one of the driest years on record and things could get worse according to a new Scripps Institution of Oceanography study.
Environment

Obama Draws Link Between Climate Change And California's Drought

Associated Press

President Barack Obama drew a link between climate change and California's drought, and said the U.S. must do a better job of figuring out how to make sure everyone's water needs are satisfied.
Military

Frozen Corpses Of WWI Soldiers Discovered As Glaciers Melt (Video)

Beth Ford Roth

As we approach the 100 year anniversary of the start of World War I, melting glaciers in Italy are revealing the frozen corpses of the men who fought - and died - in the so-called "Great War."
Environment

U.S. May Be Producing 50 Percent More Methane Than EPA Thinks

Christopher Joyce / NPR

Methane is the source of the gas we burn in stoves. You can also use it to make plastics, antifreeze or fertilizer. It comes out of underground deposits, but it also seeps up from swamps, landfills, even the stomachs of cows.
Environment

San Diego Scientist Struggles To Fund Iconic Climate Change Graph

David Wagner

For more than 50 years, scientists have used the Keeling Curve to plot the rise of carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere. But with funding increasingly hard to come by, the project's future is uncertain.
KPBS Midday Edition

California To Fall Short Of 2050 Emissions Goal

Maureen Cavanaugh

Marissa Cabrera

Peggy Pico

Max Pringle / Capital Public Radio

A new study says California will not meet its 2050 greenhouse gas emission reduction goals without major policy changes.