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Columnist/environmentalist KEN MIDKIFF has been doing some Googling lately. He wanted to know how many of today's meteorologists (who are also "climate scientists") agree that climate change is indeed a thing and is indeed happening. His findings, while slightly varied from poll to poll, show that it's pretty close to being unanimous. So what now? He has some thoughts... September 26, 2023
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You may have heard the ticks are bad this year due to the mild winter or ticks are getting worse in Missouri. But what’s the reality of these claims? KBIA’s Rebecca Smith has more on how climate change may be impacting the ticks – and the humans of Missouri.
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Trees play an important part in combating climate change, but Missouri could see drier conditions in coming years. A study seeks to understand the correlation between droughts and forest efficiency.
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As natural disasters become increasingly more common, some people see harsher impacts. People with disabilities face more challenges, but they are taking back control of their emergency preparedness.
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Bob Dylan once wrote, "the times they are a-changin'", and while that phrase is in a song about the ride that is life (or something along those lines), the same phrase could be used today in a song about the climate! But unlike Dylan's song, activist/environmentalist CAROLYN AMPARAN is here to say there is something that can be done to change the outcome...if we all play a part.
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The global food supply faces a new threat: climate change. Extreme weather like the massive floods that hit the Midwest during planting season and the…
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Our conversation with environmentalist KEN MIDKIFF touches on climate change solutions like alternative energy (wind turbines, for example). July 25,…
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Columbia residents had the chance to weigh in on climate change at a forum held last night at city hall. The event was hosted by a task force appointed by…
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Climate change has brought more intense storms and worsening “king tides” that flood through homes and gardens in the low-lying Pacific island nation of…
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If we don’t make some changes soon, we’re heading for ‘climate catastrophe.” That’s the message from a report from the United Nations this week. The…