Articles filed under Climate Change
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Students plan climate summit on 'avenues for advocacy'
Apr 23, 2020 11:07 PM - A climate summit targeted toward high school students is set to take place online on Saturday providing ways youth can get involved. -
Editorial: No silver lining, but perhaps our newly clean air can be taste of the future
Apr 23, 2020 1:00 AM - This Daily Herald editorial says the brief taste of environmental freshness we're experience during the pandemic is not a silver lining to our period of sacrifice, but may be an opportunity for a new beginning on the road to addressing climate change. -
Climate change expert to give presentationMar 8, 2020 5:37 PM - The Lake County Audubon Society is hosting a special event on climate change on Saturday, March 28, at the Gorton Community Center, 400 E. Illinois Road, Lake Forest.
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Kane County awarded grant for national sustainability programMar 7, 2020 5:21 PM - A recent pledge of support from a national nonprofit could help Kane County better monitor the impact of its environmental initiatives.
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Can climate change computer models be trusted?
Dec 29, 2019 7:56 AM - When planning for the future, certainty can be hard to come by. That's the case when it comes to climate change. Yet scientists still urge confidence in their models -- and their warnings. Why? -
Dave Lowe found measurable proof of climate change 50 years ago. He's watched in horror ever since
Dec 24, 2019 6:00 AM - Dave Lowe was one of the first people on earth to find measurable proof that human activities were changing the atmosphere and warming the planet, work that contributed to the winning of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize. The prize is a testament to all that he has achieved in his career, but at the same time, to him, it's a haunting reminder of all the things he couldn't change. "I've lived this horror for 50 years," he says. "There's so little time left and we've just been so bloody stupid." -
Thousands of dead Alaska seabirds are washing ashore, for a fifth year. Experts call that a climate 'red flag.
Dec 14, 2019 6:05 PM - For five years in a row, masses of dead birds have been turning up on Alaska shorelines. The die-offs correlate with a heat-up of the marine environment -- at times an extreme heat-up. -
Climate change the cause of Great Lakes record high water ... and earlier record lows
Dec 7, 2019 4:33 PM - Climate change is eroding shorelines, altering ecosystems, and causing flooding and economic damage along the Great Lakes. But scientists hoping to communicate the consequences have to first confront a seemingly incongruous set of facts: While shoreline communities now gird themselves for flooding, lake levels were at historic lows as recently as 2013. -
Science warnings, US retreat add urgency to UN climate talks
Dec 1, 2019 7:38 AM - Mass protests, a last-minute venue change and talk of climate tipping points are adding some unplanned drama to this year's international talks on tackling global warming.
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Revolutionary recycling? A new technology turns everyday trash into plastic treasure.
Nov 23, 2019 6:00 AM - Eight tons of trash are piled high at the entrance of a small factory -- rotting food mixed with plastic bags, dirty paper, castoff bottles and containers, even broken toys. But nothing is headed for a landfill. Instead, what's next is a process that could revolutionize recycling.
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