Environment Opinion: Earth Has Survived Extinctions Before, It's Humans Who Are Fragile Earth has experienced cataclysmic life-destroying events before. NPR's Scott Simon reflects on what this means for humans in the midst of climate change. Scott Simon
Environment To Slow Global Warming, U.N. Warns Agriculture Must Change The way we produce food and manage land must change radically if humans hope to avoid catastrophic global temperature rise, according to a new report by the United Nations panel on climate change. Rebecca Hersher Allison Aubrey
Technology A Speed Limit On German Highways: 'Like Talking Gun Control In The U.S.' A government committee says capping speeds could reduce carbon emissions and pollution. Opponents say Germans have a visceral need for speed akin to Americans' views on gun rights. Daniella Cheslow
Environment Concern About Global Warming Among Americans Spikes, Report Says The proportion of those polled who say global warming is "personally important" to them jumped from 63 to 72 percent last year. Ian Stewart
Environment Champagne Makers Bubble Over A Bumper Crop Caused By European Drought A record heat wave ruined crops across Europe this summer, but not all crops. Champagne growers are ecstatic over a bumper crop of grapes this year. Vintage 2018 is expected to be one of the best. Eleanor Beardsley
Environment To Predict Effects Of Global Warming, Scientists Looked Back 20,000 Years More than 40 researchers concluded that climate change would make ecosystems such as deciduous forests, grasslands and Arctic tundra unrecognizable. Christopher Joyce
