Climate Change

The closure of four of the six Regional Climate Centers across the U.S. occurred after funding from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ran out. A recent report stated that the Trump administration plans to propose a 25% cut to NOAA's budget next fiscal year.

Photographer and filmmaker Jason Lindsey first started sugar making during the pandemic as a way to get over the winter-spring hump. The centuries' old practice is threatened by climate change — capturing in his short film, 'It's Time.'

A wood building material can be used in high-rise structures, giving it the potential to replace materials that are bad for the climate, while also locking carbon into buildings for decades.

While the president-elect promises clean air and water, climate and equity take a back seat to fossil fuel excavation.

On this episode of "Twelve Thousand Bombs," you'll hear from climatologist Lili Xia of Rutgers University. Xia was the leading author on a landmark 2022 research paper in Nature Food detailing climate models and the potential for widespread famine in the aftermath of a nuclear conflict.

On this episode of "Twelve Thousand Bombs," you'll hear from climatologist Lili Xia of Rutgers University. Xia was the leading author on a landmark 2022 research paper in Nature Food detailing climate models and the potential for widespread famine in the aftermath of a nuclear conflict.

Two Champaign-Urbana area lawmakers said they will introduce legislation to ban carbon capture in region served by the Mahomet Aquifer.

The organization's biofuels director says a new vehicle emissions rule will harm the prospects of corn ethanol, and with it the wider economy. The EPA says the new rules are important for reducing poisonous and climate-altering air pollution.

Warmer temperatures are leading to more extreme precipitation, dry periods and dangerously humid heat waves all at once. But in a complicated system, some things aren’t changing as expected.

This is the second straight year that dust storms have caused headaches on Central Illinois interstates. To find out why this is happening, WGLT spoke with state climatologist Trent Ford.