Articles tagged as: climate change
March 17, 2024
Meteorologists say this year's warm winter provided key ingredient for Midwest killer tornadoes
This winter's record warmth provided the key ingredient for a Midwest outbreak of deadly tornadoes and damaging gorilla hail that hit parts of the Midwest Wednesday and Thursday, tornado experts said.
Read MoreMarch 7, 2024
Less ice on Lake Michigan means more shoreline damage and warming, but also more snow
According to the independent research and reporting collaboration Climate Central, Lake Michigan is frozen for 22 fewer days now than it was in the 1970s, and ice cover is less than what it used to be.
Read MoreFebruary 15, 2024
Reduce, reuse, redirect outrage: How plastic makers used recycling as a fig leaf
Recycling "does not solve the solid waste problem," the head of a plastics trade group said in 1989, around the time the industry was launching its recycling campaign.
Read MoreJanuary 12, 2024
Have trouble understanding climate trends in Indiana? A climatologist gives their tips
Climate change isn't playing out everywhere in the same way. That's because our climate here in Indiana is different from other parts of the country and the world. This can make the data confusing. A member of our audience from Noblesville wanted to better understand it.
Read MoreDecember 21, 2023
Will the Japanese buyout of U.S. Steel lead to faster climate action? Not likely, advocates say
Climate advocates said the climate action plans for both companies look similar, and neither is particularly ambitious.
Read MoreDecember 15, 2023
Students worry Indiana University dragging its feet to enact climate plan, IU disagrees
The plan was approved in September, but can't move forward until the individual campuses form their own climate committees.
Read MoreDecember 4, 2023
New hardiness zones won't change much, but some Indiana gardeners try out new plants
Half the country is now in a slightly warmer hardiness zone than they were a decade ago. These zones show an average of the coldest temperature on the coldest night every year for the past 30 years.
Read MoreJuly 28, 2023
Parts of Indianapolis are hotter than others. Experts say that disparity will continue to grow
New data continue to show that temperatures in Indianapolis can vary by more than nine degrees Fahrenheit, depending on where you live in the city.
Read MoreJuly 25, 2023
More frequent heat waves aren’t just an inconvenience. They’re a threat to public health
People with preexisting health conditions and those who live in lower income neighborhoods are at the highest risk during heat waves.
Read MoreApril 5, 2023
Indiana University to help small towns access climate, resilience funding
The Biden administration has made billions of dollars in grant funding available for these projects, but IU researchers found few communities can dedicate resources to apply for them.
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