Climate Crisis

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Different types of solar geoengineering are seeing a push for more research.

ABC News' Ginger Zee shows us how coming together can slow climate change, from inside Earthships in New Mexico to California to see controversial new technologies that could cool the Earth.

ABC News' Ginger Zee looks at controversial methods to cool the Earth – like reflecting sunlight – that are gaining support as global temperatures continue to rise.

Power plants account for more than one-quarter of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions.

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According to the Arbor Day Foundation, they celebrate by planting and distributing over 10 million trees each year.

The collective power of the masses can move the needle on climate change.

"It’s a product that answers all the challenges we have as a society."

An ABC News investigation involving hidden tracking devices follows three plastic bags dropped at Walmart recycling bins in the U.S. all the way to controversial plastic facilities in Southeast Asia.

ABC News contributor Rocsi Diaz talks with Michelin president and CEO Alexis Garcin about sustainability initiatives and goals set at the sustainability summit, courtesy of sponsor Michelin.

"The pushback has been fierce and severe," an environmental advocate said.

Zee shares how she talks about saving the Earth with her two sons.

Experts on decarbonizing, subsidizing and depoliticizing the climate crisis.

ABC News investigates where thousands of plastic bags that are earmarked to be recycled really end up.

Over 60% of lab-grown diamonds are produced in China and India.

Dr. Brian Henning, director of the Gonzaga University Institute for Climate, Water and the Environment, discusses America's recent climate change action.

Sarah Paiji Yoo, CEO of eco-friendly cleaning Blueland, talks about ways to shop zero waste in the grocery store from the produce to the cleaning products section.

Ginger Zee pays a visit to New Mexico, where more than 100 "Earthships" are built into the Earth, aren't connected to water or electricity, and utilize recycled materials for their structures.

More than 100 sustainable homes, also known as “living vessels,” are built into the earth in Taos, New Mexico, and are not connected to any water or electricity.

ABC News' Danny New asked our team of kid correspondents to weigh in with their thoughts on the planet we all share.

Hong Kong has passed a legislation to stop the sale and distribution of Styrofoam products and single-use plastic cutlery as a way to reduce the amount of plastic waste in the city

Averages show Europe is running 2.3 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.

As we prepare to celebrate Earth Day, we meet some of the volunteers helping to clean up the planet, starting with the Great Lakes.

The Power of Us: ABC News' chief climate correspondent explains how some schools are going plastic-free at lunch.

ABC News embedded with an environmental group canvassing in Pittsburgh.

ABC News’ MaryAlice Parks talks to environmental advocates trying to gain voting power.

Data centers' energy usage is expected to soar in the coming years, experts say.

Some U.S. regions saw the highest rate of heat-related ER visits since 2018.

A new study says climate change will reduce future global income by about 19% in the next 25 years compared to a fictional world that’s not warming, with the poorest areas and those least responsible for heat-trapping gases taking the biggest monetary hit

Journalist Bill Weir sheds light on innovative solutions tackling the effects of climate change and his book, “Life As We Know It Can Be.”

Greece aims to create two large marine parks as part of an $830 million program to protect biodiversity and marine ecosystems

Mass coral reef bleaching can subject coral to mortality without intervention.

Mass coral reef bleaching can subject coral to mortality without intervention.

Reef scientists say coral reefs around the world are experiencing global bleaching for the fourth time due to prolonged warming of the oceans

Increased rainfall and decline in water clarity hurts loon reproductive success.

There are simple things people can do to help combat global warming.

March was also the 10th consecutive month with record breaking global temperatures.

Edward Humes says transportation needs to be addressed to save the world.

ABC News' Phil Lipof speaks to Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Edward Humes about his new book, "Total Garbage: How We Can Fix Our Waste and Heal Our World," and ways to live greener.

The agency announced new emissions standards for heavy-duty vehicles in an effort to fight climate change.

Warm weather travelers are driving up demand for gas, combining with refineries switching to a blend of more expensive summer fuel, experts said.

The agency says the move will avoid 1 billion tons of greenhouse gas emissions.

Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) may lose a second for the first time.

The Colorado River has about 19% less volume than in the year 2000.

Other regions farther to the north could start to produce more wine.

As temperatures increase and drought becomes more commonplace, some regions could become inhospitable for wine grape growth.

Extreme weather events could disrupt agricultural productivity in the future.

The paper, published in Communications Earth & Environment, found that countries in Africa and South America will be impacted the most.

Rising sea levels and warming temperatures are impacting the blossoms.

With warmer winters and earlier springs, pollen seasons are starting far earlier than they used to, according to experts.