Climate Change

A house collapsed into the ocean Monday on the string of islands just off the coast of North Carolina, according to U.S. National Park Service officials.

The Neighborhood Energy Resiliency Project is helping about two dozen homeowners in Carrboro upgrade their homes for free to reduce energy usage and cost.

Climate change has forced drastic changes in the snow sports community across the globe, but in North Carolina — where the temperatures fluctuate more and natural snow is often infrequent — it carries a much more immediate consequence to the industry than other skiing and snowboarding hubs such as Utah, Colorado, or Vermont.

The caucus promotes an "all of the above" energy strategy including natural gas and more nuclear energy.

Follow live updates from WUNC staff as Ian moves across South and North Carolina.

Researchers focused the study on a pest that typically ravages corn, cotton, soybeans, peppers, tomatoes and other vegetable crops.

A 30-year, nationwide study of ecological changes — including the effects of climate warming — has been releasing a powerful greenhouse gas, and critics want it to stop.

Excessive heat can kill. And for people with chronic health conditions, it can make those problems worse.Duke scientist Ashley Ward studies the connections between climate and health. She says prolonged heatwaves are also having an impact on people who are pregnant.

Lionfish and hippos and tegus, oh my! CREEP is back with a new season of discovery about species that are creating a world of new problems in new parts of the world. New episodes coming July 26th.

Sea level rise is predicted to cause salt marshes to migrate inland, leaving adjacent freshwater wetlands with nowhere to go.