Climate Change

Wild turkey populations in Missouri have taken a nosedive in the past 15 years. Biologists say the declines are connected to dwindling numbers of baby turkeys statewide.

Some experts believe that by the century’s end, autumn leaves could change color up to three weeks later than today. Susanne Renner of Washington University has built a different model.

The number of trumpeter swans spotted at the Audubon Center at Riverlands in West Alton has swelled in recent decades, from just five in 1991 to nearly 900 last year.

One of the best ways we can help slow down climate change is by actually eating the food we buy.

The Indigenous Knowledge & Sustainability conference seeks to apply Native American techniques to issues of environmental protection. Kyle Whyte and Kellie Thompson discuss the concept on “St. Louis on the Air.” The conference is hosted by Washington University, the University of Missouri-St. Louis and Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.

The law puts the state on a path to reach 100% clean energy by 2050, with the goal of zeroing out carbon emissions by 2045.

The study will try to quantify how much carbon certain farming practices will keep in the soil and out of the atmosphere.

The Nature Conservancy in Missouri has developed a geographic tool to show people in the St. Louis region places with low tree canopy rates, poor air quality and flooding issues.

Replacing limestone with basalt rock could lead to healthier soil and better harvests and reduce the amount of carbon in the atmosphere.

Missouri has experienced some of the warmest and wettest years on record in recent decades, said Pat Guinan, state climatologist and associate professor of climatology at the University of Missouri Extension.