Climate Change

The global combined land and ocean-surface temperature was 1.67 degrees Fahrenheit above the 20th-century average, according to NOAA, the hottest in 142 years of record-keeping.

Keeping livestock from getting overheated helps keep the animals healthy and maintains milk production.

Washington University is providing University City High School teachers with tools to teach about climate change. The program could later expand to other St. Louis schools.

Burning fossil fuels has created a massive, global problem: climate change. New research from Washington University finds these fuel sources also have serious health consequences.

Collinsville is the latest city to take an inventory of emissions from buildings, transportation and other sources of carbon dioxide that contribute to global climate change.

Found in wetlands from Missouri to Massachusetts, the bacteria could be absorbing carbon dioxide on a large scale, underscoring the importance of conserving these threatened habitats, Washington University scientists say.

In recent decades, climate change has shifted when Missouri wildflowers bloom. Once-forgotten data found in the archives of the Missouri Botanical Garden have become a springboard for St. Louis scientists studying how climate change may affect the survival of native plants in the future.

An increasing number of farmers believe in climate change and that it will negatively affect them. But as a group they don't think humans are to blame.

The barge industry claims it is green and could be more so. But environmentalists say even the cleanest towboats and barges will be bad for natural habitats.

Gasses captured from landfills or compost piles could be separated and used on vehicles in new tanks.