Climate Change

A Utah State University laboratory helped uncover the age of an ancient, ice-free Greenland landscape. The research is now featured in an Emmy Award-winning documentary.

Our hosts discuss the importance of the Great Salt Lake, the danger posed by its disappearance, and how water conservation can protect Utahns' health, environment, and economy.

In his book "Three Revolutions: Steering Automated, Shared, and Electric Vehicles to a Better Future," Dan Sperling says transportation is on the cusp of revolutionary change.

A recent study from University of Utah scientists and other experts found that carbon markets aren't accounting for the increased the risk of fire, drought, and insect damage from climate change.

After major crop losses due to unusual climate conditions, Utah farmers are focusing on resilient operations.

Carbon dioxide emissions didn't have as sharp a decline in Utah's capital. However, they also didn't significantly increase, even as the city's population and development grew.

The new Pew Research Center survey also found that most U.S. adults felt extreme weather events are more severe. Political party was a major factor in responses.

Researchers looked at more than 750,000 wildfires in the West over 30 years. In the second half of that period, the number of reported wildfires were down by 31%, but acreage burned was up 40%.

Three weeks after the Box Elder County commission voted in favor of a 40,000 acre data center, Grow the Flow held a public forum to educate Utah residents on what's coming.

At night, temperatures are often cooler and the air is wetter, giving firefighters a window to make up ground on firelines. But because of climate change, that pattern is breaking down.