Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian turns his focus to climate solutions
Alexis Ohanian spearheads a foundation that funds young entrepreneurs committed to addressing challenges associated with climate change.
Alexis Ohanian spearheads a foundation that funds young entrepreneurs committed to addressing challenges associated with climate change.
NASA's new Earth System Observatory consists of a series of five advanced satellite missions that will monitor nearly every aspect of Earth.
Investment firms are showing a growing interest in an increasingly scarce natural resource in the American West. For some, that's concerning.
The tiles could have global uses for coral adaptation, with benefits to humanity as well as ocean life.
The majestic giraffe is under threat of extinction from all corners. Poachers hunt them for bush meat, humans encroach on their natural habitat and, exacerbating all of this, the Horn of Africa is having its worst drought in 40 years. Debora Patta visits Giraffe Manor in Kenya, where tourism funds conservation.
"Where is the scientific data that says this is safe?" said Melanie Benjamin, who leads the executive branch of an American Indian tribe in Minnesota.
More than 70 percent of oyster reefs in Florida have disappeared in the last half-century. CBS News correspondent Mark Strassmann visits a fisherman and conservationist determined to restore oysters and their ecosystem.
While dozens of cities around the U.S. are outlawing gas stoves due to the greenhouse gasses they add to the atmosphere, 20 states are prohibiting similar municipal bans. CBS News correspondent Ben Tracy has more.
Researchers in California and Utah found that dams made by beavers can help create drought- and fire-resistant landscapes.
Millions of people in southern California are facing new water restrictions thanks to a megadrought crippling the Southwest. But southern Nevada has been conserving water for years. The area's latest move is to tear out all non-functional grass to save nearly 10 billion gallons of water. CBS News senior environmental correspondent Ben Tracy reports.
Those who have experienced extreme weather have become more concerned.
Pellets are being used to create what some call green energy, but critics argue that the practice is clear-cutting trees.
That "vegan" shampoo in a bottle "made of recycled materials" might not be as eco-friendly as you think.
To kick off Earth Day we put CBS Mornings' Nate Burleson and his family to the test to see how high their Green IQ is, in our new challenge #OutGreenMe. To test your environmental knowledge by participating in CBS News' #OutGreenMe challenge. Visit cbsnews.com/earthday/ to learn more. To watch more Earth Day content, download the free CBS News app now!
Electronic waste is the fastest growing type of trash. Here's how to ensure your devices won't end up in a landfill.
Climate change is more of a priority for Democrats than Republicans; they divide on approach U.S. should take on energy policy.
It isn't all would-be recyclers' fault.
Combating climate change, apparel brands like Lululemon, Eileen Fisher and Patagonia are making it easier to resell their items.
In the three states where body composting is legal, people can have their remains give back to the Earth as their final act.
Many experts and even some environmentalists are embracing nuclear power as an alternative to fossil fuels. CBS News' senior national and environmental correspondent Ben Tracy visited America's first new nuclear reactors in more than 30 years and learned how nuclear power could be poised for a comeback.
GM is investing nearly $7 billion in Michigan to build a new battery plant and overhaul an existing factory to make electric trucks.
Spongy, decaying vegetation around the world has safely stored carbon dioxide for centuries, but it's losing ground. But the real value of the sodden peat is finally being recognized.
Cows are responsible for about 40% of global methane emissions.
Floating drones could be a breakthrough in effort to keep people safe from hurricanes.
President Biden's special envoy for climate tells CBS News in an exclusive interview the extreme weather being seen around the world this summer is a "direct impact of the climate crisis."
The MacArthur Foundation named the winners of its 2023 "genius grants" this week. Arizona State University anthropologist Amber Wutich, who received a grant for her research into water insecurity, joins CBS News to discuss the impact of access to safe and clean drinking water.
It was previously believed humans existed in North America somewhere between 13,500 and 16,000 years ago, but these footprints are much older.
Scientists have warned for decades that India's Himalayan glacial lakes are disasters waiting to happen. Climate change means they aren't waiting any more.
Officials in India say at least 10 people are dead and 102 missing after a flash flood triggered by a swollen glacial lake bursting its banks.
The discovery of 35 gold pieces marks at least the third discovery of ancient treasures in the country in recent weeks.
The scientists won for their work on tiny quantum dots that emit very bright colors and so are used in LED displays, cancer surgery and more.
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs has moved to end a farming deal with a subsidiary of a major Saudi dairy company. Since 2015, Fondomonte has pumped huge amounts of groundwater from beneath the earth's surface to grow alfalfa in the rural Arizona desert. CBS News senior national and environmental correspondent Ben Tracy has more.
A trio of scientists won the Nobel Prize in physics for managing to do something that had always eluded humankind: Spotting electrons zipping around in an atom.
American Drew Weissman, Hungarian Katalin Karikó win 2023 Nobel Prize in medicine for mRNA research behind "the unprecedented rate" of COVID-19 vaccine development.
Research say the oldest collection of footwear in Europe has been discovered in a cave in southern Spain, dating back more than 6,000 years.
The family was looking for a lost gold earring in their garden, but instead they found artifacts dating back more than 1,000 years, officials said.
"People didn't think it could really be done," Marc Friedländer, an associate professor in molecular biology at Stockholm University, told CBS News.
For the first time, scientists in Sweden have analyzed an extinct animal's RNA. They're studying the Tasmanian tiger which has been extinct since the 1930s. Marc Friedländer, associate professor in molecular biology at Stockholm University, joins CBS News to discuss what the breakthrough means for science.
What could soon be Tropical Storm Ophelia is moving closer to the U.S. East Coast, the National Hurricane Center said, and a tropical storm warning is in effect from Cape Fear, North Carolina, to Fenwick Island, Delaware. CBS News Baltimore's Janay Reece has an update on how locals there are preparing for the storm. And Lynette Charles, meteorologist for The Weather Channel, has a forecast for where the storms could be most severe.
Since 2016, wildfire smoke in the U.S. has reversed roughly 25% of air quality improvements made from the 2000 Clean Air Act, according to a new study published in the journal Nature. That figure doubles to roughly 50% when looking specifically at the impact on many western states. For more on this, CBS News was joined by Marshall Burke, an associate professor at Stanford's Doerr School of Sustainability and a co-author of the study.
School nurses treat kids for a wide range of illnesses and injuries, and are sometimes their only health provider. Yet many states don't require them, and school districts struggle to hire them.
So far, eight candidates will be listed on the U.S. Virgin Islands ballot. Former Vice President Mike Pence is not yet on the islands' ballot.
The United Auto Workers union says members at Mack Trucks have voted down a tentative five-year contract agreement reached with the company and plan to strike at 7 a.m. Monday.
Several Republican candidates criticized President Biden for a recent prisoner swap with Iran.
On this "Face the Nation" broadcast, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Rep. Nancy Mace, Republican of South Carolina, join Margaret Brennan.
The United Auto Workers union says members at Mack Trucks have voted down a tentative five-year contract agreement reached with the company and plan to strike at 7 a.m. Monday.
One retiree told CBS News he fell for an online scam that cost him almost $800,000. And then the IRS said he owed $200,000 because the money was taken from a retirement account.
That figure is only a fraction of the actual harm, as most cases of fraud go unreported, according to FTC scam data analysis.
Union coalition leading the three-day walkout said employees may strike again later this year unless health care giant addresses their concerns.
UAW President Shawn Fain said striking autoworkers are "winning" by securing key concessions from Ford, GM and Stellantis.
So far, eight candidates will be listed on the U.S. Virgin Islands ballot. Former Vice President Mike Pence is not yet on the islands' ballot.
Several Republican candidates criticized President Biden for a recent prisoner swap with Iran.
On this "Face the Nation" broadcast, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Rep. Nancy Mace, Republican of South Carolina, join Margaret Brennan.
Places like Chicago and New York City have struggled to meet the needs of a historic influx of asylum seekers arriving in sanctuary cities.
Sen. Cory Booker and his staff were in Jerusalem when Hamas began carrying out its large-scale offensive against Israel "and sheltered in place for their safety," his office said.
School nurses treat kids for a wide range of illnesses and injuries, and are sometimes their only health provider. Yet many states don't require them, and school districts struggle to hire them.
Union coalition leading the three-day walkout said employees may strike again later this year unless health care giant addresses their concerns.
Researchers found that people with acute respiratory infections who tested negative for COVID-19 could still experience long-term symptoms including coughing, stomach pain and diarrhea.
Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo returned to work this week after a nine-week leave of absence. She told CBS News she is feeling "better than ever."
Lina Hidalgo, who leads one of the most populated areas of the country, which includes Houston, stunned constituents over the summer when she took leave to seek treatment for clinical depression. First on "CBS Mornings," Hidalgo opens up to CBS News senior White House and political correspondent Ed O'Keefe about what led to her leave and how she hopes to help others.
Israel says it's "taking more time" than expected to fend off an unprecedented attack by Hamas, as airstrikes and gun battles continued for a third day.
Several Republican candidates criticized President Biden for a recent prisoner swap with Iran.
Defense Secretary Austin said Sunday that he has ordered American military ships to move closer to Israel after Hamas' unprecedented attack.
Sen. Cory Booker and his staff were in Jerusalem when Hamas began carrying out its large-scale offensive against Israel "and sheltered in place for their safety," his office said.
As families search for loved ones missing after Hamas' raid on Israel a former Israeli commander says the group has crossed "point of no return."
Sofia Coppola's intimate portrait of the romance, marriage and breakup of Priscilla and Elvis Presley is one of the top offerings of this year's festival. Read reviews of this and other highlights.
The music legend who invented his own kind of funky hybrid of rock 'n' roll and R&B with his '60s group Sly and the Family Stone has just penned a memoir, "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)."
Created by P.T. Barnum in 1871 and named "The Greatest Show on Earth," Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus shut down in 2017. But now this American institution is being reimagined for a new age, and is relaunching with a two-year tour, featuring aerial acts, a new take on clowns, and no animals (except for a robot dog named Bailey). Correspondent Martha Teichner reports on how the circus is catapulting into the future.
"Sunday Morning" remembers some of the notable figures who left us this week, including Chicago Bears legend Dick Butkus.
While skirts have hemmed women into traditional notions of femininity, a skirt's length, style and fabric – dangling from the waist with few restrictions – can also connote freedom, wealth and agency.
An Arizona company uses high-altitude helium balloons to collect data and images from the stratosphere. But the company also has aspirations to send up not just tools, but humans, too. Mark Strassman has details.
Online scammers known as "phantom hackers" who operate as fake tech support specialists are targeting older adults, sometimes bilking them out of hundreds of thousands of dollars. One Navy veteran lost $800,000 to such a scam. Jeff Pegues has his story.
Apple on Wednesday released a software update designed to address reports that the new iPhone 15 experiences overheating. Apple had said the overheating issue was possibly linked to the use of certain apps, including Uber and Instagram.
Billions of dollars in electric vehicle battery investments have created an estimated 70,000 manufacturing jobs. The growth is concentrated in what is now known as the "Battery Belt."
FEMA and the FCC launched a nationwide test of the emergency alert system on Wednesday.
The MacArthur Foundation named the winners of its 2023 "genius grants" this week. Arizona State University anthropologist Amber Wutich, who received a grant for her research into water insecurity, joins CBS News to discuss the impact of access to safe and clean drinking water.
It was previously believed humans existed in North America somewhere between 13,500 and 16,000 years ago, but these footprints are much older.
Scientists have warned for decades that India's Himalayan glacial lakes are disasters waiting to happen. Climate change means they aren't waiting any more.
Officials in India say at least 10 people are dead and 102 missing after a flash flood triggered by a swollen glacial lake bursting its banks.
The discovery of 35 gold pieces marks at least the third discovery of ancient treasures in the country in recent weeks.
Nicki Lenway was no stranger to violence -- the 33-year old worked crime scenes for the Minneapolis Police Department. But she never imagined she'd find herself fighting for her life after being gunned down in a parking lot.
Authorities are searching for a suspect who fatally shot a 77-year-old woman on a trail in Castleton, Vermont. The victim, Honoree Fleming, was a retired Vermont State University dean.
A crime scene investigator survives after being gunned down in broad daylight. The harrowing scene is captured on surveillance video. Who pulled the trigger? See how investigators followed a digital evidence trail to solve the case.
Police believe the stabbing may have been gang-related.
A judge has denied former President Donald Trump's request to halt his civil fraud trial. CBS News legal contributor Rebecca Roiphe unpacks the case.
Amazon plans to launch more than 3,000 internet relay satellites, competing with SpaceX and others in a fast-growing marketplace.
Virgin's Unity rocketplane completed its ninth piloted trip to space and its fourth with paying customers aboard.
The Perseverance rover was near Mars' Jezero Crater when it spotted the towering dust devil.
A rare "ring of fire" solar eclipse will move across the U.S. on Oct. 14. NASA shared a viewing map and timeline.
NASA's new asteroid probe, Psyche, is on track for launching Oct. 12 after a weeklong delay for additional tests.
The Illinois mom wrote, "If something ever happens to me, please make sure the number one person of interest is Tim." Take a look at the evidence that led to Tim Bliefnick's arrest.
Inside South Carolina's "trial of the century" — how investigators built their case
A look back at the esteemed personalities who've left us this year, who'd touched us with their innovation, creativity and humanity.
What Angelina Fernandes saw the night her mother was accused of murder.
How prosecutors made the case that the Wisconsin man killed his parents Bart and Krista Halderson in July 2021.
Gen. Mark Milley looked back at his years as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, including the differences he had with President Trump that nearly caused him to resign.
Rich Paul honed his dealmaking instincts winning dice games as a kid. Today, he’s negotiated more than $4 billion in deals for his clients.
A Texas company — driven by a mission to create faster, better and more affordable housing — is 3D printing homes. It’s also working with NASA to 3D print on the Moon. Lesley Stahl reports.
There’s no guaranteed path to safety as artificial intelligence advances, Geoffrey Hinton, AI pioneer, warns. He shares his thoughts on AI’s benefits and dangers with Scott Pelley.
First, Geoffrey Hinton on promise, risks of AI. Then, Gen. Mark Milley: The 60 Minutes Interview. Next, Rich Paul: The 60 Minutes Interview. And, 3D printing homes on Earth, someday the moon.