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Explainer: Why you should care about glaciers

Kamalini Nagarajan, Reporter March 22, 2023

When speaking about global warming, phrases like “the tipping point” and “runaway effect” appear quite often. The words themselves can seem overwhelming, like we have started on an unstoppable...

Editorial: Global warming affects the Earth everyday

Emma Galvez, Reporter January 31, 2023

Global warming has been in effect since the 1830s. The Earth has been going through temperature change, wildfires, ocean levels rising, and coral reefs dying.  Global warming has been proven "Based on...

Derry Township Environmental Action Committee discusses future plans

Kamalini Nagarajan, Reporter December 20, 2022

The Derry Township Environmental Action Committee, or DEAC, met on Saturday, November 17th to discuss future plans.  Tree Planting  First on the list, the committee was set to discuss how the tree...

Biden speaks at the United Nations Climate Conference in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. He apologized for USA’s action to leave the Paris Agreement. (US Embassy Cairo/Maged Helal)

USA strengthens resolve to slowing climate change at COP27

Kamalini Nagarajan, Reporter December 5, 2022

At the United Nations Climate Conference, or COP27 for short, this November, the United States (USA) promised to strengthen its efforts in slowing down climate change.  Midway through the conference,...

HHS water fountains have a section used for refilling water bottles to help students limit the amount of single-use plastic they’re using. The water fountain in the second floor F-wing has already been used enough times to fill 32,916 plastic bottles. (Broadcaster/Elizabeth Vojt)

Six ways to celebrate Earth Day every day

Elizabeth Vojt, Reporter April 26, 2022

The 52nd annual Earth Day was celebrated on April 22. Earth Day is meant to be spent enjoying and celebrating Earth’s clean natural resources. Recently, many have also been using the day to learn and...

The Atlantic Ocean viewed from space. The ocean covers 71% of the globe, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). (NASA Johnson)

Celebrate World Oceans Day

Maeve Reiter, Social Media Editor June 7, 2021

World Oceans Day, which is celebrated this year on June 8, has been ongoing since the Ocean Project started it in 2002.  According to the Ocean Project, their main goal is to raise awareness and...

Photo by Worlds Direction/Public Domain

Celebrate World Environment Day

World Environment Day is celebrated June 5th and was established by the United Nations in 1974. History Since 1974, World Environment Day has been celebrated annually on June 5th worldwide in an...

Belize seagrass meadow.  Steven J Lutz, GRID-Arendal/CC BY-NC 2.0

Seychelles Takes Steps to Limit CO2 Emissions with seagrass meadow mapping

Lauren Cribbs , Editorials Editor April 26, 2021

TheBroadcaster · Seychelles Takes Steps to Limit CO2 Emissions with seagrass meadow mapping Seagrass meadows are vital to the health of our oceans and to our planet. Because these meadows are declining...

Power company workers fix a downed power line in Texas on February 17, 2021. Massive power outages across the state left millions without power for days. (Jonathan Cutrer/CC BY-NC 2.0)

Texas’ power grid, generation system underprepared for winter storm Uri

Maeve Reiter, Social Media Editor March 17, 2021

TheBroadcaster · Texas' power grid, generation system underprepared for winter storm Uri Winter storm Uri hit Texas on February 14th, bringing snow and wind chills in the negatives. It also brought...

Two Coast Guard members work to warm 60 sea turtles near South Padre Island, Texas, Feb. 17, 2021. Over 300 cold-stunned sea turtles were rescued by various volunteers and were documented, checked for identifying tags, and quickly transported to local rehabilitation centers. (U.S. Coast Guard/CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

Cold-Stunned Sea Turtles Rescued in Texas

Lauren Cribbs, Video producer March 3, 2021

TheBroadcaster · Stunned Sea Turtles Rescued In Texas As temperatures drop in Texas, sea turtles are becoming cold stunned, and are being rescued.  When the stunning occurs the turtles internal...

Climate Change is Real

Allyson Lin, Reporter February 1, 2021

In Greenland and Antarctica, NASA has proven that Greenland has lost an average of 286 billion tons of ice per year between 1993 and 2016. Antarctica had lost about 127 billion tons per year during the...

Hurricanes are becoming more destructive scientists find

Isabella Maish, Reporter January 2, 2021

In a recent study of climate change’s impact on hurricanes, scientists found that hurricanes are becoming destructive for a longer time as they travel inland. Scientists Lin Li and Pinaki Chakraborty...

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