New hurricane-hunting drones aim to warn of intensifying storms
Floating drones could be a breakthrough in effort to keep people safe from hurricanes.
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."
Italy's stunning Lake Como has long been associated with the high life, but its water level is now lower than ever as the world's glacial lakes dry up.
Commercial and recreational salmon fishing generates more than $900 million annually for California.
Water levels at Lake Mead, the rapidly-depleting reservoir at Hoover Dam, may force the federal government to make a drastic and historic decision affecting Southwest farmers.
Many see the sprawling Dandora dump as an insurmountable problem, but Nzambi Matee sees millions of super strong, super cheap plastic bricks, just waiting to be baked.
Water levels near the nation's capital are rising faster than almost anywhere else on the East Coast.
He estimates he picked up about 12,000 to 15,000 pounds of trash since May 2019.
Americans weigh in on climate change objectives and how achievable they seem.
Colorado Senator Michael Bennet introduces legislation that would put billions into restoring and maintaining forests, watersheds and rangelands in the West.
The Lone Star state is quickly becoming the blueprint for a new type of blue-collar worker.
Just a third of people say they'll consider one. Most would still consider a traditional gasoline-powered car.
Just over half think that a year of lockdowns and working from home during the pandemic probably helped the environment.
Americans weigh in on whether fighting climate change helps or hurts the economy.
This year's tour season was canceled because the ice was too thin for choppers to land.
"If you abuse the natural world, bad things happen, including bad things to people," Royal Botanic Gardens Director Richard Deverell said.
The number of chinstrap penguins in the fast-warming region has halved, a shocking statistic and a warning for the future.
Scientists fear a chunk of ice as big as two football fields could fall
On the 25th anniversary of a law protecting more than 24 million acres of federally-owned forests in Northern California, Oregon and Washington, clear-cutting forests on state-owned and private land is coming under scrutiny
Thousands of people in cities around the world are hitting the streets to demand their governments take action on climate change
"This is a horrible situation, and it's about time people wake up and started taking care of their environment," one expert said
Company has been under pressure from employees to get off fossil fuels and cut ties with extraction companies
Lush, Patagonia and Ben & Jerry's are closing locations, while others are shutting offices or offering paid time off
From higher demand for air conditioning to mass malaria treatments, corporations are finding money in climate disruption
Scientists are collecting data to understand what is happening so that they can then tackle the question: Why?
The British journalist and author of "Midnight in Chernobyl" returns with his exhaustively-researched new book about the 1986 space shuttle disaster.
A recent study from the University of Washington suggests that rising summer temperatures threaten triploid oysters, specifically bred in the 1970s to be more resilient to harsher environments. Despite that, researchers found that triploids die nearly 2.5 times faster than other oysters when under heat stress. Neil Thompson, geneticist for the U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service, joins CBS News to unpack the findings.
The New Caledonian fern, Tmesipteris oblanceolata, has more than 50 times more DNA packed into the nucleus of its cells than humans do.
Can the climate crisis be won as temperatures soar, oceans rise and air quality deteriorates? Former presidential candidate Tom Steyer thinks it can. The climate investor joins "America Decides" to discuss his new book "Cheaper, Faster, Better: How We'll Win the Climate War."
The spread of an avian flu virus in cattle has again brought public health attention to the potential for a global pandemic. Fighting it would depend, for now, on 1940s technology that makes vaccines from hens' eggs.
Turbulence on flights has been increasing, and climate change could be one of the reasons why. CBS News senior weather producer David Parkinson explains how the human-caused phenomenon affects the flight path.
One million species worldwide are threatened with extinction, according to the United Nations. One of the reasons is climate change. As dire as it sounds, there are many communities working to protect the Earth and those threatened species.
Shining galaxies, a purple and orange star nursery and a spiral galaxy are among the new images.
New research indicates the sun's magnetic field originates much closer to the surface than previously thought, a finding that could help predict extreme solar storms.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released new 2024 weather outlooks for the summer. CBS News Chicago meteorologist David Yeomans breaks down how the predictions may be connected to climate change.
The Environmental Protection Agency is urging water systems to take immediate actions to protect the nation's drinking water from cyberattacks. CBS News homeland security and justice reporter Nicole Sganga joins to discuss.
In California, we learn how the site of past environmental disasters could be a key to America's clean energy future. Then in Florida, we explore restoration efforts to reverse years of devastation in the Everglades. Watch these stories and more on Eye on America with host Michelle Miller.
The 40-mile-long river branch, which ran by the Giza pyramid complex, was hidden under desert and farmland for millennia, scientists said.
A new study suggests that the first warm-blooded dinosaurs may have roamed Earth about 180 million years ago.
Extreme heat is known as a "silent killer," and in some areas across Asia, its intensity would have been impossible without one critical factor, a new study found.
Media magnate Rupert Murdoch, who is 93, married Elena Zhukova on Saturday.
On this "Face the Nation" broadcast, former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Preet Bharara and North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum join Margaret Brennan.
A pilot suffered non life-threatening injuries after being pulled from a burning helicopter that crashed in New Hampshire.
You're not alone in being confused about whether biweekly means twice a week or every other week. Here's what the dictionary and experts say about definition confusion.
The historian notes the felony conviction of a former American president by a jury of peers, proving all are equal under the law, would never have taken place in countries ruled by authoritarians.
Media magnate Rupert Murdoch, who is 93, married Elena Zhukova on Saturday.
Authors complained for years that the organization was predominantly White — causing membership to plummet.
Costco hasn't raised the cost of its popular hot dog and soda combo in nearly 40 years, and it's not about to now, a senior exec says.
FCC calls on Congress for funding to restart program that helped low-income households get high-speed internet service.
Google said it's rolling back its AI-generated search results feature after two weeks. Here's why.
On this "Face the Nation" broadcast, former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Preet Bharara and North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum join Margaret Brennan.
The following is a transcript of an interview with former commander of U.S. forces in the Middle East, retired General Frank McKenzie, on "Face the Nation" that aired on June 2, 2024.
While in office, Trump took issue with the social media app being controlled by a China-based parent company, trying unsuccessfully to ban the app in the U.S. with an executive order.
North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, a contender for Donald Trump's running mate, said Sunday that November's election will not be decided by the former president's guilty conviction in the New York "hush money" trial.
The following is a transcript of an interview with North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum on "Face the Nation" that aired on June 2, 2024.
Even if someone has gone through a healing process with body image or their relationship with food, these challenges can "last a lifetime," a licensed mental health counselor tells CBS News.
Almost one in five survey responders had lost a family member or close friend to a drug overdose, researchers found.
The U.S. has ordered 4.8 million doses of vaccine to target bird flu in case the outbreak spreads in people.
Details of the FDA's proposal were published Friday ahead of a meeting next week.
The Mediterranean diet has long been regarded as a heart-healthy option, but a new study has found the diet may help reduce risk of death.
Taylor Momsen, whose band The Pretty Reckless are opening for AC/DC, was performing in Spain when she was bit by a bat.
Nearly 100 million people are registered to vote in the race to replace outgoing President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
Three C-47 transport planes, a workhorse of World War II, dropped three long strings of jumpers, their round chutes mushrooming open in the blue skies with puffy white clouds.
South Korea says it'll take strong retaliatory steps against North Korea over its launch of trash-carrying balloons across the border and other provocations.
The spacecraft, part of the Chang'e moon exploration program, will collect soil and rock samples.
Taylor Momsen, whose band The Pretty Reckless are opening for AC/DC, was performing in Spain when she was bit by a bat.
Cyndi Lauper was a pop music dynamo and MTV-favorite singer who later won a Tony Award for her songs for the stage musical "Kinky Boots." But she wanted more than to just have fun. The subject of a new documentary on Paramount+ called "Let the Canary Sing," Lauper talks with correspondent Anthony Mason about how music made her tumultuous home life better; how she had to be convinced about her breakout record, "Girls Just Want to Have Fun"; and about criticism from producer Quincy Jones that she was a "troublemaker."
"Sunday Morning" remembers some of the notable figures who left us this week, including NBA Hall of Famer and sportscaster Bill Walton.
When the "Jurassic Park" writer died in 2008, he left behind an unfinished novel about a volcanic eruption that imperils all life on Earth. Enter bestselling author James Patterson, tasked with completing Crichton's thriller.
Writer Michael Crichton, whose blockbuster novels, films and TV series included "Jurassic Park" and "ER," died in 2008, leaving behind an unfinished thriller about a volcanic eruption that imperils all life on Earth. Bestselling author James Patterson was tasked with completing Crichton's book, and now, 16 years later, "Eruption" is finally being unleashed in bookstores. Correspondent Tracy Smith talks with Patterson, and with Michael's widow, Sherri Alexander Crichton, about bringing back the voice of a master storyteller.
What was to be the maiden launch of the Boeing Starliner with astronauts on board was halted yet again Saturday, this time less than four minutes before liftoff, when a computer system triggered an automatic hold. A launch last month was also canceled due to various issues. Manuel Bojorquez has the latest.
All systems are go for a second attempted launch of Boeing's Starliner capsule on Saturday, making its maiden voyage to the International Space Station with two astronauts on board. Manuel Bojorquez reports from the Kennedy Space Center.
From labor shortages to environmental impacts, farmers are looking to AI to help revolutionize the agriculture industry. One California startup, Farm-ng, is tapping into the power of AI and robotics to perform a wide range of tasks, including seeding, weeding and harvesting.
ChatGPT developer OpenAI warns that state actors worldwide use generative artificial intelligence to run covert propaganda operations. The company told The Washington Post it found groups in Russia, China, Iran and Israel using its technology to build and launch social media campaigns. Gerrit De Vynck, tech reporter for The Post, joins CBS News to discuss.
Google said it's rolling back its AI-generated search results feature after two weeks. Here's why.
The British journalist and author of "Midnight in Chernobyl" returns with his exhaustively-researched new book about the 1986 space shuttle disaster.
A recent study from the University of Washington suggests that rising summer temperatures threaten triploid oysters, specifically bred in the 1970s to be more resilient to harsher environments. Despite that, researchers found that triploids die nearly 2.5 times faster than other oysters when under heat stress. Neil Thompson, geneticist for the U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service, joins CBS News to unpack the findings.
The New Caledonian fern, Tmesipteris oblanceolata, has more than 50 times more DNA packed into the nucleus of its cells than humans do.
Can the climate crisis be won as temperatures soar, oceans rise and air quality deteriorates? Former presidential candidate Tom Steyer thinks it can. The climate investor joins "America Decides" to discuss his new book "Cheaper, Faster, Better: How We'll Win the Climate War."
The spread of an avian flu virus in cattle has again brought public health attention to the potential for a global pandemic. Fighting it would depend, for now, on 1940s technology that makes vaccines from hens' eggs.
An early morning shooting in Akron, Ohio killed one person and injured two dozen people, some critically, police said.
Prosecutors say evidence, including damning cellphone searches and texts, led them to Tim Bliefnick for the February murder of Becky Bliefnick.
Police say a photographer and one-time contestant on "The Dating Game" was also a chameleon and a serial killer —perhaps the deadliest in U.S. history.
Two days after he was convicted of triple-murder, an Idaho jury on Saturday sentenced Chad Daybell to death in the 2019 killing of his first wife, Tammy Daybell, and the killings of the two youngest children of his now wife, Lori Vallow Daybell. In 2023, Vallow Daybell was also convicted in the murders of those two children and sentenced to life in prison.
Chad Daybell was sentenced to death in the murders of his wife, Tammy Daybell, and his then-girlfriend's children Joshua "JJ" Vallow and Tylee Ryan.
The spacecraft, part of the Chang'e moon exploration program, will collect soil and rock samples.
The second attempt to send Boeing's Starliner crew capsule into orbit was canceled just minutes before it was set to launch on Saturday.
Nearly a month after a frustrating launch scrub, the Starliner and its two-person crew were initially cleared for a second attempt to reach orbit.
If you missed the fantastic display of the northern lights in May, you could soon have another chance. In early June, the active solar region responsible for those multi-colored hues in the night sky will be in prime position to generate solar storms impacting us on Earth. Ryan French, solar physicist with the National Solar Observatory, joins CBS News to explain.
Boeing is preparing to launch its crewed Starliner spacecraft on Saturday after having to scrub the plan twice before due to technical difficulties. CBS News space consultant Bill Harwood is following the preparations for Boeing's flight.
A look back at the esteemed personalities who've left us this year, who'd touched us with their innovation, creativity and humanity.
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.
Forrest Fenn hid a treasure somewhere in the Rocky Mountains. Five men died searching for it.
An anonymous letter writer terrorizes a small town, threatening to expose their rumored dark secrets.
A look back at the hallowed career of the indie "B-movie" filmmaker, known for exploitation films, monster flicks, and some bizarre movie posters.
Scott Anderson, the director of UNRWA, the largest relief agency for Palestinian refugees, tells "Face the Nation" that what Palestinians are lacking are "just basic necessities that we all kind of expect." The "number-one concern," he added, is "access to clean drinking water."
Matt Pottinger served as deputy National Security Adviser under former President Donald Trump and resigned after Jan. 6, 2021, and later testified that national security was in harm that day and it gave ammunition to feed a narrative that our system of government doesn't work. Pottinger tells "Face the Nation" that "Election Day will be a referendum" if there is still faith in U.S. systems.
Retired Gen. Frank McKenzie, the former commander of the U.S. forces in the Middle East, writes in a new book that the withdrawal from Afghanistan, which was negotiated under former President Donald Trump and implemented under President Biden, was "one of the worst negotiating mistakes by the U.S." Both presidents, McKenzie tells "Face the Nation," shared a policy objective of leaving Afghanistan, regardless of the consequences."
North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, considered to be one of the contenders to be former President Donald Trump's running mate, tells "Face the Nation" that the 2024 election "is not going to turn on" Trump's conviction in New York.
Preet Bharara, the former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, tells "Face the Nation" that characterizations made by GOP Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida and fellow Republicans are "completely silly." "The trial, all aspects of the trial were done openly and in public," Bharara added.