Why Geoengineering Is a False Solution to Climate Change
Benjamin Day, senior campaigner at Friends of the Earth, critiques plans to manipulate the atmosphere to mitigate climate change.
By Liya Cui
How do scientists predict the future of Earth’s climate?
They use climate models. Here’s how they work.
By Saugat Bolakhe
Why are sunny day floods becoming more frequent in NYC?
Both sea-level rise and New York’s pre-industrial marshy, natural landscape contribute.
By Maja Clasen and Elias Guerra
How are hard-working wetlands faring with climate change?
These carbon “sinks” absorb greenhouse gases, but climate change is stressing them.
By Gretchen Smail
How do dung beetles protect against climate change?
These insects reduce methane gas emissions by rolling, burying and eating manure.
By Sunny Nagpaul
A Trump Win Could Complicate Conservation Efforts for the American Eel in New York
Already depleted, the American eel is just one of many species that benefits from environmental federal funding – which could be in jeopardy.
By Rich Mendez
A Citywide Bluebelt Strategy Might Just Save Brooklyn Communities Like Mine From Flooding Catastrophe
One method the city’s been looking at to help minimize the flooding problem is the Bluebelt strategy.
By Amanda Salazar
Climate Change Forcing North Atlantic Right Whales Migration
Fewer than 350 North Atlantic right whales exist. Warming temperatures in the Gulf of Maine have put the endangered species in new peril.
By Michayla Savitt
Soil Carbon Sequestration is No Silver Bullet
A recent study shows that soil can’t capture enough carbon to outweigh emissions.
By H. Conley
Changing Currents Shake Up Species
Due to warming and acidification, ocean creatures are on the move.
By Aaron Tremper
New York’s Great Recreational Divide
Neighborhood playgrounds face extreme weather without the support of private donors
By Emily Nadal
Reporters & Editors
Reporters:
Clark Adomaitis
Pablo Alvarez
Audrey Carleton
Bruce Gil
Syed Haq
Brenna Holland
Abe Levine
Emily Nadal
Editors:
Richard Heaton
Cheyenne Ligon
Anny Oberlink
Zack Smith
Aaron Tremper
Faculty Advisers
Climate Correction was produced by students at the Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY‘s NYCity News Service under the guidance of Emily Laber-Warren, with site advisers Christine McKenna and John Mancini.