Babies born today will grow up in a world where climate change is part of the background of everyday life. Their summers will be hotter, their cities will look greener and more high-tech, and their ...

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It’s not unusual for pediatricians to prescribe a healthy dose of sunshine and outdoor time to their growing patients. A wide body of research extolls the benefits of getting outside for kids—from ...

Students in Vicki Sando’s class at PS 41 draw up their plans for a container to protect a sea turtle egg. Credit: Caroline Preston/The Hechinger Report The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education ...

Writing computer code is an important tool scientists use to learn more about climate change. Climatologists use code to make models that can help predict, mitigate, or even resolve climate disasters.

This is the first episode of Nature Quest, a monthly Short Wave segment that answers listener questions about your local environment. Every month, we'll be bringing you a question from a fellow ...

It was meant to raise awareness of our planet's environmental problems. Fifty-five years later, when we talk about the environment and nature, we're also talking about climate change. It's an issue ...

Twenty years ago, a few of Los Angeles’ West Adams residents and their friends had a novel idea: take a jackhammer to break up the asphalt and cement at their neighborhood’s 24th Street Elementary ...

Children are especially sensitive to climate change impacts, in part because they are still growing and developing. They spend more time playing outdoors and have less control over their surrounding ...

As awareness of youth fitness grows across the Gulf, gymnastics continues to gain recognition as a practical, health-focused sport for children. Its indoor nature, adaptability for different skill ...

‘The Pocket Park Kids,’ which my 4-year-old and I saw together, intends to make it fun for kids to learn how to save the planet NEW YORK — Willow is a city kid who loves her neighborhood’s tiny ...