Suzie Hicks the Climate Chick and co-host Sprout are on a mission to inspire young children to learn about and take action on climate change. (Rose Trimboli) "I'm Sprout," the puppet says in the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On New Year's Day, several people messaged me to ask if I had noticed how bad the air quality was in Phoenix after the previous ...

Can the common barn swallow help promote awareness of climate change while encouraging greater diversity in STEM? A group of CU Boulder faculty believes so—and they recently won a five-year grant ...

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 ...

Late last month, Hurricane Melissa pummeled Jamaica and other parts of the Caribbean. It was one of the strongest Category 5 storms on record, and yet it’s just one among many severe and devastating ...

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 ...

"I'm Sprout," the puppet says in the inaugural episode of the series. "I'm a sunflower. I'm just too little to bloom yet." Together, the pair share information about human-caused climate change — the ...

The effects of air pollution on kids "should have parents up in arms" to force changes in air pollution regulations, a reader said. Experts say children exposed to high air pollution levels can lose ...