Planet Earth's average temperature has risen about one degree Fahrenheit in the last fifty years. By the end of this century it will be several degrees higher, according to the latest climate research. But global warming is doing more than simply making things a little warmer.
Published September 28, 2012
A small group of people in the community Nueva Esperanza, on the outskirts of Lima, Peru, are creating a plantation in the desert. They're building mist traps to harvest water from perennial fog. With luck, they hope to create a forest and a better life.
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Curious about climate change? Pulitzer Center grantee Dan Grossman visits three North Carolina universities to speak about his extensive reporting on the subject.
The world’s glaciers are melting, but almost nothing is being done to slow the warming that is causing the problem. In some parts of the world, people are taking matters into their own hands.
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Daniel Grossman has been a print journalist and radio and web producer for 20 years. He holds a Ph.D. in political science and a B.S. in physics, both from MIT. He is a 2008 Alicia Patterson...
