Climate Change

One of the best ways we can help slow down climate change is by actually eating the food we buy.

The Indigenous Knowledge & Sustainability conference seeks to apply Native American techniques to issues of environmental protection. Kyle Whyte and Kellie Thompson discuss the concept on “St. Louis on the Air.” The conference is hosted by Washington University, the University of Missouri-St. Louis and Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.

The law puts the state on a path to reach 100% clean energy by 2050, with the goal of zeroing out carbon emissions by 2045.

The study will try to quantify how much carbon certain farming practices will keep in the soil and out of the atmosphere.

The Nature Conservancy in Missouri has developed a geographic tool to show people in the St. Louis region places with low tree canopy rates, poor air quality and flooding issues.

Replacing limestone with basalt rock could lead to healthier soil and better harvests and reduce the amount of carbon in the atmosphere.

Missouri has experienced some of the warmest and wettest years on record in recent decades, said Pat Guinan, state climatologist and associate professor of climatology at the University of Missouri Extension.

The global combined land and ocean-surface temperature was 1.67 degrees Fahrenheit above the 20th-century average, according to NOAA, the hottest in 142 years of record-keeping.

Keeping livestock from getting overheated helps keep the animals healthy and maintains milk production.

Washington University is providing University City High School teachers with tools to teach about climate change. The program could later expand to other St. Louis schools.