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Extreme weather and natural disasters of 2022 have caused negative economic impacts and destruction around the world because of climate change. iowaenvironmentalfocus.org/2022/12/30/nat…

3M, a Minnesota mining and manufacturing company, announced on Dec. 20 that it will stop manufacturing forever chemicals, or PFAs, by the end of 2025. iowaenvironmentalfocus.org/2022/12/27/3m-…

The Nature Conservancy took out a $2 million insurance policy at the end of November for Hawaii’s coral reefs. The policy provides funding for the repair and restoration of coral reefs after hurricane or storm damage. iowaenvironmentalfocus.org/2022/12/23/haw…

Iowa's state patrol reported responding to numerous accidents and crashes overnight during icy and snowy conditions in Iowa. From Dec. 21 at noon to Dec. 22 at 5 am, state patrol responded to 70 crashes. iowaenvironmentalfocus.org/2022/12/22/cra…

The USDA and the Biden-Harris Administration announced on Dec. 12 that they are investing an extra $325 million for 71 projects under the second funding pool of the Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities effort. iowaenvironmentalfocus.org/2022/12/16/usd…

On Dec. 5, a team at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory conducted the first controlled fusion experiment in history to produce more energy than the laser energy used to operate it. This breakthrough will pave the way for the future of clean energy. iowaenvironmentalfocus.org/2022/12/15/fus…

Although Iowa’s drought conditions are improving since November, they are still the worst conditions in 10 years heading into winter, where the cold season and frozen grounds do not provide soil moisture an opportunity to improve. iowaenvironmentalfocus.org/2022/12/13/iow…

With thousands of international flights, numerous lighting illuminating the field, and an air-conditioned outdoor stadium, critics say the Qatar Soccer World Cup is environmentally harmful. iowaenvironmentalfocus.org/2022/12/08/wor…

The Mauna Loa eruption on the morning of Nov. 28 caused a 124-foot tower, which collects carbon dioxide measurements nearly every hour for over 60 years, to stop operating. iowaenvironmentalfocus.org/2022/12/02/haw…

Some of the world’s most major and famous glaciers will disappear after global warming-induced melting by 2050, according to a UNESCO report. iowaenvironmentalfocus.org/2022/12/01/maj…

90 percent of counties in the U.S. have experienced a wildfire, a hurricane, a flood, or another form of natural disaster, from 2011 to the end of 2021, per a report released on Nov. 16. iowaenvironmentalfocus.org/2022/11/17/90-…

The Russia-Ukraine War has released 33 million tons of greenhouse gases into the air, according to Ruslan Strilets, Ukraine’s environmental protection minister. iowaenvironmentalfocus.org/2022/11/15/rus…

Avian influenza was confirmed in two more Iowa bird flocks, consisting of over one million egg-laying chickens in Wright County, per an IDALS report on Monday. The bird flu was also detected in 17 birds in Louisa County. iowaenvironmentalfocus.org/2022/11/10/one…

U.N. secretary-general António Guterres warned the world at the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference on Nov. 7 that the world is on a “highway to climate hell with our foot on the accelerator.” iowaenvironmentalfocus.org/2022/11/08/wer…

Temperatures in Europe have increased more than twice the global average rate in the last 30 years. From 1991 to 2021, Europe increased an average of 0.5 degrees Celsius every decade. Earth has warmed 0.18 degrees Celsius per decade since 1981. iowaenvironmentalfocus.org/2022/11/04/eur…

Fall is a great time to plant shade trees, the Iowa DNR said. Planting in the fall gives trees extra growing time before hot summer days, and fall’s moderate temperatures and sufficient ground moisture allow trees to form their roots. iowaenvironmentalfocus.org/2022/11/03/fal…

Central U.S. is experiencing the region’s worst drought in a decade, dropping the Mississippi River to record low levels in October. iowaenvironmentalfocus.org/2022/11/01/mis…

The world’s governments haven’t dedicated enough promise to avoid the cataclysmic climate change effects, the U.N. said on Oct. 26. This puts the world on course for a 4.5 degrees Fahrenheit increase in global temperatures by the end of the century. iowaenvironmentalfocus.org/2022/10/28/cur…

59 percent of corn and 88 percent of soybeans have been harvested by Iowa farmers, according to the USDA. Both crops are ahead of Iowa’s five-year average, with corn being eight days ahead and soybeans being 11 days ahead. iowaenvironmentalfocus.org/2022/10/27/iow…