Earth Day sheds light on climate change close to home

Ryan Richardson knows all too well how global climate change can affect local lives.

Climate change is simply a change in seasons

Back when I was in high school, climate change was scientifically called the four seasons. Every three months there are seasons of time that are different. Winter, the coldest; spring, a little warmer; summer, the warmest season; then fall with cooling temps returning to the same cycle.

Exhibition focuses on effects of climate change

The effects of plastics on wildlife, deforestation and large-scale damming are some of the issues addressed in the exhibition "Climate of Uncertainty," which goes on display at the DePaul Art Museum Jan. 10.

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Report: Indiana, Illinois break heat records in 2012

A report and interactive map released Tuesday by the Natural Resources Defense Council puts Indiana and Illinois in the top 10 states in the nation for the most heat records broken in 2012.

Exhibition focuses on effects of climate change

The effects of plastics on wildlife, deforestation and large-scale damming are some of the issues addressed in the exhibition “Climate of Uncertainty,” which goes on display at the DePaul Art Museum Jan. 10.

Annual bird counts give scientists climate clues

Where are the wild turkeys? Why were no black rails found? What about fox sparrows and the 13 other species that are commonly counted on the preserve? Where have they gone?

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Climate change expert warns of impact at National Lakeshore

GARY | Dr. Patrick Gonzalez has seen the tangible effects of climate change on national parks and wants people to take action to prevent further degradation.

Stakeholders gather to address climate change and the dunes

PORTAGE | Climate change isn't just something to think about when planning for the future of the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore.

Gary signs on to clean air campaign

GARY | The city on Tuesday pledged support to the Center for Biological Diversity's national Clean Air Cities campaign, urging federal officials to take action on global warming.

"Has this summer's weather affected your views on climate change?"

Joshua Eastlund, Highland | "Rather then affected, it supports my views. Obviously, something is going on. I'm not certain what it is, but something's happening."

"Has this summer's weather affected your views on climate change?"

Region views on climate change

BRIAN HOWEY: Sweating out ‘the greatest hoax of all time’

The solitude on the lakes this Fourth of July was eerie. Nary a rocket’s red glare or mortar exploding in air.

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PHIL WIELAND: Beating the heat with a rhyme that is neat

It looks like the summer is going to be a bummer

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Oh the climate outside is changing

Well, I've done it again. It's the middle of January — in the Northern Hemisphere that's winter — I have been outside, and my attire is shorts. Well, they're mid-calf, pseudo-capri, "what-the-heck-are-you-wearing?" kind of shorts.

If wrong on climate change, catastrophe could occur

I'm writing in response to the gentleman who wanted to debunk the idea that climate change is not an exact science. Ask the people in Oklahoma and Texas who are setting temperature records this year if there has been a change. Ask the people in Arizona about the unusual amount of dust storms…

Climate prediction is not an exact science

It is time to stop claiming that the climate change hoax is real. Almost all the data used in previous studies have all been proven to have been doctored or manipulated.