David Schechter

1 day ago | yahoo.com | David Schechter |Seiji Yamashita |Tracy Wholf |Sean Herbert

More carbon dioxide — released from cars, factories and power plants — was present in the atmosphere last year than ever before in recorded history, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's latest report. The federal agency has been monitoring CO2 levels since the 1960s. It's part of the work started by Professor Ralph Keeling's father, Professor Charles David Keeling, who first documented the building up of CO2 in the atmosphere, driving climate change.

1 day ago | cbsnews.com | David Schechter |Tracy Wholf

More carbon dioxide — released from cars, factories and power plants — was present in the atmosphere last year than ever before in recorded history, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's latest report. The federal agency has been monitoring CO2 levels since the 1960s. It's part of the work started by Professor Ralph Keeling's father, Professor Charles David Keeling, who first documented the building up of CO2 in the atmosphere, driving climate change.

2 weeks ago | cbsnews.com | David Schechter

Fly fishing industry in California threatened by warming rivers California is one of the top fly-fishing destinations of the nation, especially when it comes to wild trout. But as climate change continues to warm our rivers, the pressure is growing on California's cold-water fish. The phenomenon is impacting freshwater streams across the country, including the nation's designated "home" for American fly fishing. "This is ground zero, right here.

3 weeks ago | cbsnews.com | David Schechter |Laura Geller

For the Lenape Nation, an indigenous tribe in Pennsylvania, the Delaware River is their ancestral home and a place they come to pay their respects. Clan Mother Shelley Windamakwi DePaul and her son Chief Adam Waterbear DePaul have dedicated their lives to protecting the river.

3 weeks ago | cbsnews.com | David Schechter

Americans spend almost $100 billion a year on fishing, creating jobs and revenue for communities across the country. But as climate change makes rivers warmer, that industry is increasingly threatened. Recent research found 87% of rivers studied across the U.S. and Europe are warming with 70% losing oxygen. "What climate change does is it's starving the oxygen out of the water.