Stretching Your Dollar: How Climate Change Affects Your Home
Climate change isn't just having detrimental effects on the planet, it's also putting a dent in our wallets. Dave Jones, director of climate risk initiative at UC Berkeley, joined 'Stretching Your Dollar' to talk about ways that climate change can impact our everyday lives, including causing property damage. Jones also talked about the importance of home insurance, particularly in high-risk areas.
Scientists have discovered a new asteroid that's been tagging along with Earth for the past 2,000 years. The space rock is called a "quasi-moon," since it's only slightly influenced by the Earth's gravitational pull, but it still makes the journey around the sun much like the earth does.
Earth has pushed past seven out of eight scientifically established safety limits and into “the danger zone,” not just for an overheating planet that's losing its natural areas, but for the well-being of people living on it, according to a new study.
