The report estimates that by the end of this century people in Indiana will experience more than 60 days a year where the heat index is above 100 degrees.

Recently the Climate Literacy & Energy Awareness Network reviewed more than 30,000 online resources to help teachers teach about climate change and found that only about 700 were reputable and could be used in schools.

For many students in Indiana, eighth grade is the first and last time that theyll focus on climate change in class. That puts a lot of pressure on eighth grade science teachers to teach the subject right.

Health experts say rising temperatures are making issues like asthma-related deaths and tick-borne illnesses worse.

A report released this week says Indiana and the rest of the world are going to have to make transformative changes to avoid losing more than 1 million species of plants and animals.

Early this spring, parts of the Midwest saw record flooding. With climate change, Indianas winters and springs are only going to get wetter.

At an annual foreign policy conference at Indiana University last month, Lugar said climate change deserved more of a focus.

A recent study including Purdue University researchers finds forests are an efficient way to capture and store carbon but with limits.

Goshen is voicing a commitment to reducing carbon emissions, increasing energy efficiency and boosting the use of renewable energy.

While 80% of survey respondents think climate change is happening, they underestimated their fellow Hoosiers and suspected only a little more than half agreed.