Tom: Hey Guys. It Is Monday, November 3Rd. I Am Tom Hanson and Channel One News Starts

Tom: Hey guys. It is Monday, November 3rd. I am Tom Hanson and Channel One News starts right now.

First up, we are taking a look at headlines. And a new report says the future of planet earth is in jeopardy with climate change dangers higher than ever.

The planet faces a future of extreme weather, rising sea levels, and melting polar ice caps. That's the stark warning from the United Nations’ fourth and final volume on climate change.

The U.N. says climate change is happening and humans are to blame as we continue to release high levels of carbon dioxide and other gases into the air. Scientists warned the impact will only worsen unless nations agree to drastic cuts in pollution.

The U.N. says emissions mainly from burning fossil fuels will need to drop to zero by the end of the century, in order for earth to have a decent chance of avoiding dangerous hot temperatures.

Speaking in Denmark, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said science has spoken and now leaders must act.

Ban Ki-moon: If we act now, immediately and decisively, we have the means to build a better and more sustainable world.

Alright and next up, over the weekend we changed the clocks. But a new study out says that your health would improve if we didn't move that hour back.

Zachary Glaster: I wish it would just stay the same so it would be lighter out so I could play a bit more.

Researchers at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine studied whether increased daylight hours would increase kid’s activity levels. They looked at 23,000 children ages five to sixteen from nine countries, including the U.S. And scientists found when it gets dark early, young people are less active.

Dr. Anna Goodman: For every extra hour of daylight in the evening there is about a 5 percent increase in children's physical activity.

Tom: The extra daylight could mean two more minutes of running around each day. It may not sound like a lot, but researchers say young people only get about a half an hour of vigorous activity a day, so even a little bit would help.

That's going to do it for headlines. After the break, the head of The Catholic Church is making waves for his latest comments over the origins of earth and human life.

1 | P a g e Tom: Okay, Demetrius is here now to take a look at some comments made by Pope Francis, who has chimed in on the debate over the origins of human life.

Demetrius: Right Tom, and this time the Pope is bringing together two age old enemies, science and religion.

Bill Harwood: Anyone who's ever gone outside and looked at the night sky has had to wonder at some point where did all of this come from and how did it happen?

Demetrius: It is a question that people have been trying to answer for centuries. And it is a hot topic that sparks lots of debate.

Creationism is the belief that the universe and everything we know was created by God. As told in The Bible. But The Big Bang Theory says a huge explosion occurred in space some 14 billion years ago, and scientists say that sparked life as we know it today.

Then there’s evolution, the theory that over millions of years, humans gradually evolved from other animals.

Now Pope Francis, the leader of The Catholic Church says you don't have to pick a side. In a meeting with scientists at The Vatican the Pope said the Big Bang Theory and evolution are real, and God is not "a magician with a magic wand."

He said, the Big Bang Theory “does not contradict the creative intervention of God. On the contrary, it requires it.”

Experts say Pope Francis is trying to help bridge the gap between science and the church.

Chester Gillis: Science is designed to tell you how the universe works. Religion is designed to tell you why, why is there a universe.

Demetrius: The Roman Catholic Church was once considered an enemy of science. In 1616, it condemned astronomer Galileo and ordered him to take back his claims that the earth rotated around the sun.

But times are changing. In recent years many of the Popes who held the job before Francis have spoken out, too.

Pope Pius XII described evolution as a valid scientific approach to the development of humans. And Pope John Paul II went further and suggested evolution was more than a hypothesis and effectively proven fact.

Even the conservative former Pope Benedict XVI said scientific theories on the origin and development of the universe and humans did not conflict with faith. Although he

2 | P a g e said they left many questions unanswered.

Pope Francis told scientists he still supports the story of creation from The Bible because God is the creator who brought everything to life.

Demetrius: And it is no surprise the Pope's comments are making headlines all around the world.

Tom: Thanks Demetrius. Alright, coming up after the break we are off to the open range to see how one animal is making a comeback after almost being wiped out.

Over the weekend conservation groups across the country celebrated National Bison Day which falls on November first. It was once an animal once on the brink of extinction but as Maggie Rulli shows us, the bison, which played an important role in American history is once again thriving.

Earl Lamont: I cherish buffalo. I respect them. Bison for me are family.

Maggie: For Earl Lamont the history of his people is intertwined with the history of the bison.

Earl's ancestors controlled the plains of what is now North and South Dakota, skillfully surviving for generations on land that is fittingly named The Badlands. And the bison was their lifeline.

How important are the bison for you and your community?

Earl: We depended on the buffalo for a long time. Even in modern day we still do. Not just for eating purposes but for cultural purposes, too. We use the bison skull for sun dancing, prayer, basically anything spiritual.

Maggie: For Earl, bison represent a way of life. And he is helping to save both the animal and his culture by working at Badlands National Park in South Dakota.

Earl: The mission is to conserve what we see now so that our grandkids would be able to see what we were able to see.

Weighing in at more than 2,500 pounds and standing six feet tall, these impressive beasts once dominated North America.

The Lakota people relied on these massive herds, and they lived in harmony with the bison.

Earl: We protected the buffalo even though we hunted the buffalo. We were dependent on them we lived off them for decades, generations. We didn’t take it for granted. We

3 | P a g e killed one or two in a big heard. We wouldn’t kill off half the heard. We’d only get what we could. What we could handle.

Maggie: But that way of life was lost.

Earl: When the settlers came over they found that the bison had many uses like we used them for.

Maggie: It is believed bison once numbered somewhere between thirty to sixty million. But by the late 1800s, that number had dropped to about five hundred in the wild.

Julie Johndreau: They were completely removed from this area.

Maggie: Park Ranger Julie Johndreau says the destruction of the bison was quick and efficient.

Julie: Bison were shot from trains going through, in large numbers and often the meat was left to rot, so it was a waste. And it's a sad part of American history.

Maggie: But it wasn’t just for meat or sport. Some U.S officials targeted bison for another purpose, hoping that by killing off the bison, they could also kill off an entire population of people who relied on the animal to survive.

Earl: My culture and my people the Oglala Sioux tribe were so depended on the buffalo that you know when they almost killed them off they basically almost killed us off.

Maggie: Native Americans across North America lost their communities and saw their way of life disappear.

Intense conservation efforts began in the mid 1900s in an attempt to save the bison. And after decades of work, bison now number in the tens of thousands. Even thriving in places they had once disappeared from entirely.

Today, there are more than 1,000 bison roaming right by Earl's neighborhood in Badlands National Park.

Julie: It’s not just the bison. It’s about all the places that the bison live and in preserving the bison we preserve natural ecosystems, we persevere cultural history, and we preserve a great American story.

Maggie: The bison is a conservation success story. Saving not only the animal, but part of the Lakota culture. A culture that has been disappearing.

Earl: Our culture is dying. Nobody around here my age is able to sit down and have a conversation in Lakota anymore.

4 | P a g e Maggie: What does it mean for you to now see bison in The Badlands?

Earl: It warms my heart because it means that our culture has a chance to replenish itself to bring itself back to life like the bison did.

Maggie Rulli, Channel One News.

Tom: Did you know that you can help protect the bison by adopting one? Well, head on over to Channelone.com for more information.

And alright guys, that does it for us. I am Tom Hanson. Have a good one, and we will see you tomorrow.

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