How youth-led action is driving circularity for plastics
Plastic pollution remains at high levels despite widespread attention, with production having doubled over the past two decades…
Smoke, Heat, Storms: How Climate Change is Making Bad Working Conditions Even Worse
One morning, when Jacob started his 9 a.m. shift as a UPS driver in Minnesota, he noticed it was hazy…
Heavy rain on dry ground may cause UK floods but will not reverse drought | Drought
Floods and drought could hit the UK at the same time this week, with heavy rain forecast to…
Tropical storm Lala wreaks ‘devastation’ to some areas of Hawaii’s Big Island | Hawaii
Hawaii residents began to clean up after tropical storm Lala blew past the Big Island, leaving more than…
Protecting our ‘most vital infrastructure’: Pushing back on desertification
Desertification, the phenomenon whereby fertile land becomes unproductive and desert-like, is spreading at alarming rates across the globe…
Are zoos ready for the changing climate?
When people think about climate change and animals, they might picture melting sea ice, drought-stricken landscapes or species…
Why Chinese Tourists Are Paying For ‘Disaster Experiences’ In The Name Of Dark Tourism
A unique trend of “dark tourism” is gaining popularity in China, where young adventurers pay to experience extreme, simulated…
Canada’s Most Powerful Icebreaker Reaches North Pole
Canada’s largest and most powerful icebreaker has reached the North Pole as part of a multi-year effort to…
As rubble clears, Colombia begins focusing on recovery after the earthquake | Earthquakes News
Bogota, Colombia – One week after a magnitude 7.4 earthquake rocked western Colombia, rescue efforts continue despite the…
Particulate air pollution undermines plant water-use efficiency by inhibiting photosynthesis
Keenan, T. F. et al. Increase in forest water-use efficiency as atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations rise. Nature 499,…
How to Prevent Biofuels from Causing Deforestation – Energy Institute Blog
A tax on food uses of vegetable oils could insulate global vegetable-oil prices from U.S. biofuel policy, thereby…
The End of the European Summer
Although climate scientists warned in the nineteen-eighties that extreme heat posed a growing danger, policymakers in Europe didn’t…