Breaking the Plastic Wave 2025
Preface In 2020, The Pew Charitable Trusts and Systemiq published a groundbreaking report, “Breaking the Plastic Wave,” amid…
Architecture in Ecuador: 16 Projects Rooted in Territory, Craft, and Collective Practice
Chaki Wasi, Artisanal Center of the Shalalá Community / La Cabina de la Curiosidad. Image © JAG Studio…
How a sperm bank might save cheetahs from extinction
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — For 35 years, American zoologist Laurie Marker has been collecting and storing…
Researchers slightly lower estimate of climate change’s effect on global income
The authors of a study that examined climate change’s potential effect on the global economy said Wednesday that…
Deadly Asian floods are a preview of what’s coming as climate warms, scientists say
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Southeast Asia is being pummeled by unusually severe floods this year, as late-arriving storms…
Meet The Young Entrepreneurs Constructing A Better Future
From climate tech to robots helping humans, these young entrepreneurs are building new tools, materials and technologies for…
Meet The Young Investors Funding The Future Of Climate, Software And AI
With big bets in cutting-edge software, fintech and AI, these young venture capitalists are transforming the world of…
Recycling Can’t Solve Our Plastic Crisis
Throwing your plastic bottles in the recycling bin may make you feel good about yourself, or ease your…
The Oceans Are Going to Rise—but When?
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. In May 2014, NASA announced at a press…
Tiger trafficking crisis reaches unprecedented levels as wild species plummets from 100,000 a century ago to 5,500 at most
Authorities worldwide have seized an average of nine tigers each month over the past five years, highlighting a…
Amazon Workers Issue Warning About Company’s ‘All-Costs-Justified’ Approach to AI Development
Over 1,000 Amazon employees have anonymously signed an open letter warning that the company’s allegedly “all-costs-justified, warp-speed approach…
Authorities seize nine tigers monthly in worsening global trafficking crisis
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysa (AP) — Authorities worldwide have seized an average of nine tigers each month over the…