This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Arctic has long been portrayed as a distant end-of-the-Earth place, disconnected from everyday common experience. But as the planet rapidly warms, what happens in this icy region, where temperatures…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. From record-breaking heat waves to massive wildfires, floods and long-running drought, the impacts of climate change across the U.S. have been impossible to ignore in 2021. While conditions vary from…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The United States should undertake a major research program into how the oceans could be artificially harnessed to remove carbon dioxide from the air, says a new report from the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When Cyclone Yaas slammed into her home in southwest Bangladesh in May, destroying it and sweeping away in the floodwaters the small amount of cash she had saved, Amina Begum…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The climate crisis is already exacerbating the housing crisis. Last year, wildfires burned and damaged about 17,700 structures in the US. It was one of the most destructive seasons on record,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. New research looks at how a climate extreme intensifies tensions between ocean life and people, and what can be done about it. The study was recently published in the Proceedings…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In a historic first, the United Nations will host the inaugural Food Systems Summit on Thursday, uniting global leaders in a drive to find novel ways to produce healthy fare for the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As the COP26 climate talks neared a close, environmentalists and lawyers warned rules for global carbon markets, due to be finalised in Glasgow, lack protections to stop abuses of the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. From rising temperatures to unprecedented weather events, the increasingly apparent impacts of climate change have exposed longstanding infrastructure gaps and prompted new urgency to addressing them. Many of these gaps…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. On Dec. 1, 2021, California triggered headlines heard around the world when officials announced how much water suppliers would be getting from the State Water Project. “California water districts to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Asphalt is a near-ubiquitous substance—it’s found in roads, on roofs, and in driveways—but its chemical emissions rarely figure into urban air quality management plans. Common road and roofing asphalts produce…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Conservation is about protecting that which sustains life on Earth — the rivers that flow with fresh water, the soil rooting crops in place, the forests and marinescapes that release…