Volcanoes are erupting in The Philippines, but on-fire Australia received some welcome rain. The Iran war cries have been called off and The Donald’s military powers are about to be hamstrung by the Senate. Meanwhile, his impeachment trial is starting, and we’re all on Twitter for a front-row seat.
11/04/2021
A father and son’s Ice Age plot to slow Siberian thaw
A father and son in remote Siberia are trying to engineer an ice age ecosystem. Peer-reviewed scientific papers show they are slowing global warming.
10/25/2021
‘Giving Life To Dying Land’: Solar Water Pumps Are Quenching Thirsty Kenyan Farms
Kenya's farmers have built sand dams to hold onto scarce river water — but solar-power water pumps are making access hugely easier.
11/02/2021
Florida county beaches see record number of sea turtle nests this year
Leatherback sea turtles laid a record 79 nests along the beaches of Broward County in 2021, almost double the number of nests from the previous record, according to the South Florida SunSentinel.
11/02/2021
Biden Administration Moves to Limit Methane, a Potent Greenhouse Gas
The Biden administration said Tuesday that it would heavily regulate methane, a potent greenhouse gas that spews from oil and natural gas operations and can warm the atmosphere 80 times as fast as carbon dioxide in the short term.
11/01/2021
Global Leaders Pledge to End Deforestation by 2030
The landmark agreement reflects a growing recognition of nature’s role in helping to address global warming. Still, critics said it wasn’t ambitious enough.
11/04/2021
What Could Go Right? The red pill
Plus, cloning mRNA vaccines in Africa, climate victories around the world, and a new report shows record voter turnout among college students.
11/01/2021
Opinion:The Glasgow summit will be a success!
When the Glasgow climate change summit is over, some people will say it was a failure, and some people will say it was a success. Their verdicts will depend on their perspectives. I want to offer a perspective from which the summit is guaranteed to look like a success.
10/29/2021
Pueblos in New Mexico turn to goats for fire management
As climate change exposes wildfire risks, tribes by the Rio Grande experiment with a four-legged technique to nibble away fuels.
11/02/2021
Energy innovation needs more than R&D
Back in September, voters in Norway — probably the most socialistic of the Nordic states — went to the polls, booted the incumbent right-wing coalition, and installed Labor Party leader Jonas Gahr Støre as the new prime minister.
10/29/2021
The Developing World Needs Energy—and Lots of It
When the world gathers in Glasgow, Scotland, next week for the United Nations climate summit, known as COP26, many climate leaders and activists from Africa and other parts of the developing world will be notably absent as they find it near impossible to get vaccinated against COVID-19.
10/28/2021
Congo to ban log exports to reduce pressure on its forests
Democratic Republic of Congo's environment minister said on Thursday the country intends to ban all log exports and implement other measures to lessen threats to its carbon-absorbing tropical rainforest, a major bulwark against climate change.
10/26/2021