Amid High-Tech alternatives, a reckoning for Iceland’s glacier keepers
A 30-meter, Komelon-branded measuring tape, a pencil, and a yellow paper form are all Hallsteinn Haraldsson carries with him when he travels to the Snaefellsnes…
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Climate change to become ‘greatest pressure on biodiversity’ by 2070
The combined effects of global warming and land-use change could cause the world’s ecosystems to lose more than a third of their animal species by…
World Environment Day 2018: beat the plastic pollution
As celebrations gear up for World Environment Day on 5 June, delegates and policymakers connect with India’s business sector and innovators to explore how to…
Dumb & Dumber: The global assault on environmental laws
Without environmental laws we’d all be breathing polluted air, drinking foul water, and living in a perpetual silent spring — where nature and wildlife had…
Waterloo study says insurance industry dangerously unprepared for extreme weather
As historic flooding caused by climate change devastates communities in New Brunswick and British Columbia, new research from the University of Waterloo reveals the insurance…
The web of life and climate change dualism
Imagine an intricate and infinite web. This web represents the interrelationship among all life forms both with each other as well as the rest of…
A ‘moon shot’ to protect Earth’s species
Biologist E.O. Wilson and former National Park Service director envision massive conservation effort to stem extinction The extinction of our swimming, trotting, slithering, and flying…
Love And Loss In The Anthropocene
As a species, we have been unable to meet the challenges posed by our own misguided attachment to growth. What can we do? We are…
18 Great New Books About Climate Change, Sustainability and Pioneering Women Environmentalists
This story was originally published by The Revelator Sustainability What do Rachel Carson, sea otters, toxic toads and the Gold King Mine disaster have in common?…
‘Beast from The East’ – the science behind Europe’s Siberian chill
The so-called “Beast from the East” has arrived in the UK, bringing unusually cold weather – about 7°C colder than the historical average for this…
Climate Change Adaptation Strategies for Indonesia
Key Points Climate adaptations can be made on both a small-scale, in local communities, and at the national level. Infrastructure robustness and resilience is imperative…
Here are 5 reasons why we need an ‘Internet of Energy’
Two technological revolutions are shaping the dawn of the 21st century: the development of the internet and the shift towards a carbon-free global energy system….
How droughts have scarred Syria forever
What is the good, bad, and the ugly regarding climate change and Syria? The good is that the Syrian government has finally signed the 2016…