A huge park outside of Mexico City serves as a climate-adaptation model
Editor’s note: Paul Biasco first wrote about the Lake Texcoco Ecological Park for Ensia in early 2020. Here, the author revisits the park as it’s…
Climate Change
CO2 Misleading Narratives
Confronting climate change is imperative; doing it rationally and honestly is a duty. However, the discrepancies and half-truths that permeate the global discourse on energy…
Bicycle Transport A Prescription for a Healthier Environment and Reducing Climate Change
Most people need to earn money to pay for living expenses, and many of them would like to help heal the planet while doing so….
Burning Trees: As the Biomass Industry Grows, Its Carbon Emissions Go Uncounted
The port of Longview, Washington has served as a bustling hub of commerce for more than a century. Ships carrying everything from grain to wind…
Europe’s climate laws could spell the end to low-cost flights – but what about private jets?
The era of low-cost air travel in Europe may be over for good, thanks in part to recent EU environmental policies. All in all, this…
Alaska’s Arctic rivers turn rusty orange as permafrost thaws
Numerous rivers and streams in Alaska’s remote Brooks Range are turning orange due to the thawing of permafrost, which is releasing previously frozen minerals into…
KlimaSeniorinnen
Climate change is increasingly a battleground. In the past, we had scientists versus negationists and corporations. From now on, it will be citizens against governments….
The EU’s Green Deal is going out with a whimper
Flushed with their successful defense of the watered-down nature restoration law, progressive lawmakers in the European Parliament would have you believe that the Green Deal…
Green shipping picks up speed
Elise Hansen An international treaty aims to bring the shipping industry to net-zero emissions by around 2050. Can novel fuels, wind power and coordination on…
U.N. carbon trading scheme holds promise and peril for tropical forests
Suriname’s recently announced plans to sell carbon credits under the Paris Agreement’s emissions trading system have been met with both applause and skepticism by climate…
Communication and education to mobilise global climate action
Evidence-informed strategies for promoting global climate literacy and action are essential for addressing the climate crisis The climate crisis is well and truly here, with…
Eight key takeaways from the new National Climate Assessment
We’ve made progress on climate change, but there’s still a lot of work to be done, according to a sweeping scientific report. The U.S. has…
Road or Us
You probably already know that automobiles are major consumers of fossil fuels, and they produce vast amounts of the greenhouse gases that contribute to climate…