Warm Seawater Encroaches on Major Antarctic Ice Shelf
In unprecedented detail, new research illuminates the seasonal flow of warm water toward the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf. Source: Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans The vast…
Climate Change
Cooking (Bio)Fuels in the Developing World
Approximately 2.1 billion people cook using open fires or inefficient stoves. Approximately four million people die yearly from inhaling unventilated wood, coal, or dung cooking…
Turning Climate Anxiety Into Action
Adaptation keeps many species, including ours, alive and thriving. In nature, how fast and well you adapt decides your survival. Humans somehow thought they could…
Double Standard
Russia invades Ukraine, and the U.S. and the EU show solidarity and concrete help to the victims of the attack. Linear. Israel invades what remains…
Six Lessons From the World’s Deadliest Environmental Disaster
The world’s deadliest environmental disaster got its start in 1958. Its effects are still being felt today, more than six decades later. It wasn’t an…
Ozone pollution shrinks tropical forest growth
While the ozone layer in the atmosphere protects the earth from the sun’s radiation, at the ground level, ozone is a pollutant that reduces the…
Grasping at Straws
When quenching your thirst, do you grab a straw? If so, are you aware of the many damaging repercussions for the environment? Natural resources are…
Anthrax in Zimbabwe: Caused by Oppression, Worsened by Climate Change
A herd of emaciated cows crowd for water at a small dam in the Zimunya area about 50 kilometres (31 miles) south of Zimbabwe’s eastern…
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…
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…