Soil, Fungi, Agriculture and Climate Change
What do ancient Sanskrit texts, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, and Franklin Roosevelt have in common? They recognized the importance of soil to humanity. Ancient…
Climate Change
Urgent action needed in food sector to curb warming: Study
A study recently published in Nature Climate Change found that the global food sector alone, the way it is now, could add nearly 1 degree…
The challenges and promises of climate lawsuits
Katarina Zimmer Even the temperate, mountainous country of Switzerland isn’t immune to climate change. Sizzling heat waves are melting alpine glaciers, killing trees and fish…
State of the climate: Growing El Niño threatens more extreme heat in 2023
This year is shaping up to be one of top four warmest years on record – and has a modest chance of being the warmest on…
A green regulatory winter is coming – and this may be a good sign
French President Emmanuel Macron unleashed a storm of comments last week when he called for “a European regulatory pause” on environmental rules. Yet, as the…
Elders Seek to Supercharge Climate Action
Last month thousands of senior Americans took to the streets in 30 states to demand that the country’s major banks divest from fossil fuels. This…
Climate change protest: a single radical gets more media coverage than thousands of marchers
Gil Scott Heron argued that the Revolution Will Not Be Televised. Yet recently in the UK that statement is being challenged by disruptive environmental protesters…
Three small steps for mankind, one giant leap for the climate
From rising sea levels to scorching heat waves, the planet has one foot in the climate grave. But a new report says three targeted policy…
A Criminal Lexicon for Climate Change
«Every person on Earth today is living in a crime scene». Journalist Mark Hertsgaard referred to the criminal nature of the fossil fuel industry when…
Fresh-water scarcity prompts hunt for more from the air and sea
Carlos Garcia foresees a world in which many millions of homes will get water out of thin air – literally. Garcia is general manager of…
The surprising role of land use in alleviating the climate crisis
When people think of turning the tide on climate change, we often think of reforming energy use. But there’s another group of actions with big…
Look to cities, but past their mayors, for new climate solutions
A little over three months after the COP27 climate summit in Sharm-el-Sheikh drew to a close, the global community is no closer to finding a…
Weather Whiplash: How Climate Change Killed Thousands of Migratory Birds
Can we help species adapt to the evolving threat of compound climate extremes? When dead birds fall from the sky, you know something is wrong….