- — At 11,500 Feet, a ‘Climate Fast’ to Save the Melting Himalaya
- Sonam Wangchuk has long worked to help people in India’s Ladakh region adapt to climate change. In an e360 interview, he explains why he fasted for 21 days to pressure the government to grant legal protections to the region’s fragile ecosystem and its life-giving glaciers.Read more on E360 →
- — This Map Shows Where Planting Trees Would Make Climate Change Worse
- Though oft touted as a fix for climate change, planting trees could, in some regions, make warming more severe, a new study finds.Read more on E360 →
- — Octopuses Are Highly Intelligent. Should They Be Farmed for Food?
- A Spanish company is aiming to factory farm octopuses for their meat, contending that it would help conserve the creatures in the wild. But critics argue that caging these highly sensitive mollusks, whose intelligence science is still revealing, would be cruel and inhumane.Read more on E360 →
- — In Our Age of Fire Suppression, Only the Biggest Blazes Survive
- While forest managers have proved adept of stamping out small wildfires, they have been less successful at suppressing larger, more devastating burns. The result is that the average wildfire is more severe than it would be without human intervention.Read more on E360 →
- — In Texas, the Heat Index Is Rising Faster Than the Temperature
- A new study of summer weather in Texas finds the heat index — an indicator of how hot it feels outside — is rising much faster than the temperature.Read more on E360 →
- — Nations Are Undercounting Emissions, Putting UN Goals at Risk
- Because of lax rules, national inventories reported to the United Nations grossly underestimate many countries’ greenhouse gas emissions. The result, analysts say, is that the world can not verify compliance with agreed emissions targets, jeopardizing global climate agreements.Read more on E360 →
- — As Carbon Air Capture Ramps Up, Major Hurdles Remain
- Aided by tax breaks and carbon credits, scores of plants are being developed or are now operating that remove CO2 from the air. Such facilities are considered necessary to limit global warming, but critics have questions about the high costs and where the captured carbon will go.Read more on E360 →
- — More Than Half of Commutes Globally Made by Car, Study Finds
- A new study of urban transport finds that most commuters globally are getting to work by car, fueling pollution, particularly in wealthier regions.Read more on E360 →
- — How Lightly Grazed Lands Can Lock Away Carbon
- A new study finds that scaling back grazing on most pastureland worldwide would dramatically increase the amount of carbon stored in soils.Read more on E360 →
- — Warming Waters Bringing More Sharks to the Alabama Coast
- Over the past two decades, the number of young bull sharks in Mobile Bay, Alabama has multiplied fivefold, a new study finds.Read more on E360 →
- — Under Threat in Their Native California, Giant Sequoias Are Thriving in Britain
- Worsening drought and wildfires in California are pushing giant sequoias, the biggest trees on Earth, into decline. But sequoias that have been planted in Britain are flourishing, new research finds.Read more on E360 →
- — How China Became the World’s Leader on Renewable Energy
- China has achieved stunning growth in its installed renewable capacity over the last two decades, far outpacing the rest of the world. But to end its continued dependence on fossil fuels, it must now move ahead with planned reforms to its national electricity system.Read more on E360 →
- — Indonesia Grossly Underestimating Methane Leaking from Coal Mines
- Emissions of methane from Indonesian coal mines are eight times higher than official estimates would suggest, a new report finds.Read more on E360 →
- — Solar Accounted for More Than Half of New U.S. Power Last Year
- Solar accounted for most of the capacity the nation added to its electric grids last year. That feat marks the first time since World War II, when hydropower was booming, that a renewable power source has comprised more than half of the nation’s energy additions. Read more on E360 →
- — Great Barrier Reef Sees Mass Bleaching as Ocean Temperatures Hit Record High
- Beset by severe heat throughout the Australian summer, the Great Barrier Reef is undergoing its fifth mass bleaching in eight years.Read more on E360 →
- — As Flooding Increases on the Mississippi, Forests Are Drowning
- Ever-worsening floods are killing trees at an increasing rate along the upper Mississippi River, and invasive grasses are taking over. The Army Corps of Engineers has launched a project to restore forest and boost tree diversity, and to improve habitat for fish and birds, too. Read more on E360 →
- — In Mongolia, a Killer Winter Is Ravaging Herds and a Way of Life
- Mongolia’s nomadic herders are facing a savage “dzud” winter, with more than 2 million livestock frozen to death so far. Scientists say this lethal phenomenon — extreme cold and heavy snow following summer drought — is occurring more frequently and is linked to climate change.Read more on E360 →
- — Scientists Vote Down Proposal to Declare Anthropocene Has Begun
- For more than a decade, scientists have been mulling whether the Earth had entered a new geological epoch, the Anthropocene, marked by the profound impact humans have had on the planet. A committee of experts has now reportedly decided on the matter.Read more on E360 →
- — Great Lakes Ice Cover Hits New Lows
- On the North American Great Lakes, ice cover usually peaks in late February or early March. But currently, the lakes are nearly ice-free. Read more on E360 →
- — Cambodian Offset Project Led to Arrests, Evictions of Indigenous People, Report Alleges
- Indigenous people in southern Cambodia faced forced evictions and criminal charges after their ancestral lands were marked out for a carbon offset project, a new report alleges.Read more on E360 →
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