More than one in three women and girls worldwide – roughly 1.5 billion – live in so-called “climate hotspots”, where high exposure to hazards such as cyclones and droughts combine with insecure jobs and deep gender inequality.Continue Reading
An infant reportedly drowned and five Gazans were killed – including three children – when a sand dune collapsed on their tents as the first heavy rains swept across the enclave at the weekend, according to the UN aid coordination office (OCHA).Continue Reading
Scientists have discovered that the stickiness of underwater “marine snow” plays a surprisingly important role in how much carbon reaches the deep ocean. Gooier particles resist bacterial breakdown and can transport more than six times as much carbon to the depths, revealing an unexpected connection between ocean slime and Earth’sContinue Reading
When Andrew Voelsing was 8 years old, he decided he was going to MIT. He was fascinated by space and dreamed of building spaceships. The Institute, and its well-known aerospace engineering program, seemed like the obvious destination. Years later, as a senior studying climate system science and engineering, Voelsing isContinue Reading
MIT researchers will lead an up to $53 million effort, awarded by the U.S. Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) as part of its STREAM (Systems for Tracking and Resilience in Efficient Agricultural-input Management) program, to develop next-generation weed killers that help farmers and protect human health. More thanContinue Reading
The utility argued in court Monday that a judge should issue a temporary restraining order against Fenn Church, an Alabamian fighting the construction of transmission lines across his property. By Lee Hedgepeth COLUMBIANA, Ala.—Attorneys for Alabama Power didn’t mince words about Fenn Church in a Shelby County courthouse Monday afternoon.Continue Reading
Thousands of diplomats, executives and leaders are gathering in Turkey for a global climate summit. In recent years, Turkey has moved to be more eco-conscious, but some say that hasn’t been enough.Continue Reading
Scientists and industrial fishermen are locked in finger-pointing over the causes. By Aman Azhar, Johnny Sturgeon For 20 years, Roberta Kellam, a retired lawyer and longtime birder, has watched ospreys return to their nests and raise chicks from her home on Nassawadox Creek, on Virginia’s Eastern Shore. Continue Reading
The Shroud of Turin, one of history’s most mysterious religious artifacts, is yielding surprising new clues through DNA analysis. Scientists have uncovered a complex mixture of biological traces that may reveal more about the cloth’s past and the environments it encountered. The findings offer a fresh scientific perspective on aContinue Reading
Nearly 200 countries have arrived on Türkiye’s Mediterranean coast for a climate summit with a different ambition: fewer grand declarations and more concrete decisions. With a powerful El Niño threatening to worsen extreme weather, negotiators face difficult questions over climate finance, clean energy and how to protect communities already livingContinue Reading
In April this year, roughly 146.5 million Indians were exposed to an extreme heatwave with temperatures hitting a sweltering 47℃. Continue Reading
Countries are gathering in Antalya, Turkey, for the annual U.N. climate conference. Many are frustrated with the lack of focus on fossil fuels, the main driver of climate change. (Image credit: Burak Kara)Continue Reading
Karla Fisher, a Marine and retired engineer, arguably should have bought an electric vehicle a year ago.Continue Reading