The ultra-sophisticated port north of Lima will revolutionize global trade, but it’s already sparking destructive new routes through the world’s most climate-critical ecosystem. By Georgina Gustin Planet China: Eleventh in a series about how Beijing’s trillion-dollar development plan is reshaping the globe—and the natural world.Continue Reading
A 2015 report by the Canadian pro-development group Resource Works cynically telegraphed the growing recognition by industry a decade ago that major projects like liquified natural gas (LNG) need First Nations partners to accelerate regulatory approvals in British Columbia. “The value the band will bring to the table by gettingContinue Reading
Two decades of satellite and GPS data show the Thwaites Eastern Ice Shelf slowly losing its grip on a crucial stabilizing point as fractures multiply and ice speeds up. Scientists warn this pattern could spread to other vulnerable Antarctic shelves., Read MoreContinue Reading
Many were frustrated, justifiably, by Bill Gates’ ability to steal headlines ahead of this year’s just-concluded round of U.N. climate talks, COP30. Gates did so by telling the climate community, on his blog, what he believes is a ‘hard truth’: that we are ‘diverting resources from the most effective thingsContinue Reading
EU taxpayers are funding a multi-year campaign blitz which frequently overstates the environmental benefits of eating meat and dairy while featuring bizarre and misleading claims. Since 2017, the European Commission’s Enjoy, it’s from Europe! programme has spent €1.5 billion on campaigns and events to “raise awareness of the efforts madeContinue Reading
Majesty and mayhem have lived together in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains through decades of deadly fires and floods. In the push to rebuild after the Eaton fire, I sought out wise voices about the path ahead.Continue Reading
An influential Labour peer has been criticised for being the star speaker at the UK’s main climate science denial group, which says carbon emissions are a “benefit to the planet”. Lord Maurice Glasman, founder of the conservative ‘Blue Labour’ faction of the Labour Party, delivered the Global Warming Policy Foundation’sContinue Reading
Five hundred years ago, a Bible accidentally printed with a backwards map of the Holy Land sparked a revolution in how people imagined geography, borders, and even nationhood. Despite the blunder, the map reshaped the Bible into a Renaissance book and spread new ideas about territorial organization as literacy expanded.Continue Reading
Researchers in Houston analyzed the locations of 114 proposed industrial projects related to oil and gas in Texas, most of them involved in plastics production. By Dylan Baddour Researchers at Texas Southern University in Houston have analyzed demographic data around the locations of almost 100 industrial facilities proposed statewide andContinue Reading
Hurricane Melissa left Jamaica reeling and as scientists tie its unprecedented power to climate change, people are wondering what comes next.Continue Reading
New findings show that some coastal regions will become far more acidic than scientists once thought, with upwelling systems pulling deep, CO2-rich waters to the surface and greatly intensifying acidification. Historic coral chemistry and advanced modeling reveal that these regions are acidifying much faster than expected from atmospheric CO2 alone,Continue Reading
The country is one of the top producers of farmed fish in the EU, which has promoted aquaculture as an environmentally sustainable option for food security within the bloc. By Moira Lavelle For Dimitris Kaleantopoulos, the mud is most disconcerting. When he sets out in his fishing boat, the watersContinue Reading
A fire expert on the difference between prescribed burns and cultural burns, and why we should incorporate both into modern forest management. Interview by Aynsley O’Neill, Living on Earth From our collaborating partner Living on Earth, public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview by Aynsley O’Neill with Amy Cardinal Christianson,Continue Reading