The agency plans to weaken limits on toxic emissions from power plants while also scrapping restrictions on planet-warming greenhouse gases.Continue Reading
Adapting to climate change by replacing grass in cows’ feed with corn affected the nutritional value and quality of cheese, French researchers found., Read MoreContinue Reading
At the U.N. Ocean Conference, Tonga’s princess called for recognition of whales’ legal rights. The move is one of several rights of nature initiatives happening at the conference. By Katie Surma Tonga, a Pacific Island nation with deep connections to the ocean and its non-human inhabitants, could become the firstContinue Reading
A prehistoric digestive time capsule has been unearthed in Australia: plant fossils found inside a sauropod dinosaur offer the first definitive glimpse into what these giant creatures actually ate. The remarkably preserved gut contents reveal that sauropods were massive, indiscriminate plant-eaters who swallowed leaves, conifer shoots, and even flowering plantsContinue Reading
The ocean is under siege – and greed is to blame. UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday urged world leaders and grassroots groups to confront the powerful interests driving marine destruction, from illegal fishing and plastic pollution to the accelerating impacts of climate change.Continue Reading
The ocean has never been silent – waves crashing, seabirds calling, whales singing across vast distances. But in recent decades, a new kind of noise has taken hold: the relentless hum of ships. For many marine species, this growing wall of sound is more than a nuisance – it’s aContinue Reading
As the frequency and severity of extreme weather events grow, it may become increasingly necessary to employ a bolder approach to climate change, warned Emily A. Carter, the Gerhard R. Andlinger Professor in Energy and the Environment at Princeton University. Carter made her case for why the energy transition isContinue Reading
MIT has an unparalleled history of bringing together interdisciplinary teams to solve pressing problems — think of the development of radar during World War II, or leading the international coalition that cracked the code of the human genome — but the challenge of climate change could demand a scale ofContinue Reading
Climate change is raising the risk of dangerous flooding, especially in coastal communities. For some towns on the Jersey Shore, the most practical solution is raising homes off the ground. (Image credit: Ryan Kellman)Continue Reading
The Conservatives received a hefty sum from oil and gas investors and those with roles at anti-climate campaign groups during the period when the party rolled back a key climate commitment. New records released today reveal that Kemi Badenoch’s party accepted £50,000 in January from Neil Record, the chair of NetContinue Reading
The fossil fuel industry is ramping up efforts to weaken a key EU policy aimed at tackling the potent greenhouse gas methane, according to a new report by research group InfluenceMap. Published today, the report highlights how oil and gas companies and lobby groups across the EU and U.S. areContinue Reading
Neighbors of the Pattison Co. quarry say the Department of Natural Resources is failing to meaningfully investigate the potential consequences on aquifers as it considers granting a mammoth water withdrawal permit. By Anika Jane Beamer The Pattison Co. quarry in Garnavillo, Iowa, pumps nearly 1 billion gallons of groundwater eachContinue Reading
Emissions of hydrogen sulfide raise health concerns in communities near California’s largest lake, researchers say.Continue Reading