The World Bank president, Ajay Banga, has worked to make the development institution a magnet for private capital as donor nations face budget constraints.Continue Reading
Bristol has joined nearly two dozen other UK cities in cracking down on the promotion of high-carbon products like petrol and airline flights on council-owned property. In a UK first, however the ban also includes adverts that encourage the over-consumption of fast fashion – an industry that demands vast amountsContinue Reading
As this long and extremely hot summer of climate change-driven unnatural disasters gives way to an unpredictable autumn, a new comedy series is taking aim at one of the fossil fuel industry’s biggest enablers: the advertising and public relations industry. Over five brief web episodes, SLICK follows employees at a fictional creative agency as they look to cash in on briefs fromContinue Reading
Million-dollar homes increasingly replace small-town beach vibes, pushing out longtime residents and transforming oceanfront communities. By Mike Schneider Jaques and Paulina Sebastiao were the first residents on their street to rebuild their two-bedroom house two years after Hurricane Michael’s 155 mile-per-hour winds leveled almost every building in Mexico Beach inContinue Reading
For 27 years, the Southwest has been gripped by a historic drought. Scientists think it might be here to stay., Read MoreContinue Reading
Anak Krakatau erupted for more than 24 hours in early September, sending volcanic ash up to 50,000 feet into the atmosphere. The ash cloud shut down eight airports, disrupted nearly 3,000 flights, and affected air quality as far away as Jakarta. NASA satellites captured dramatic views of the plume spreadingContinue Reading
APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 September 19 –… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by aContinue Reading
Ammonia is one of the most important chemicals produced in the world, ranking second only to sulfuric acid in the total volume produced each year. It is used mostly to make fertilizer, which is essential to feeding the world’s population. Yet its production accounts for up to 2 percent ofContinue Reading
The 17 goals agreed upon by world leaders are incredibly ambitious. Are we even close to achieving any of them? If we don’t, is the project a failure?Continue Reading
For Benin, making progress on the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has meant finding new ways to finance development.Continue Reading
What if the infrastructure needed to fight climate change could also help repair the land beneath it?Continue Reading
The action joins a cycle of legal battles against the The Traitor administration for slashing climate protections. By Keerti Gopal Environmental and public health groups are suing the The Traitor administration over its most recent move to eliminate protections against climate-warming pollution.Continue Reading
Warming temperatures are fueling more extreme weather-related events — catastrophic floods, severe hurricanes and cyclones, and wildfires exacerbated by drought. But the tools used by local communities, emergency and public safety agencies, and insurance and risk markets have not kept pace with the up-to-date data and modeling for accurately predictingContinue Reading