The U.S. Forest Service’s recent pipeline approval, coupled with Sen. Joe Manchin’s unflagging support, help define the stakes in a long-running battle. One activist called the pipeline “a climate disaster.” By Jake Bolster If Russell Chisholm stands in his kitchen in Newport, Virginia and looks east, through his window, heContinue Reading
A research group has found that in fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster), circulating fructose derived from dietary sugar is needed for enhanced egg production after mating. In this species, circulating fructose is required for an increase in germline stem cells, which divide into reproductive cells. This increase leads to enhanced post-matingContinue Reading
In a part of the country famous for its agriculture and cultural identity, climate-driven swings between extreme precipitation and deep drought threaten historic architecture, ancient art and beloved foods. By Bob Berwyn, Photography by Michele Lapini Flooding rains that killed at least 15 people when they slammed into the fertileContinue Reading
Richard Revesz is changing the way the government calculates the cost and benefits of regulation, with far-reaching implications for climate change.Continue Reading
Restoring seagrass meadows is one tool that coastal communities can use to address climate change, both by capturing emissions and mitigating their effects.Continue Reading
To prevent flooding, communities often raise levees next to rivers higher and higher. Now, a new approach is about backing off, moving levees away from rivers to create floodplains. (Image credit: Lauren Sommer/NPR)Continue Reading
FILE – Large parts of the forests are missing in the Taunus region near Frankfurt, Germany, Friday, April 7, 2023. The European Union has been at the forefront of the fight against climate change and the protection of nature for years. But it now finds itself under pressure from withinContinue Reading
During a visit to Bethel, Alaska, first lady Jill Biden highlighted hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding to improve internet access in Alaska Native communities.Continue Reading
Fatoumatta Fatty’s commute on an old, malfunctioning wheelchair takes up to two hours during rainy season in The Gambia, but she is happy joining her co-workers at a sanitary pad production centre, where she takes pride in making products that help women overcome “period poverty” across the country.Continue Reading
Humanitarians reached 5.4 million people in Ukraine with desperately needed aid by April this year, including cash assistance, food, health services, and medicines, the UN said on Friday.Continue Reading
A new study of the freshwater greenfin darter fish suggests river erosion can be a driver of biodiversity in tectonically inactive regions., Read MoreContinue Reading
How the Los Charros Foundation is combating the diminishing ranching lifestyle in the shadow of Arizona’s decades-long drought. By Emma Peterson Maycee Michaels grew up raising a wide array of animals on her family’s ranch in Wilcox, Arizona, and recognizes the severity of what climate change can do to ranchersContinue Reading
For generations, the Khoisan people harvested the rooibos plant to make tea. As this caffeine-free drink has grown trendy — 9,000 tons exported a year — they’ve been cut out of revenues. Until now. (Image credit: Tommy Trenchard for NPR)Continue Reading