The long-term aspirational goal of the Paris Agreement on climate change is to cap global warming at 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels, and thereby reduce the frequency and severity of floods, droughts, wildfires, and other extreme weather events. Achieving that goal will require a massive reduction in global carbonContinue Reading
What conservationists study and document at Paint Rock Valley will inform and influence biodiversity strategies across the globe. By Lanier Isom Bill Finch was bumping along in a muddy four-wheel utility vehicle on a rocky road near the Paint Rock Forest Research Center when a research assistant in another four-wheelerContinue Reading
The oceanic “twilight zone” lies deep, and teems with life. We look at how this mysterious zone affects climate change.Continue Reading
Air pollution isn’t just bad for your lungs—it may be eroding your brain. In a sweeping review covering nearly 30 million people, researchers found that common pollutants like PM2.5, nitrogen dioxide, and soot are all linked to a significantly higher risk of dementia. The most dangerous? PM2.5—tiny particles from trafficContinue Reading
In a world increasingly shaped by climate extremes, environmental experts are delivering a blunt warning: four rapidly emerging threats could reshape life for millions unless urgent action is taken.Continue Reading
At the Third UN Ocean Conference in Nice, the “catch of the day” wasn’t a seabass or a red mullet – it was a figure: 35 per cent. That’s the share of global fish stocks now being harvested unsustainably, according to a new UN report released Wednesday.Continue Reading
EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announced in March the agency would work to erase the “endangerment finding” that the emissions are harming human health and the environment. By Amy Green An Environmental Protection Agency proposal to rescind its previous scientific finding that greenhouse gas emissions harm human health and the environmentContinue Reading
Officials with a small but mighty California agency known as the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment said they remain committed to rigorous science.Continue Reading
Does production equal prosperity? Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has been throwing around some very optimistic what-if numbers in her relentless lobbying efforts to build ever-more oil pipelines. “If we had the Energy East, if we had Keystone XL, if we had Northern Gateway, we would be producing two and halfContinue Reading
In 2023, the world’s oceans experienced the most intense and widespread marine heatwaves ever recorded, with some events persisting for over 500 days and covering nearly the entire globe. These searing ocean temperatures are causing mass coral bleaching and threatening fisheries, while also signaling deeper, system-wide climate changes., Read MoreContinue Reading
The restrooms may be clean (for now), but a former administrator sees an erasure of history and scientific research and situations that may pose a “direct hazard to the general public.” Interview by Paloma Beltran, Living on Earth From our collaborating partner Living on Earth, public radio’s environmental news magazine,Continue Reading
Bolivia’s record-setting 2024 wildfire season makes clear that emergency responses to climate disasters are not enough and governments must address the root of the problem, a new report says. By Katie Surma Last year, record wildfires fueled by dry conditions incinerated large swaths of Bolivia’s forests, wetlands and other ecosystems,Continue Reading
Fermenting stevia with a banana leaf-derived probiotic turns it into a powerful cancer-fighting agent that kills pancreatic cancer cells while sparing healthy ones. The secret lies in a metabolite called CAME, produced through microbial transformation., Read MoreContinue Reading