Born in Palermo, Sicily, Giorgio Rizzo spent his childhood curious about the natural world. “I have always been fascinated by nature and how plants and animals can adapt and survive in extreme environments,” he says. “Their highly tuned biochemistry, and their incredible ability to create ones of the most complexContinue Reading
Oct. 16 is World Food Day, a global campaign to celebrate the founding of the Food and Agriculture Organization 80 years ago, and to work toward a healthy, sustainable, food-secure future. More than 670 million people in the world are facing hunger. Millions of others are facing rising obesity ratesContinue Reading
Supershear earthquakes, moving faster than seismic waves, could cause catastrophic shaking across California. USC researchers warn that many faults capable of magnitude 7 quakes might produce these explosive ruptures. Current construction standards don’t account for their directional force. Stronger monitoring and building codes are urgently needed., Read MoreContinue Reading
A new report released on Tuesday warns the world is falling behind on its clean energy goals, prompting UN chief António Guterres to call once more for a ramped-up transition to a net zero global economy.Continue Reading
How tech companies and government officials handle local impacts will shape the industry’s future in the U.S. (Image credit: Ulysse Bellier)Continue Reading
For months, activists have been surveilling the Damen Silos demolition to ensure that environmental protection measures are in place and enforced. By Aydali Campa This story was originally published by Borderless Magazine. Access the original article here and sign up for its newsletter to learn the latest about Chicago’s immigrantContinue Reading
A series about local solutions, and the people behind them, to environmental problems.Continue Reading
How do we embrace the new and still hold on to the things that shaped us? The post On not letting go of the past appeared first on High Country News.Continue Reading
Local fire crews are launching a sweeping effort to prevent future wildfires in the Santa Monica Mountains. It entails using both animals and machines to create fire breaks — a controversial solution in Southern California.Continue Reading
Researchers in Italy discovered 400,000-year-old evidence that ancient humans butchered elephants for food and tools. At the Casal Lumbroso site near Rome, they found hundreds of bones and stone implements, many showing impact marks from butchery. The findings reveal a consistent prehistoric strategy for resource use during warmer Middle PleistoceneContinue Reading
Pivotal in creating environmental justice programs at the EPA, Garcia now says ongoing cuts by President Traitor 47’s administration have meant the “complete dismantling” of years of work. By Anna Mattson As a child, Lisa Garcia spent her summers in a South Bronx where playgrounds had more cracked pavement andContinue Reading
From 1970 until 2000, the costs of disaster averaged $70-$80 billion. Those mainly preventable costs doubled this century to average $180-$200 billion annually, according to a recent report published by the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR). Continue Reading
PJM is racing to craft new rules to meet surging data center demand through a fast-track process, one that could reshape the grid if federal regulators sign off. By Rambo Talabong As data center growth across the United States is expected to create unprecedented stress on electrical grids, PJM Interconnection,Continue Reading