More than 40% of the world’s population lives in regions where water is becoming increasingly scarce, and that figure is likely to rise. Every day, nearly 1,000 children die from preventable water- and sanitation-related diseases.
Increasingly, we’re hearing that individual action is insignificant relative to needed political change, but that doesn’t mean you’re off the hook
It’s important to acknowledge the differences between environmental struggles around the world to value the contributions of all activists towards finding solutions
An example of sustainable irrigation, the Horta of Valencia is also home to a wide range of birds, fish and plants
To protect the climate, most coal, oil, and natural gas must be left in the ground, a recent study reported.
Amid rising racism – from online hate speech to football fans subjecting black players to monkey chants – many Italian farmers desperate for labour have welcomed migrants in order to safeguard Italy’s culinary heritage
Instead of wasting time trying to convert climate change deniers, we should invest it in motivating passive allies to act.
The set of ideas now called ‘Ergodicity Economics’ is overturning a fundamental concept at the heart of economics, with radical implications for the way we approach uncertainty and cooperation
In “Giants of the Monsoon Forest,” Jacob Shell explores the ancient, mutually beneficial alliance between Asian elephants and their human neighbors.
In 1957, the world watched in wonder as the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite, into outer space. Despite Cold War anxieties, The New York Times admitted that space exploration ‘represented a step toward escape from man’s imprisonment to Earth and its thin envelope of atmosphere’.
The 25th annual United Nations climate change summit is now underway – and for the sake of the planet, it’s high time it changed its approach.
Around the same time as plants and animals were tamed for agriculture, long before anyone even knew of microscopic life, early humans were domesticating microbes too
This year’s UN climate talks – whose motto is ‘Tiempo de Actuar,’ or ‘Time to Act’ – started Monday in Madrid against a backdrop that is as mixed as ever.
Portugal’s rural areas have been losing population for several decades now a growing number of small businesses are propping up the rural interior, drawn by the availability of land
A global campaign encouraging fossil fuel divestment is gathering pace. US$11 trillion has already been divested worldwide.
Distrust in politicians prevents people from supporting increased taxes on fossil fuels. By contrast, most people believe in climate change
Comprehensive plans to reduce carbon emissions in cities are great, but small, low-budget changes can make a big difference, too
By tapping traditional knowledge, Ebru Baybara Demir is helping make farming in southeastern Turkey more resilient to climate change
As permafrost thaws, winter carbon emissions from Arctic regions appear to be adding more carbon to Earth’s atmosphere each year than is being taken up by plants and trees.
There’s change afoot even where scientists least expect it, among the Arctic’s oldest ice. If it goes, so does the wildlife.
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