Archive for February 2019
Hydropower’s hidden drawback: how droughts drive up CO2 emissions
The electricity sector will need to work on solutions that will make it more resilient to droughts, heatwaves and wildfires.
Another vast hoard of pangolin scales is seized in Hong Kong
For this one shipment alone as many as 13,000 pangolins were slaughtered.
Meta-study: confidence beats knowledge in climate action
Many of us have got used to the idea of destructive climate change, but few of us are ready.
Germany is planning to wean itself off coal by 2038
The move is part of Germany's energy transition policy aimed at embracing renewables, but questions remain.
If we save forests, will they save the climate?
An increasing number of scientists are beginning to discover that the role of forests is more complex than previously thought.
Air pollution makes people less happy. Literally
On especially polluted days, the researchers say, many people tend to engage in more impulsive and risky behavior.