Archive for 2021
Your plastic waste may end up befouling a beach far away
"Swimming close to the shore with my family I was constantly fishing out plastic bags," a reporter in Thailand explained.
Is there a climate link to Miami’s condo catastrophe?
Coastal cities across the globe are dealing with land subsidence even as the sea is rising. It may have contributed to Miami's tragedy.
Russia’s vast forests sequester far more carbon than previously thought
Russia's forests have accumulated a large amount of biomass since the collapse of the Soviet Union three decades ago.
Australia ‘must do more’ to protect the Great Barrier Reef
The long-term outlook for the ecosystem of the reef has deteriorated from poor to very poor and climate, UNESCO says.
Lighter pavement can cool down warming cities
Reflective materials on pavement can prevent that heat from building up and help counteract climate change.
By phasing out coal-fired plants we can save millions of lives
The burning of fossil fuels also harms us directly by contributing to a variety of diseases, many of them life-threatening.