Archive for 2021
Squirrels in the Rockies are feeling the pitch of warming temperatures
In the southern part of the Rockies the rodents are opting to stay at higher altitudes to escape warming temperatures.
Massive Texas power crisis: No, it’s not the renewables
The Texas cold fuels a storm over energy policy, even as the U.S. returns to the Paris Agreement and moves toward elements of a Green New Deal.
Scaling up reforestation can help us manage climate change
Climate change is accelerating, yet it isn't too late yet if we are to keep warming to under 1.5 Celsius.
A diversity of flowering plants is key to bees and bumblebees
Bees and bumblebees have fallen on hard times, which has raised alarm that these vital pollinators might disappear from gardens, fields and meadows in the UK and across much of Europe. Excessive pesticide use, habitat loss and climate change have
China’s Belt and Road Initiative is changing cities – and threatening communities
The project could reshape the world in political, economic and cultural terms, and poses important environmental risks.
Fossil fuels cause several million deaths each year
In 2018 alone more than 8 million people died from fossil fuel-related pollution, according to new research.