Archive for 2022
Climate change is threatening insects worldwide but we can still save them
Because insects are so dependent on external conditions they may respond to climate change more acutely.
At COP27, leaders put loss and damage funding in focus
“The deadly impacts of climate change are here and now. Loss and damage can no longer be swept under the rug," says UN chief António Guterres.
Should we start placing more solar farms in deserts?
Could the complex problem of renewable energy be solved by placing far more solar panels in deserts?
How coal miners and factory workers helped found the environmental movement
More recent scholarship has revealed the knowledge and respect for nature among workers in decades past.
Businesses’ deforestation pledges in Brazil have not stopped forest clearing
Forested biodiverse areas of Brazil continue being cleared to raise cattle and grow crops like soybean.
Greenland’s ice sheets are being melted by both rising air and ocean temperatures
Photo: Pixabay/JChristophe_Andre Scientists have been warning that as a result of warming atmospheric temperatures the ice sheets in Greenland are melting fast and that they might soon even reach a point of no return. Now new research suggests that the