Climate

I tend to think of climate change as fundamentally being an issue of equity, and there’s two big arenas where I think climate change and equity really intersect. So the…

Extremely hot years will wipe out hundreds of thousands of tonnes of fish available for catch in a country’s waters in this century, on top of projected decreases to fish…

If you’ve never lived in or visited the U.S. Southwest, you might picture it as a desert that is always hot and dry. But this region experiences a monsoon in…

The Biden Administration has a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to help Puerto Rico transition to a greener and more resilient energy future, but it’s on the verge of making a multibillion-dollar mistake.…

During the global financial crisis of ‘08-’09, those in power pushed for system protection, system maintenance and system recovery when what was urgently needed then and even more urgently needed…

This bit of good news came from the final-year project of Crystle Wee, who earned a bachelor of environmental studies from the National University of Singapore. She worked on the…

There is an inextricable relationship between social issues and environmental ones. From land lost to flooding and erosion to poisonous air destroying our quality of life, the knock-on effects of…

This article was originally published by GreenMoney Journal as part of its September 2021 “Oceans & Climate” issue. Article reprinted with permission. Adapting to and combating climate change through aquaculture investment When it comes…

Compound environmental shocks and their impact on food insecurity in Nepal, one of the world’s most disaster-prone countries, was the focus of research conducted by faculty in Penn State’s College…

Further down the road, there will be an extended and passionate debate on when, how, and why humanity lost the opportunity to mitigate the expanding climate crisis. For now, it’s…

The summer of 2021 was devilishly hot across much of the U.S. Just five minutes in an attic guest room with no air conditioning could be enough to leave a…

Earlier this month, 16 years after Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Ida battered southeast Louisiana and left hundreds of thousands of people without power. The storm, one of the strongest to hit Louisiana,…