This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Carbon Sink Demonstration Farm located in San Diego County is working to model how small farmers can implement and benefit from carbon farming practices. The 87-acre Carbon Sink Farm was…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Favourable weather conditions point to a less severe forest fire season in Indonesia this year, but the burning could still compound what is now the worst coronavirus situation of any…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A new early warning system using satellite data to sound the alarm on growing threats to the world’s tropical forests, including worsening drought and logging, aims to stop them reaching…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Around the world, indigenous and rural communities are among those least responsible for climate change, yet they are often the first to suffer from its impacts. Communities in rural areas…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Back in in 2018 – in the pre-pandemic world – about 5% of the U.S. workforce teleworked from home. That changed dramatically with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic; by…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In January 2020, the world entered a new decade with what environmentalists had already dubbed the “super year for nature.” Halting climate change and reversing biodiversity loss are complex problems…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. ‘Chief Resilience Officer’ was a novel title a decade ago but is now a fixture across many major city and county governments seeking to address the impacts of climate change…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Plant materials that lie to rot in soil makes good compost and play a key role in sequestering carbon, research finds. For quite some time, farmers and researchers have been…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. U.S. corn and soybean varieties have become increasingly heat and drought resistant as agricultural production adapts to a changing climate. But the focus on developing crops for extreme conditions has…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The sweltering heat endured by major American cities is being fueled by vast swaths of concrete and a lack of greenery that can ratchet up temperatures by nearly 9 degrees…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. FFor more than 30 years, scientists on the U.N.’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change have focused on human-induced climate change. Their fifth assessment report led to the Paris Agreement in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Summer isn’t even half over, and we’ve seen heat waves in the Pacific Northwest and Canada with temperatures that would make news in Death Valley, enormous fires that have sent…