This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. If any bioregion is well-suited to streak towards a net-zero carbon emissions economy, it would seem to be Cascadia. British Columbia, Washington and Oregon set some of North America’s first…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. We have heard about it all before: rising temperatures, failing crops resulting in food insecurity, the melting ice caps – these are all part of the narrative of climate change.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. New technologies that capture and recycle carbon dioxide from industrial processes such as steel and cement making will be vital if the EU is to meet its goal of slashing…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. New research shows that when a power system combines energy storage and solar power generation, the end result is greater than the sum of its parts in terms of its…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. One of the most extreme heat waves ever recorded baked the American West last week, with 40 million Americans affected by temperatures soaring above 100 degrees Fahrenheit. Deemed a “mega-heat…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Regenerative practices range from growing trees and reverting croplands to wild prairies, to rotating crops and allowing remnants after harvest to decompose into the ground. The techniques, already popular with…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Cities are helping drive U.S. action on climate change, setting zero-emission targets that have expanded the market for renewable energy. In 2020 alone, 95 local governments across 33 states made…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The impacts of a changing climate are no longer a hypothetical. Each year, extreme events such as hurricanes, droughts, fires, and freezes grow more frequent and more intense—destroying homes, disrupting…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When you picture Yellowstone National Park and its neighbor, Grand Teton, the snowcapped peaks and Old Faithful Geyser almost certainly come to mind. Climate change threatens all of these iconic…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In 2015, the United Nations established 17 lofty goals for sustainable development to help reverse the damage done by climate change. Goals include more sustainable cities; an elimination of poverty;…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The exceptional drought in the U.S. West has people across the region on edge after the record-setting fires of 2020. Last year, Colorado alone saw its three largest fires in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In the rolling hills along a rural stretch of the California coastline south of San Francisco, researchers plunged small probes into the soil last year, took samples, and sent them to…