This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Peatlands are a type of wetland where dead plant material doesn’t fully decompose because it’s too soggy. In these ecosystems, peat builds up as spongy dark soil that’s sometimes referred…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. We are living in a climate-variable world, in which seasons are less stable and natural disasters are rising in frequency. No one experiences this instability more acutely than the smallholder…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Climate tech is more important than ever, but the systemic challenges entrepreneurs face in shepherding these solutions to commercial success is formidable. Most have incredibly long R&D lead times, while…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. With climate change a leading issue in Georgia’s two closely watched Senate runoff elections on Jan. 5, the effects of a warming planet directly threaten LCP Chemical and 15 other Superfund sites…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The report Opportunities for Ocean-Climate Action in the United States provides a first-ever quantification of the potential for ocean-based climate solutions in the United States. This report provides independent, non-partisan analysis to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Currently, water stress affects more than 2 billion people around the world, a figure that is projected to rise. Ensuring availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Dr. Kristine Nichols was the Chief Scientist at the Rodale Institute, an independent research institute for organic farming, from 2014 to 2017. Her training and research focus on the microbes living…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. To keep the window open to limit global warming to 1.5 C, countries need to accelerate transformation towards a net-zero emissions future across all sectors at a far faster pace…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Over the past four years, clean energy sectors like solar have managed to outpace and outperform cynics and optimists alike, as well as the U.S. economy as a whole. Even…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It was clear before the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season started that it was going to be busy. Six months later, we’re looking back at a trail of broken records, and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Migration to wildfire-prone U.S. cities continues to rise despite an estimated 9.3 million acres of land that are expected to burn in the U.S. annually by 2050, according to new research by…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Just before Independence Day, scores of land defenders gathered at the national memorial in the Black Hills of South Dakota as President Trump took the stage for a rally. They…