This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As of late fall, wildfires are still smoldering under snowfall in Colorado. I am hoping that the cold and snowy weather over the last few days will finally put to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. 2020 is the worst fire season on record, with nearly 13 million acres burned, 14,000 structures destroyed, and fire suppression costs reaching the $3 billion mark. These numbers—acreage the size…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In 2020, what was once unthinkable has often become headlines, for good and bad. In a year of so many crises, one bright spot has been business taking a bolder…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The finding indicates that accessible and affordable health care could be a key tool for addressing the climate crisis. Although the link may not be obvious, health care and climate…
On the edge of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil, there’s a small city called Alta Floresta. It was settled four decades ago when people came in to ranch cattle. They…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Climate change can often seem like a far off threat, but we know it’s already affecting our present and our future: we all want to drink clean water, breathe clean…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Everglades are a vast network of subtropical freshwater wetland and estuarine ecosystems that once spanned the length and breadth of south Florida. Fifty years of dredging and diking, starting…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Some effects of extreme weather are visible – like half a million acres of flattened corn in Iowa left behind after a derecho that hit the Midwestern United States on…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. From supercharging extreme weather events to boosting the spread of infectious diseases, climate change is already having a huge impact on human health across the world. But this impact is not being felt…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. On the recent World Food Day, the clarion call was clearer than ever: We must fix our food systems to improve human health, drive economic growth and save the planet…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. COVID-19 has led to the postponement of next month’s annual Conference of the Parties (COP) to November 2021. A year without a COP has people asking: What will the impact be…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. From stronger heat waves to new vectors for disease transmission to worsening freshwater pollution, the health threats associated with environmental degradation are vast, according to the United Nations’ sixth Global…