Climate

Old-growth trees are more drought tolerant than younger trees in the forest canopy and may be better able to withstand future climate extremes, researchers report. The new analysis of more…

University of Oxford researchers have contributed to a study which found that very few deep reefs have any form of protection, despite facing a multitude of threats.  With the UN…

So what is intersectional environmentalism, exactly? According to Leah Thomas, a prominent environmental influencer, intersectional environmentalism is a movement, not a moment: “It brings injustices done to the most vulnerable communities, and the…

Miami’s Little Haiti has been an immigrant community for decades. Its streets are lined with small homes and colorful shops that cater to the neighborhood, a predominantly Afro-Caribbean population with…

The ocean is rising on the international climate policy agenda and the dialogues around it — 51 national plans include at least one measure aimed at ocean-based mitigation, compared to just 31…

The number of lakes on our planet has increased substantially in recent decades, according to a new study. There has been a particular increase in the number of small lakes,…

Global climate change and, in particular, the warming of the oceans has caused the frequency and severity of marine heatwaves to increase every year, with serious consequences for the stability…

Africa is the world’s youngest region, and its young population is seen as both a crisis and an opportunity. Youth unemployment is front and center in the minds of African…

On an overcast Thursday morning in September, a team of five people slowly makes its way down Broadway Avenue, a residential street in the city of Huntington Park, California. Every…

Many of the companies promising “net-zero” emissions to protect the climate are relying on vast swaths of forests and what are known as carbon offsets to meet that goal. On…

Leer in español There are questions that worry me profoundly as a population- and environmental-health scientist. Will we have enough food for a growing global population? How will we take…

Rough seas driven by strong winds, which scientists link to rising global temperatures, are increasingly common and treacherous, while warming waters are killing fish or causing them to migrate to…