This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. During a year when terms like carbon neutrality and net zero have become more and more commonly used, it appears the world is waking up to the imperative underscored in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Biodiversity bubbled up as an important — if still overlooked — issue for businesses during 2021. And sustainability professionals can anticipate the emergence of important new resources for that agenda to emerge…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Last year was filled with extreme weather fueled by climate change. California was overrun by mudslides, and there were dangerous heat waves, droughts, and hurricanes. More than four in ten Americans…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. What is driving the wildfires that are ravaging California, Oregon and Washington? President Trump and state officials have offered sharply different views. Trump asserts that Western states haven’t done enough…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. During this hurricane season, the increase in named storms has been attributed in part to warmer temperatures below the surface of the Atlantic, but scientists have observed a growing number of storms per season…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In September of last year, heavy rainfall from Hurricane Ida reached the Northeastern U.S., killing at least eight people and flooding enough New York City subway stations that the whole system had…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Antarctic ice sheet is much less likely to become unstable and cause dramatic sea-level rise in upcoming centuries if the world follows policies that keep global warming below a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Researchers simulated Earth’s changing climate under different wind conditions, recreating thousands of simulated storms to evaluate the magnitude and frequency of extreme events. They find that if we don’t curb global emissions,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. From phasing out fossil fuel subsidies to tackling the surging costs of loss and damage caused by climate change impacts, 2022 is likely to see growing pressure for more ambitious…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. To be honest, I personally find myself a bit slow moving in the first week of 2022, feeling more comfortable reflecting on the year past than assuredly facing the year…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Trekking out to my research sites near North Carolina’s Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge, I slog through knee-deep water on a section of trail that is completely submerged. Permanent flooding…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In recent years, a growing movement to achieve climate justice has connected the root cause of climate change not just with greenhouse gases but also with a more entrenched, insidious…