This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. My food trajectory is pretty simple. Chicago: tired, overcooked produce. Ann Arbor: tired, overcooked produce. Santa Monica, California, Technicolor year-round abundance that I am still not used to after most of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. On Monday, the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released a report that makes it unequivocally clear that human beings have locked in a measure of warming for the planet that…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In the past two years, we have seen an unprecedented recognition of the Climate Emergency with mass climate protests, school strikes, warnings from the Bank of England and the urgency to deliver…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Buckling roads and melting streetcar cables during the record high temperatures in the Pacific Northwest illustrate that “heat wave” is a buzz word this summer, and scientists blame climate change. The heat…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In a Southwest that’s getting hotter and drier while its population steadily grows, ecologists and Indigenous food activists are increasingly touting mesquite’s potential as a widespread, sustainable drylands crop and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Before they became climate migrants, the people of Enseada da Baleia had lived on Cardoso Island, a secluded, wildlife-rich community about 170 southwest of São Paulo, for over a century. As caiçaras, coastal-dwelling…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The public-private initiative Restore Colorado is helping finance regional regenerative agriculture through partnerships with restaurants in Boulder. The program is a collaboration between Boulder County, sustainable agriculture experts Mad Agriculture, and non-profit Zero Foodprint, who pioneered…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. That’s 10 times more than scientists previously thought, and it’s due to both increased flooding and population migration. This marks an increase of the population inside flood-prone regions to as…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. By now nearly everyone has read, re-read and shared at least one key finding of the 2021 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, released last week. The report’s conclusions, while…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. There is abundant evidence that changes in the climate, both increased temperature and reduced precipitation, are making wildfires worse in the western U.S. The relationship between climate and wildfire seems…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As COVID-19 continues to pose challenges across the globe, it has also shined a spotlight on the climate crisis and the need for governments to incorporate “green” recovery measures in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. While environmental exposures can be critical, they are often not the only factors in determining health outcomes either at the individual or at the population level. And the role that…