This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea People often point to plunging natural gas prices as the reason U.S. coal-fired power plants have…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As countries try to stall the planet’s spiral into a sixth mass extinction, it’s not always clear what, if anything, is working. There are plenty of news stories about what isn’t:…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Retired lab animal veterinarian Larry Carbone (author of the highly regarded book “What Animals Want”) recently wrote a provocative article in Nature Special Reports in which he estimates that more…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A pair of recent studies show that rising temperatures are shortening the lives of trees in tropical forests and reducing their capacity to absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. This…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. After a year of climate change being a top media story and public policy concern in many countries, attention is and will be rightfully focused on COVID-19 for some time.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giant kelp forests are a wonder of the underwater world. They share many similarities with terrestrial forests: lush understories, diverse fauna, and verdant canopies that stretch skyward toward the sunlight.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Climate philanthropists are often called on to support grassroots activists fighting fossil fuel projects in their backyards — like the Black community in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley that is protesting the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The largest dam removal in United States history is set to take place along the Klamath River by 2023, but getting to this point was neither easy nor quick. Water…
Among the earliest examples of the disruptions that climate change can bring, some low-lying island countries in the Pacific Ocean are facing serious threats from rising sea levels and coastal…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When a severe winter storm tore through Texas last Monday, Kirby Lynch lost water and power in her RV home in Collin County. The snow came up to her ankles…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Today’s climate justice activists are applying that same lens when they highlight the dangers these US communities face from climate change’s effects—increased coastal and riverine flooding, longer heat waves and droughts,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In 2004, a new entity was formed with big goals to end deforestation, stop environmentally harmful practices and improve ethical sourcing in the palm oil industry, which was increasingly being…