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Record number of asteroids seen whizzing past Earth in 2020
Mar 21, 2021 11:44Despite pandemic disruption, astronomers detected thousands of previously unknown near-Earth asteroids last year.
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Study finds US redlined areas face greater flood risk from climate crisis
Mar 18, 2021 08:17Decades of segregation and economic inequality in the US shoehorned many people of color—especially Black Americans—into living in neighborhoods that are more vulnerable to climate change
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New IEA data shows world on path to resume 'carbon-intensive business-as-usual'
Mar 05, 2021 17:05Following warnings that the coronavirus-triggered drop in planet-warming emissions would be short-lived without structural changes, the International Energy Agency released data showing that global CO2 emissions from the energy sector were 2% higher in December 2020 compared to the same month the previous year.
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Capital versus biosphere: Humankind is testing the limits of the very space in which we live
Mar 05, 2021 17:01Climate change thus becomes an intangible phenomenon that affects the planet rather than a tangible emergency that harms individuals. This obscures the very real impacts of climate change on people’s lives: flooded homes and neighborhoods; extreme heat and cold endured by the most vulnerable; and a lack of protection in the face of biodiversity loss.
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This obscure energy treaty is the greatest threat to the planet you’ve never heard of
Mar 05, 2021 16:58Investigate Europe revealed that the EU, the UK and Switzerland could be forced to pay more than €345bn in ECT lawsuits over climate action in the coming years. This amount, which is more than twice the EU’s annual budget, represents the total value of the fossil fuel infrastructure that is protected by the ECT, and was calculated using data gathered by Global Energy Monitor and Change of Oil International.
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UN head decries 'senseless and suicidal' destruction of nature as new report urges systemic solutions
Feb 25, 2021 06:30"Human well-being lies in protecting the health of the planet," said Secretary-General António Guterres. "It's time to reevaluate and reset our relationship with nature."
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White supremacy set the stage for Texas’ miserable disaster response
Feb 23, 2021 18:31The wealthy, privileged whites served by the Texas’s dominant political class are a small minority of the population. That’s the ongoing legacy of conquest, and colonialism.
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How Texas’ drive for energy independence set it up for disaster
Feb 23, 2021 18:26Across the plains of West Texas, the pump jacks that resemble giant bobbing hammers define not just the landscape but the state itself: Texas has been built on the oil-and-gas business for the last 120 years, ever since the discovery of oil on Spindletop Hill near Beaumont in 1901.
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Scientists warn step up adaptation to climate change now or risk 'enormous toll'
Jan 24, 2021 14:28A large group of world scientists — including five Nobel laureates —warned a changing climate, including more severe floods and droughts, could depress growth in global food production by up to 30% by 2050, while rising seas and greater storm surges could destroy urban economies and force hundreds of millions of coastal dwellers from their homes.
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Amazon rainforest will collapse by 2064, new study predicts
Jan 10, 2021 17:34Science and Policy for Sustainable Development concluded that the Amazon rainforest will collapse and largely become a dry, shrubby plain by 2064.