Using radio to confront climate change in Peru

Pahoyan, Peru - In June, indigenous communities in the Central Peruvian Amazon marched in the sweltering jungle city of Pucallpa to condemn widespread deforestation in...

Wood frogs research clarifies risks posed to animals by warming climate

As conditions warm, fish and wildlife living at the southern edge of their species' ranges are most at risk, according to researchers who led...

Cold food, hot air.

When newly graduated environmental lawyer Keilly Witman joined U.S. EPA in 2007, she was handed one of its toughest jobs. She had to convince...

Wind and solar power are saving Americans an astounding amount of money.

Wind and solar power are subsidized by just about every major country in the world, either directly or indirectly through tax breaks, mandates, and...

′Trump Forest′ on its way to sucking up America′s extra emissions.

Lauched just five months ago, a project started by two New Zealand climate campaigners to plant trees in a bid counter US President Donald Trump's climate...

Cities across Africa face threat of landslides like Sierra Leone.

Threat worsening as rainfall, deforestation increaseBy Edward McAllister DAKAR, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Natural and human factors made Sierra Leone's capital vulnerable to a landslide...

Greenland: Land of ice on fire.

Greenland, the vast Arctic island with the biggest permanent ice sheet outside Antarctica, is burning. Since late July, wildfires have raged across an ever-larger area of...

Hot spot at Hawaii? Not so fast

Geophysicists use a new model to conclude that volcanic hot spots around the globe aren't moving as fast as recently thought.

Spoiler alert: Computer simulations provide preview of upcoming eclipse

Scientists have forecast the corona of the sun during the upcoming eclipse. The findings shed light on what the eclipse of the sun might...

Climate change and habitat conversion combine to homogenize nature

Climate change and habitat conversion to agriculture are working together to homogenize nature. In other words, the more things change, the more they are...

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