To protect themselves, some cities and towns are working to create or restore what are called living shorelines, natural coastal features like reefs, dunes, and marshes filled with vegetation. These ...
Scientists are working to breed drought- and heat-tolerance traits into common beans from tepary beans, which are native to the Sonoran Desert in Mexico and the U.S.
Marin: “Globally, we estimated that between January 2022 and June 2024, so two-and-a-half years, extreme weather events disrupted the education of over 400 million students.” Sergio Venegas Marin of ...
Some high school students spend summers lifeguarding or bagging groceries. But in Thornton Township, Illinois, some students get paid to spend their summers learning the skills they’ll need for jobs ...
This year, the holidays (Chanukah, Christmas, Kwanza, and New Year) fall between a sobering election, a disappointing climate conference, and an ominous inauguration. To get a recipient’s attention ...
Supermarket fridges and freezers are a significant source of global warming pollution. And according to the Climate Friendly Supermarket Scorecard, few stores are doing enough to address the problem.
Coming Soon to a Theater near You: ‘Merchants of Doubt’. Looking at the upcoming ‘climate science denial’ film derived from science historian Naomi Oreske’s book with co-author Eric Conway. (2/26/15) ...