Climate Change

Prior exposure to air pollution increases risk of death from COVID-19, new research suggests

April 23, 2020

The novel coronavirus is more deadly in areas with many years of high air pollution, researchers are now saying.

How science denial on the political right hampers the US response to COVID-19

April 22, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic appears well-managed in countries that moved swiftly with science as their guide. Countries that initially downplayed the threat, such as Italy and the United States, have seen spiking death rates as health care systems are overwhelmed.

Top of The World

Earth Day during a pandemic; First US COVID-19 cases earlier than thought; Holocaust survivor shares her story

The World

April 22, 2020

On Earth Day, what lessons for the environment has humanity learned from facing the pandemic? And, the UN warns of a coming famine of "biblical proportions." How is Asia's largest armed group fending off the coronavirus? And in Mexico, a network of Indigenous community radio stations is spreading the word about the pandemic. Finally, Holocaust survivor Giselle Cycowicz shares her story with The World.

Top of The World

China raises coronavirus death toll; political shakeups in Brazil; restoring Notre Dame's soundscape

The World

April 17, 2020

Chinese officials have revised their novel coronavirus fatality count, but insist there has been no coverup. And in the US, President Donald Trump tells governors they are responsible for opening up states' economies. Political shakeups in Brazil and Turkey point to questionable responses to the pandemic. In Bangladesh, coronavirus could put Rohingya refugee women in leadership roles. And rebuilding the Notre Dame de Paris is about more than the structure. Learn how acoustic research could help reconstruct the cathedral's unique soundscape.

The Big Fix

This researcher finds hope in ‘bright spots’ among coral reefs

The World

April 16, 2020

Australian social scientist and reef researcher Joshua Cinner looks for “bright spots,” or reefs that are doing better than expected, to glean lessons for building resilience in the world's reefs, which are suffering from bleaching events.

Environment

A new book chronicles the Koch empire's impact on American society

Living on Earth

April 14, 2020

Much of the anti-climate policy efforts in the US can be traced back to one powerful man: Charles Koch, who sits at the helm of a fossil fuel-based corporate empire.

The Big Fix

Mutual aid groups respond to double threat of coronavirus and climate change

The World

April 13, 2020

CareMongering is one of many mutual aid organizations around the world that have either been created or expanded to help people struggling during the pandemic — either because of age, health status or financial vulnerability, among other things.

COVID-19: The latest from The World

Decades of science denial related to climate change has led to denial of the coronavirus pandemic

InsideClimate News

April 09, 2020

After the fossil fuel industry spent hundreds of millions of dollars undermining climate science, it’s easy to see how epidemiology came next.

Environment

A sobering report on biodiversity loss spurs big plans to save species

Living on Earth

April 07, 2020

A United Nations biodiversity report concludes that as many as one million species are at risk of going extinct in the coming decades. In response, the the UN Convention on Biodiversity and the Center for Biological Diversity have released new plans to avert the crisis.

The Big Fix

Coronavirus has changed how we transport goods and ourselves. But will it last?

The World

April 03, 2020

If the pandemic has taught us anything, it’s that what’s “normal” can change dramatically and quickly to protect public health — and those lessons may be good for the climate, too.

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