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Climate Change

Environment

A UN report says Earth faces 'unprecedented' threat to biodiversity

Living on Earth

May 20, 2019

The United Nations recently released a shocking report on the state of the world’s biodiversity, warning that about a million plant and animal species are on the verge of extinction due to human activity.

This submarine’s historic tour under Thwaites Glacier will help scientists predict sea level rise

PRI's The World

May 20, 2019

Oceanographer Anna Wåhlin brought an autonomous submarine aboard the Nathaniel B. Palmer. It traveled underneath Thwaites to map the seafloor below.

Climate Change

America's windiest spot looks to harness the ocean winds with some British help

PRI's The World

May 17, 2019

Finding more sources of renewable energy will be critical to battle climate change. In northern Europe, they’re harnessing the ocean winds offshore. Some in Massachusetts are looking to replicate that with some help from across the Atlantic.

Environment

As the climate changes, migratory birds are losing their way

Living on Earth

May 16, 2019

Most small migratory birds travel by instinct, but climate change could disrupt their mysterious migratory patterns.

Environment

Is Thwaites Glacier doomed? Scientists race against time to find out.

PRI's The World

May 13, 2019

How quickly will Antarctica’s massive Thwaites Glacier melt, and what will that mean for global sea levels and coastal cities? Researchers recently spent several weeks studying Thwaites as part of a five-year, international effort to try to answer those pressing questions.

Climate Change

Is 'new economics' the way to save the planet?

Reuters

May 08, 2019

The vision: a new relationship between the state, local communities and nature aligned behind a more holistic notion of progress than gross domestic product (GDP), the established yardstick for economies as different as those of the United States and Mozambique.

Food

The meatless Whopper’s ‘Impossible’ goal: To save the planet

PRI's The World

May 08, 2019

The Whopper is an icon of American culture. But the Whopper is getting a complete overhaul. And when we say complete, we literally mean complete.

Climate Change

Why reducing carbon emissions from cars and trucks will be so hard

The Conversation

May 06, 2019

Only a small share of the vehicles Americans buy are electric. Even if all of them were, it would take until 2040 to phase out the fossil fuels used to power personal travel and road-bound freight.

Environment

Scientists warn a million species at risk of extinction

Reuters

May 06, 2019

Relentless pursuit of economic growth, twinned with the impact of climate change, has put an "unprecedented" one million species at risk of extinction, scientists said on Monday.

Climate Change

In Iceland, turning CO2 into rock could be a big breakthrough for carbon capture

PRI's The World

May 03, 2019

About a half hour east of Reykjavik, the ground seethes with steam — a bizarre, thick fog pouring out of the pebbly earth.

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