Environment

December 07, 2018

This year's climate conference is convening in the heart of Poland's coal country. As the world meets to negotiate a follow-up to the landmark Paris Agreement of 2015, Poland's leaders are promising continued reliance on coal.

Climate Change

Nearly swallowed by the sea, a small island in Tanzania fights against climate change

Thomson Reuters Foundation

December 07, 2018

First, the encroaching sea started eating away at homes and killing crops on the small island of Kisiwa Panza. Then the rising tides began bringing up the dead.

Environment

Marinating in plastics

Innovation Hub

December 06, 2018

Plastics. You may love them. You may hate them. But you can’t live without them.

Food

While small dairy farms close, this mega-dairy is shipping milk to China

Civil Eats

December 05, 2018

Powdered milk production for the Chinese market is being marketed as a boon for rural areas, but many of the people who live nearby disagree.

Why the rise of populist nationalist leaders rewrites global climate talks

The Conversation

December 05, 2018

Thirty percent of global emissions will be generated from democracies governed by populist nationalist leaders who have very different playbooks than more traditional politicians.

The Big Melt

As Greenland’s ice sheet melts, scientists push to learn ‘how fast’

PRI's The World

December 03, 2018

The Greenland ice sheet has long helped cool the world and keep sea levels stable. But now it's melting, and scientists are trying to learn as much as they can, as fast as they can.

Environment

A pioneering ‘rewilding’ project in England transforms a 200-year-old family farm

Living on Earth

December 03, 2018

When a multigenerational agricultural estate in West Sussex, England, was no longer a fruitful venture — the owners decided to let nature take its course.

Climate Change

Megafires are becoming increasingly common in California and climate change is a leading factor

Living on Earth

November 28, 2018

California’s 2018 wildfire season is one of the most destructive on record. More than 7,500 fires burned nearly 2 million acres of land so far this year — the most land burned in a single year since records have been kept.

Environment

Greece's refugee crisis creates a strain on an already fragile ecosystem

November 27, 2018

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11/28/2018 - 11:30am

Nearly 1 million refugees and migrants have passed through Greece since the Syrian war began, leaving its environment and economy under duress — particularly during summers when tourism is in full swing.

Climate Change

Clashing with Trump, US government report says climate change will batter economy

Reuters

November 26, 2018

Unless greenhouse gas emissions are sharply curbed, global warming will continue to fuel catastrophic events — it will also cost the US economy hundreds of billions of dollars, according to a congressionally mandated report.

Environment

Poland is a coal country. But for how long?

Nearly swallowed by the sea, a small island in Tanzania fights against climate change

Marinating in plastics

While small dairy farms close, this mega-dairy is shipping milk to China

Why the rise of populist nationalist leaders rewrites global climate talks

As Greenland’s ice sheet melts, scientists push to learn ‘how fast’

A pioneering ‘rewilding’ project in England transforms a 200-year-old family farm

Megafires are becoming increasingly common in California and climate change is a leading factor

Greece's refugee crisis creates a strain on an already fragile ecosystem

Updated

Clashing with Trump, US government report says climate change will batter economy

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