Environment

June 21, 2018

Seven years after a deadly tsunami ripped through the Tokyo Electric Power plant in Fukushima, Japan, tour organizers are bringing curious sightseers to the region as residents who fled the nuclear catastrophe trickle back.

Environment

How do we process doom-and-gloom climate news? How should we?

PRI's The World

June 21, 2018

“Climate change has all the hallmarks of an issue which is difficult for people to engage with psychologically,” says an environmental psychologist.

Environment

The UK’s move away from coal means they’re burning wood from the US

PRI's The World

June 20, 2018

Europe and the US say wood pellets are a carbon neutral alternative to coal. Many experts say otherwise.

Environment

Britain built an empire out of coal. Now it’s giving it up. Why can’t the US?

PRI's The World

June 18, 2018

The UK will stop burning coal for electricity by 2025. The US, meanwhile, is trying to end the “war on coal.”

Science

Texas researchers seek to redefine what it means to make whiskey in the US

Reuters

June 17, 2018

The project could change whiskey production by providing new types of corn, reshaping the industry's reliance on grain not specifically bred for making into spirits.

Environment

Should I kill spiders in my home? An entomologist explains why not.

The Conversation

June 16, 2018

Your home will be better off if you let your eight-legged friends be.

Limiting temperature increase to 1.5 Celsius could result in $30 trillion of savings for global economy, study shows

Living on Earth

June 16, 2018

To some, letting the global temperature rise plateau at just 1.5 degrees Celsius just makes sense. A new study also shows it could make cents — $30 trillion, to be exact.

Economics

As sardine stocks dwindle, Portuguese fishermen's futures in question

GlobalPost

June 13, 2018

In Portugal, sardines are increasingly scarce. Their stocks in the waters off the Iberian Peninsula have plummeted in recent years, resulting in a fishing ban earlier this year that grounded Portuguese and Spanish sardine ships for months.

Climate Change

Antarctica needs humans to protect it. It also needs humans to stay away. What's a potential visitor to do?

PRI's The World

June 11, 2018

Every trip to Antarctica inspires awe and concern for the fragile frozen continent. But every trip also contributes to the global warming that's eating away at the place. So is it better to visit Antarctica, or stay away?

Climate Change

After G7 summit, European leaders accuse Trump of 'incoherence and inconsistency'

Reuters

June 10, 2018

The spat drew in Germany and France, who sharply criticized Trump's decision to abruptly withdraw his support for a Group of Seven communique hammered out at a Canadian summit on Saturday, accusing him of destroying trust and acting inconsistently.