What Lurks in a Drowned Forest in Alabama?

The next miracle drug might be hiding in a primeval undersea forest.

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Monarch Butterflies, Dozens of Other Species One Step Closer to Endangered Species Protections

In response to three lawsuits brought by the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service agreed today to dates for decisions on whether 18 plants and animals from across the country warrant protection as endangered or threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. The Service will also consider identifying and protecting critical habitat for another nine species.

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UN says up to 40% of world’s land now degraded

Human damage to the planet’s land is accelerating, with up to 40% now classed as degraded, while half of the world’s people are suffering the impacts, UN data has shown. The world’s ability to feed a growing population is being put at risk by the rising damage, most of which is caused by food production. Women in the developing world are particularly badly affected as they often lack legal titles to land and can be thrown off it if conditions are tough.

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Wrangling ESG data: The CIO’s next challenge

With new regulations on the horizon, CIOs are well-positioned to play an expanded role in ESG reporting.

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In a remote Alaskan village, a solar-plus-storage microgrid is replacing diesel

The issue of solar panel reliability has existed since the beginning of the industry, in part because solar panels do not function effectively in cold and snowy conditions. That myth has been debunked time and again as a small but significant solar-plus-storage microgrid project in Alaska is implemented.

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Hike With Me… In The Forest | E01 | Spring Edition

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Weary of many disasters? U.N. says worse to come

A disaster-weary globe will be hit harder in the coming years by even more catastrophes colliding in an interconnected world, a United Nations report issued Monday says. If current trends continue, the world will go from around 400 disasters per year in 2015 to an onslaught of about 560 catastrophes a year by 2030, the scientific report by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction said. By comparison, from 1970 to 2000, the world suffered just 90 to 100 medium- to large-scale disasters a year, the report said.

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Major Japan railway now powered only by renewable energy

Tokyo’s Shibuya is famed for its Scramble Crossing, where crowds of people crisscross the intersection in a scene symbolizing urban Japan’s congestion and anonymity. It may have added another boasting right. Tokyu Railways’ trains running through Shibuya and other stations were switched to power generated only by solar and other renewable sources starting April 1.

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Apps that plant trees are booming. But are they helping?

There are dozens of apps that promise to plant trees in exchange for your usage, but critics say not all of them are making a positive impact on the climate.

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Britain moves ahead with mandatory climate plans for companies

Britain unveiled a new taskforce on Monday to write rules forcing financial firms and listed companies to publish plans from next year for transitioning to a net zero economy by 2050.

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How a new heat battery can quickly make millions of homes gas-free

The need to take homes off gas has increased ever since the conflict in Ukraine. A heat battery with salt and water as simple components could provide a quick and large-scale solution for over three million households in the Netherlands—twice the target set by the Dutch government.

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Vegan dog diet is healthiest and safest, large-scale study finds

More humans are switching to plant-based diets, so why not man’s best friend?

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The US Is Spending $6 Billion to Keep Its Aging Nuclear Reactors Running

For the last several decades, nuclear power has been viewed by many in the US and abroad as an energy source that’s too risky, not “green” enough, or otherwise undesirable. But with climate change alarm bells clanging and countries around the world looking to cease imports of Russian oil and gas, nuclear’s starting not to look so bad. This week the Biden administration launched a six-billion-dollar bailout initiative (or stimulus, depending how you look at it) to keep existing nuclear plants in the US up and running.

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‘Unusual’ deep-sea jellyfish discovered off California coast

Scientists have discovered an “unusual” new species of deep-sea jellyfish living in the waters off the California coast. The creature, a type of Atolla jellyfish, was discovered by scientists at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI). It lives in the so-called midnight zone of the ocean – between one and four kilometers deep – a mysterious region where light only comes from animals that produce it themselves and the pressure reaches 5,580 pounds a square inch.

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Scientists find dingoes genetically different from domestic dogs after decoding genome

The canine is an intermediary between wolves and domestic dog breeds, research shows

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A New World Order

It is more urgent than ever for Europe to become self-sufficient in energy. This is accompanied by major power shifts, both within and outside the EU. What will the energy transition mean for geopolitical relations?

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From wolf to chihuahua: new research reveals where the dingo sits on the evolutionary timeline of dogs

The first high-quality Australian dingo genome gives a multi-thousand-year-old snapshot into the evolutionary history of dogs.

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Twitter bans ads that contradict science on climate change

Twitter says it will no longer allow advertisers on its site who deny the scientific consensus on climate change, echoing a policy already in place at Google. “Ads shouldn’t detract from important conversations about the climate crisis,” the company said in a statement outlining its new policy Friday.

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The Two Drivers of Massive Insect Population Die-Off Have Finally Been Identified

They help us put food on our tables through pollination and nutrient recycling. They break down and dispose of organic waste, and are food for many animals. 

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Your Questions About Food and Climate Change, Answered

Your diet affects climate change. Here’s what you need to know about eating meat, dairy, seafood and produce, and preventing food waste in a warming world.

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21-year-old Florida chihuahua breaks world record as oldest dog alive

A furry Florida resident broke the world record as the oldest known dog alive.

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Sir David Attenborough named 'Champion of the Earth' by UN

The UN conferred it's "most distinguished environment award" on the 95-year-old for his dedication to telling stories about nature and the climate crisis and advocating for protection. Accepting the award, Sir David said past conservation successes should give us hope that change is possible.

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Hidden World of Octopus Cities and Culture Shows why it's Wrong to Farm These Sentient Creatures

A recently proposed aquaculture octopus farm in the Canary Islands would raise 3,000 tonnes of octopus a year, which means almost 275,000 individual octopuses will be killed annually.

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Biden Restores Climate to Landmark Environmental Law, Reversing Trump

A new rule requires agencies to analyze the climate impacts of proposed highways, pipelines and other projects, and gives local communities more input.

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Apple expands the use of recycled materials across its products

Apple today released new details on the increased use of recycled content across its products. For the first time, the company introduced certified recycled gold, and more than doubled the use of recycled tungsten, rare earth elements, and cobalt. Nearly 20 percent of all material used in Apple products in 2021 was recycled, the highest-ever use of recycled content.

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Scientists Have Developed Liquid Solar Energy System That Can Store Electricity For 18 Years

The specially designed molecule system makes use of carbon, hydrogen, and nitrogen. When the solution comes in contact with the sunlight, the atoms inside it rearrange and change the shape, turning the molecule to turn into an energy-rich isomer. This acts as a liquid solar energy storage solution.

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Jaguars could return to the US Southwest – but only if they have pathways to move north

Jaguars are the only species of big cat found on the American continent. They range as far south as Argentina, and once roamed as far north as the Grand Canyon in the U.S. Today the northernmost breeding population is in the northwest Mexican state of Sonora, just south of the border with Arizona.

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Wildflower believed to be extinct for 40 years spotted in Ecuador

Gasteranthus extinctus had been presumed extinct after extensive deforestation

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Drones are setting down roots in wildfire-scarred landscapes

Tree-planting drones take flight after devastating wildfires.

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Back from the dead? Elusive ivory-billed woodpecker not extinct, researchers say

An expedition to the forests of Louisiana say extinction of bird, last definitively seen in 1944, has been exaggerated

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They derailed climate action for a decade. And bragged about it.

In 1989, just as leaders around the world were starting to think seriously about tackling global warming, the National Association of Manufacturers assembled a group of corporations — utilities, oil companies, automakers, and more — united by one thing: They wanted to stop climate action. It was called, in Orwellian fashion, the Global Climate Coalition.

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Archeologists discover historical artifacts during Notre Dame Cathedral restoration

The finds underneath the Paris landmark include a human-shaped lead sarcophagus. The discovery was made during restoration work at the cathedral, which was damaged by a fire in 2019.

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Eyeing green vote, Macron vows to exit oil, coal and gas

President Emmanuel Macron promised on Saturday to make France the "first great nation" to stop using oil, coal and gas as energy sources, in a pitch to young and green voters he fears could abstain in next week's election runoff.

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Virologists Identify More Than 5,000 New Viruses in the Ocean

Virologists have identified 5,504 new virus species floating in ocean water samples. The viruses were found using a machine learning algorithm to study 35,000 water samples from all over the globe, reports Vishwam Sankaran for the Independent.

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Researchers Have a Controversial New Hypothesis For How Civilization First Started

The dawn of human civilization is often pinned down to the rise of farming. As food production grew, so did human populations, trade, and tax.

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A Startup Is Engineering Trees to Grow Faster and Capture More Carbon

Genetic engineering has given scientists the power to manipulate fundamental properties of living things, from humans to animals to plants. In plants, genetic tweaks have brought all manner of advancements, namely higher crop yields. The technology hasn’t been used much on trees, but that may be about to change; as climate change alarm bells clang, scientists and engineers are looking for any possible way to draw more carbon out of the atmosphere...

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Wind Power Surpasses Coal, Nuclear as Power Generation Source in U.S.

For the first time in recorded history, wind power was the second largest source of electricity in the country for an entire day. That’s according to data from the Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) Hourly Electric Grid Monitor, which on March 29 spotted wind energy surpassing both coal-fired and nuclear electricity generation to become a top source of energy across the US, second only to natural gas.

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Citizens officially win fight to ban oil and gas development in Quebec

Quebec became the first jurisdiction in the world Tuesday to explicitly ban oil and gas development in its territory after decades of campaigning by environmental organizations and citizen groups. “Citizens rallied, citizens regrouped and actually won this fight because it was in their backyards … it would have had major impacts on their way of living on the territory,” Émile Boisseau-Bouvier, Équiterre’s climate policy analyst, told Canada’s National Observer.

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The Earth Is Facing a Nitrogen Shortage Due to Climate Change, Study Says

Greenhouse gases, among many other pressures, are reducing access to this key nutrient in ecosystems around the world.

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Death toll from Philippines landslides, floods reaches 115

The death toll from landslides and flooding in the Philippines triggered by Tropical Storm Megi has risen to at least 115, as search teams found more bodies in mud-buried villages. Eighty-six of the casualties were in Baybay, a mountainous area prone to landslides in central Leyte province, where 236 people were also injured, the city government said in a report.

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Capybaras are considered fish: Good news for everyone observing Lent

In the 1500s, the Catholic Church classified the capybara as a fish, so its meat could be eaten on Fridays during Lent. If you’re not familiar with the capybara, it is the largest rodent in the world and certainly not a fish.

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Climate change worsened record-breaking 2020 hurricane season

Climate change helped fuel stronger, wetter storms during an unusually active Atlantic hurricane season in 2020, a new study finds. The cyclones produced significantly more rainfall than they would have in a world without global warming.

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India Wasted Over 68 Million Tons Of Food In 2019: UN Report

An estimated 931 million tonnes of food were wasted globally in 2019, enough to circle the Earth seven times, according to a UN report which said that household food waste in India is about 68.7 million tonnes a year.

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Major solar breakthrough means energy can be stored for up to 18 years

The future of solar has just got brighter with this ‘ultra-thin’ device for converting stored energy into electricity.

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'Australia's silk road': Quarry sites dating back 2,100 years reveal world-scale trading system on Mithaka country

Ancient sandstone quarry sites, believed to be the largest in the southern hemisphere, are on track for national heritage status.

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Farm animals and humans should be treated the same, children say

Children think farm animals deserve to be treated as well as human beings but lose this belief in adolescence, a groundbreaking study has found. Researchers from the universities of Exeter and Oxford asked a group of British children aged nine to 11, young adults aged 18 to 21 and older men and women about their attitudes to different sorts of animals.

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The kookaburra that conquered Hollywood

Yes, that was a kookaburra at the start of Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark. But WHY?  Podcast

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Putin’s war shows autocracies and fossil fuels go hand in hand. Here’s how to tackle both

Democracies are making more progress than autocracies when it comes to climate action. But divestment campaigns can put pressure on the most recalcitrant of political leaders.

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‘Black carbon’ threat to Arctic as sea routes open up with global heating

As climate crisis allows new maritime routes to be used, sooty shipping emissions accelerates ice melt and risk to ecosystems

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Historic blizzard likely as severe storms threaten millions for 4th week in a row

For the fourth week in a row, the continental United States will experience a multi-day severe weather outbreak.

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