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Global forest restoration and the importance of empowering local communities
Forest restoration is a crucial element in strategies to mitigate climate change and conserve global biodiversity in the coming decades, and much of the focus is on formerly tree-covered lands...
Mike Pompeo vows U.S. will ensure Israel keeps 'military edge' in Middle East
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo began a trip to the Middle East on Monday, visiting Jerusalem and saying the United States has an obligation to help Israel maintain a...
Watch: Netflix teases secrets in 'Cobra Kai' Season 3, set for 2021 release
Netflix will release Seasons 1 and 2 "Cobra Kai," a series based on "The Karate Kid" films, on Aug. 28, with Season 3 to follow in 2021.
Water availability has changed, and humans are to blame
Changes in the water cycle have important impacts on ecosystems and human activities. In the context of the current and expected temperature rise due to global warming, it is extremely...
For the first time in 87 years, there are two tropical storms in the Gulf of Mexico at once
Storms Laura and Marco over the Gulf of Mexico early Monday morning (NOAA/)Tropical Storm Marco—which was a Category 1 hurricane for less than 24 hours over the weekend—is about to hit the...
Some anemones like it hot
Many of us enjoy rock pooling when the tide is out but when it gets hot high temperatures can have a damaging effect on the pool's inhabitants.
Climate change: Removing CO2 could spark big rise in food prices
Technologies that remove CO2 from air could drive up food prices five-fold in parts of the world
‘Earth breathing’: mountain erosion a missing piece in the climate puzzle
by Sarah Wild Mountains release the same amount of carbon each year as volcanoes – about 100 megatons – and yet we know very little about the process. Understanding these emissions could tell...
20th century dam building found to have offset sea level rise
An international team of researchers has found that dam building in the 20th century offset some of the factors that would have led to a higher rise in sea levels....
As 2 storms menace Gulf Coast, residents brace for deluge
As two powerful storms menaced the Gulf Coast Monday, forecasters feared Marco would drive sea water onto the shore and unleash torrential rains just two days before Laura lashes the...
New tools track action on climate laws in New York State and NYC
Two tools recently launched by the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia University, will help to monitor progress in implementing new climate laws in New York State and...
Hawaii never reopened this summer. What about Thanksgiving and Christmas?
The governor postpones lifting the required 14-day quarantine for travelers at least until Oct. 1
Fire crews struggle to control major wildfires in Northern California
Numerous wildfires in California have burned about 1.3 million acres of land so far and there are nearly 15,000 firefighters working around the clock to battle the flames.
Oyster Reef Restoration Efforts Get Help from Potato Chip Byproduct
Longtime work to restore oyster reefs in the Indian River Lagoon has found a new, unusual ally: potato chips. The Coastal and Estuarine Ecology Lab at UCF has been experimenting...
Fleeing the climate: The 'great migration' ahead
One of the biggest challenges of today is the migration of people associated with the impacts of climate change on crops, water resources, droughts and risks related to health. Climate...
Study seeks to increase adoption of soil conservation practices
Farmers who make soil health a priority are more likely to rotate three or more crops and to graze livestock on cropland, according to a survey of producers in South...
East Antarctic melting hotspot identified
Ice is melting at a surprisingly fast rate underneath Shirase Glacier Tongue in East Antarctica due to the continuing influx of warm seawater into the Lützow-Holm Bay.
Japanese expedition identifies East Antarctic melting hotspot
Ice is melting at a surprisingly fast rate underneath Shirase Glacier Tongue in East Antarctica due to the continuing influx of warm seawater into the Lützow-Holm Bay.
Scientists conduct first in situ radiation measurements 21 km in the air over Tibetan Plateau
Radiation variations over the Tibetan Plateau (TP) are crucial for global climate and regional ecological environment. Previous radiation studies over the TP were widely based on ground and satellite measurements...
Application of two engineering nanomaterials provides novel way to improve salt tolerance in plants
Sophora alopecuroides is an important traditional Chinese medicine. Salt stress, as one of the most hampering abiotic factors, can severely affect plant growth and crop yield. It is of great...
Study suggests hot nights pose greater threat to public health than hot days
Hong Kong has been experiencing hotter summers and more scorcher days in recent years due to climate change and heat island effect. Amid the increasing number of "hot nights," it...
New melting hotspot found in East Antarctica
Scientists have discovered a new melting hotspot in East Antarctica, home to most of the Antarctic ice sheet, Earth's largest freshwater reservoir.
Coronavirus: What's happening around the world on Monday
New Zealand leader Jacinda Ardern has extended a coronavirus lockdown in the country's largest city until the end of the week and introduced mandatory mask wearing on public transport across...
The rise of environmental justice
In the midst of a pandemic and an uprising for racial equity, advocates for communities of color near industrial facilities seize the moment
Laura on track to hit U.S. as hurricane; Marco as tropical storm
Tropical Storms Laura and Marco are swirling in the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean on Monday and both are forecast to make landfall in the coming days.
Net-zero emissions by 2050 is the goal. So how do we get there?
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change says carbon emissions need to fall to zero by 2050, and Canada has pledged to do it. But what will it take to get...
New podcast holds up Indigenous voices on climate change
The podcast is called Story-telling/Story-listening: Decolonizing Research. The first episode hears from respected Tłı̨chǫ knowledge holder and Elder John B. Zoe.
Woman swims across reservoir that supplies her city's water to protest coal mines that could put it at risk
She cut a lonely figure — a sole swimmer slicing through the chilly blue-green water, her eyes on the wind turbines rising above the distant shore.