Climate, Energy & Conservation
What ideas are shaping responses to the environmental crisis? The Mongabay Newscast picks the brains of authors, researchers, activists and storytellers exploring the systems behind biodiversity loss ...
According to a June 23 New York Times report, “Former NOAA Employees Revive Climate Site Shut by Trump Administration,” a small group of former NOAA employees has recreated much of the former Climate....
Researchers are changing the game when it comes to staying cool while traveling in hot weather, creating a first-of-its-kind app that can be useful for people going to FIFA World Cup 2026 matches.
“It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so.” — Mark Twain [H/t Don Healy]The postWeekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #696appeared first...
As extreme heat worsens pollution, a network of 277 monitors will identify pollution hot spots.Read more on E360 →
The Pine Island glacier in West Antarctica is one of the fastest-changing glaciers in the...The postGuest post: Climate change has caused one-fifth of Pine Island glacier retreatappeared first onCarbo...
A brief (free) note from Vietnam’s biggest city.
Here is historical footage from the German Federal Archives showing the Rhine River during a severe drought in 1949. Months of persistent drought caused the Rhine River’s water levels to drop to histo...
Guiña are small-forest-dwelling felids found in Chile and Argentina that are distinguished only by small, subtle black dots, making it difficult to tell one cat from another. A change in camera trap a...
A matter of days is making a huge difference in the Rockies. Just days ago, valleys across Idaho and Montana were baking in the 80s and 90s. An unseasonably cold storm system will slam the region, cau...
In other words, the only effect of the wind/solar generation obsession has been to drive up the cost of electricity to consumers and businesses to ridiculous levels. And, next time around, when the ne...
PHANOM SARAKHAM, Thailand — On a December afternoon, Suphut Hom Chunthit and his wife were tending to their 12 durian trees. Suphut showed reporters his homemade irrigation system, a series of pipes c...
Millions of Americans hoping for a warm holiday weekend will get their wish, as temperatures are expected to soar above average across the country.
The ultimate question is whether they can provide the level of reliability modern societies require without creating escalating economic, environmental and system costs... they clearly cannot!The post...
In the 1970s, studying wild tigers still involved more nerve than equipment. A biologist could not rely on camera traps, GPS collars, or satellite-linked data. To understand where a tiger went, what i...
Thinking of going on safari? You’re not alone. The popularity of African safaris has led to a boom in safari companies, and scenes of overcrowded wildlife sightings and new tourism developments are b...
"... forward-thinking universities won’t be measuring excellence using status rankings and H-factors. Instead, they will show their value through community-based metrics ..."The postRoyal Roads Unive...
It’s not often you can get so close to such a dangerous beast like a great white shark, but that is exactly what one boater was able to do in Rhode Island.
What we are witnessing is the last-ditch defence of a politico-scientific paradigm that has no empirical grounding but retains its institutional grip.The postThe EU’s Green War on Farmers Never Endsap...
The frontal system that has been causing all the rain in the Midwest and the mid-Atlantic is forecast to sink south and offshore of the East Coast.