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6 questions we need to answer after the Paris climate deal
Much has been written about the challenge of achieving the targets set out in the Paris climate agreement, which calls for global warming to be held well below 2℃ and ideally within 1.5℃ of...
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Why so many people are still living in high-risk flood areas
Over the last 30 years, floods have killed more than 500,000 people globally, and displaced about 650m more.In a recent paper published by the Centre for Economic Performance, we examined why so many...
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Climate change could cause an extra 500,000 deaths in 2050
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation)— Climate change could cause significant changes to global diets, leading to more than half a million extra deaths in 2050 from illnesses such as stroke, cancer, and...
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Aubrey McClendon’s fracking legacy — the good, the bad, the ugly
Energy pioneer Aubrey McClendon died in a car crash just a day after he was indicted on conspiracy to rig bids for oil and natural gas leases.The former Chesapeake Energy CEO rose to prominence by...
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It's so warm in Alaska, the famous Iditarod dog-sled race had to ship in snow
For the first time in the history of the event, organizers of the Iditarod sled dog race in Alaska will have to ship in snow due to unseasonably warm weather.The traditional start to the famous, 1,000...
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Here's what the next president needs to do for the US energy system
There have been dramatic changes in the U.S. energy system under our current president – a big drop in the use of coal, a boom in domestic oil and gas development from fracking, and the rapid spread of...
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Horrifying photos of the 'river' of garbage plaguing Beirut
The capital of Lebanon is being flooded by a literal pile of garbage.A river of refuse, which snakes through Beirut's suburb of Jdeideh, has been building there since the city's main landfill shut down...
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Syria’s drought has likely been the worst in 900 years
Syria's civil war has left 250,000 people dead, according to the latest UN count, and millions more are either displaced within the country's borders or have sought refuge abroad.And, while the...
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Why 2016’s temperatures are breaking heat records
Yet another global heat record has been beaten.It appears January 2016 — the most abnormally hot month in history, according to Nasa — will be comprehensively trounced once official figures come in for...
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Russia is trying to bring back the age of the mammoths
On the unforgiving plains of the Russian tundra, researchers are undertaking an ambitious experiment.They're trying to restore the entire ecosystem to the way it was when mammoths roamed the Earth...
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This $14-billion machine is set to usher in a new era of nuclear fusion power
The first and largest machine of its kind is currently under construction at the French scientific research center called Cadarache, which specializes in nuclear power research.It's called ITER, Latin...
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4 ways your diet could be harming the environment
Until recently, oil and car industries were seen as the main culprits for climate change.But after an Inconvenient Truth, another documentary, Cowspiracy, has shaken common beliefs and changed the way...
View ArticleThis startup grows trees from human remains
Bios Urn is rethinking the way we bury the dead, and created a way to easily grow trees using the nutrients of cremated human remains. They hope to one day replace cemeteries with forests.Story and...
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Hidden cellphones in the rainforest are exposing illegal logging practices
The World Wildlife Foundation illustrates the problem vividly: 48 football fields worth of rainforest are destroyed every minute.It's startling, but Topher White might have a partial solution.White is...
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Why stores are throwing out perfectly good milk by the truckloads
Each year individuals in North America and Europe throw away an average of 95 to 115 kilograms (210 to 250 pounds) of food they think is either spoiled or rotten.Much of this food is tossed in the...
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These are the world's 10 worst invasive species
It's easier than ever for non-native species to invade someone else's home.Thanks to huge improvements in the way we travel around the globe, species can hitch rides on boats, travel via imported wood,...
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3 things Bill Gates thinks could revolutionize life in the next 20 years
On Tuesday, Bill Gates did his fourth Ask Me Anything on Reddit.One Redditor asked Gates what he thought human society would accomplish within the next 20 years. Gates, a self-professed "impatient...
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The 5 greenest countries in the world
Each year, Yale's Environmental Performance Index (EPI) ranks the top-performing countries for the environment, based on how well they've fared at protecting human health and vulnerable...
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The US just had its warmest winter on record
This winter was one for the record books.According to NOAA's latest regular "State of the Climate" report, this winter was the warmest on record in the United States.The temperature average across the...
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By 2050, the oceans could have more plastic than fish
Already, the ocean is filled with about 165 million tons of plastic.That's 25 times heavier than the Great Pyramid of Giza.By 2050, plastic in the oceans will outweigh fish, predicts a report from the...
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