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These high-tech seals are charting future sea level rise
On a rocky island just off the coast of West Antarctica, ecologist Lars Boehme is standing face-to-face with a 1,500-pound elephant seal, eyeing the animal’s bulbous nose and jowls to see if he’s...
View ArticleClimate disruption is worsening global economic inequality
As if crop failures, infrastructure damage and biodiversity loss linked to climate change weren't enough, new research finds that since 1961, global warming has reduced the gross domestic product of...
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This Liberian lawyer risked his life to save West Africa's last remaining...
Alfred Brownell thought he had breathed his last.The Liberian attorney's work to stop the construction of a massive palm oil plantation in one of his country’s last remaining rainforests had enraged...
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How floating homes will help people in flood-prone countries
Around 40% of the global population lives in coastal areas less than 100 km from the ocean, facing climate challenges such as rising sea levels, heavy rainfall and extreme flooding. This causes loss...
View ArticleHow climate change is affecting mental health
A new report by experts from 27 national science academies in Europe warns that the climate crisis is already having a big impact on human health, including mental health.To understand the connection...
View ArticlePentagon eyes rare-earth supplies in Africa in push away from China
The US Department of Defense has held talks with Malawi's Mkango Resources Ltd and other rare-earth miners across the globe about their supplies of strategic minerals, part of a plan to find...
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Brazil's mangroves on the front line of climate change
Fishermen like Jose da Cruz have made their living for decades hunting for crabs among Brazil's vast coastal mangrove forests, dense thickets of twisted plants in deep black mud that grow where...
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Understanding the human side of climate change relocation
Climate change is expected to have a striking impact on vulnerable communities, especially in coastal regions where sea-level rise and increased climatic events will make it impossible for some people...
View ArticleGreen wave in EU elections illustrates a desire for urgent action on climate
Growing concern about climate change and increasing political fragmentation have helped usher in a new wave of Green Party members to the European Parliament.Green Party members gained roughly 20 seats...
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These scientists used small explosions to 'see' under Antarctica and measure...
Sridhar Anandakrishnan and three colleagues watched from an expanse of ice as two prop planes flew off into the blue Antarctic sky on a peaceful day in January. After the planes faded from view,...
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Monkey see, monkey do: Islands in Panama offer glimpse into animal innovation
It’s the end of a long dry season on the islands of Coiba National Park, a marine reserve of 38 islands near the Pacific coast of Panama. Leaves crunch underfoot as Claudio Monteza leads a team of...
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Want to help the planet? Ditch your grocery cart for a meal kit.
Every Wednesday is a big deal around my house — my wife, Amy, opens our big box of meals, shipped from the company Gobble. Home-delivered meal kits are booming across the globe, like meals from Hello...
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As the world grapples with plastic, the US makes more of it — a lot more
Editor's note: This story is part of "Pushing plastics," a series by the Center for Public Integrity and PRI's The World about the battle over plastic.Jace Tunnell shuffled forward near the water’s...
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America's grungy 'recycled' plastic is creating wastelands in Asia
Editor's note: This story is part of "Pushing plastics," a series by the Center for Public Integrity and PRI's The World about the battle over plastic.Follow the stench and you will find them: flaming...
View ArticleBaby dolphins babble when they learn language, just like humans do
In 1945, George Zipf, a linguist, discovered that every human language he studied had at least one feature in common, a phenomenon he named Zipf’s law.Zipf’s law states that the most common word in a...
View ArticleNew companies want to deliver ugly produce to your door to help eliminate...
In the US, as much as a third of our food is wasted, left to rot on the vine or tossed in a landfill. Produce can pass through dozens of hands on its way to our plates, including packing houses,...
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A rhino warrior experiments with peace
It’s a tragically normal way for Vincent Barkas to start a workday: trudging through a South African game park to reach a rhino carcass.The beast is lying under some brush, its nose a mere stub where a...
View ArticleGoing green — after death
The ritual of bidding farewell to our deceased loved ones is an important step in the mourning process. Most of us are familiar with traditional casket burials and cremation. Now, there is a third...
View Article'Our Planet' aims to raise awareness and offer solutions for an Earth in crisis
At its heart, "Our Planet," the new eight-part nature series on Netflix, is a celebration of the remarkable biodiversity of life on Earth — and a warning that humanity must act to save it or risk...
View ArticleIs climate change causing us to experience 'ecological grief'?
Climate change, loss of species and more severe natural disasters. These topics have all been at the forefront of the environmental crisis. As we learn more and more about how humans are impacting the...
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