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A heat wave in Siberia signals dangerous Arctic warming
The town of Verkhoyansk in Siberia hit a record-high temperature of 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit on June 20, the highest temperature ever recorded within the Arctic Circle — and scientists are worried.“I...
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Bees led this author to reconnect to a childlike joy in nature
The innate curiosity about the natural world that many of us experience as children is often lost on the path to adulthood. Author Brigit Strawbridge Howard found her way back to a childlike...
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In Karachi, planting dense urban forests could save the city from extreme heat
Extreme heat often hovers over Karachi, Pakistan’s largest city, creating insufferable conditions for its 16 million inhabitants. But each time Karachi resident Shahzad Qureshi transforms a barren...
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Jane Goodall: 60 years of research, activism and inspiration
On July 14, 1960, at the age of 26, Jane Goodall arrived in what is now Gombe National Park, Tanzania, to begin her breakthrough study of wild chimpanzees. Soon after, she realized that if chimps were...
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‘The mother of all injustices is climate change,’ says former diplomat and...
Christiana Figueres, a former diplomat and longtime climate change leader, sees optimism as a key solution for climate change. In fact, her whole brand is optimism. Figueres presided over the 2015...
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Barr testifies on Mueller probe; Former Malaysia PM found guilty; Bush fires...
Top of The World — our morning news round up written by editors at The World. Subscribe here.US Attorney General William Barr heads to Capitol Hill today and will face questioning on what critics argue...
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Major environmental groups join Facebook ad boycott to protest climate...
Three major environmental groups are demanding that Facebook take steps to curb the spread of racism, extremism and misinformation about climate change on its platform.The Natural Resources Defense...
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UN climate chief on coronavirus and climate change: We must ‘address these...
People everywhere are hyper-focused on the pandemic right now. Meanwhile, the slower burning crisis of climate change remains.Patricia Espinosa, executive secretary of the United Nations Framework...
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How China’s nature-based solutions help with extreme flooding
Southern China’s rainy season lasted nearly twice as long this year. Record rainfall caused the country’s longest river, the Yangtze, to overflow along the river’s middle and lower regions.“A normal...
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New ICARUS tracking system helps scientists unlock mysteries of migration
The field of wildlife tracking is getting a major upgrade thanks to a new initiative called ICARUS. It uses special equipment on the International Space Station to allow researchers to track much...
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Megaprojects and austerity measures are transforming southern Mexico
Mexico is one of the hardest-hit countries by the coronavirus pandemic. It has the world’s third-highest death toll, and its curve has yet to bend. As the coronavirus continues to spread, the economy...
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How Trump is weakening the National Environmental Policy Act
In another attempt to undo decades of environmental regulations, the Trump administration recently released a revised regulatory interpretation of NEPA, the National Environmental Policy Act, that will...
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US lost 11 million acres of farmland to development in past 2 decades
The United States has lost more than 11 million of acres of farmland to development over the last 20 years, according to a new report.A series of studies by the American Farmland Trust shows that...
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Green groups grapple with a history of racism and exclusion
As the United States confronts its long history of racial injustice, powerful environmental groups like the Sierra Club are coming to grips with their own history of racism and white supremacy.The...
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Mauritius rushes to stave off oil spill
The island of Mauritius boasts beautiful beaches, coral reefs, lagoons and clear waters. Now, oily black sludge mars the country’s southeast coastline.It began on Thursday when oil began leaking from...
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Slowing deforestation could save humanity from the next pandemic
COVID-19 has thus far cost the world over 700,000 lives and vast sums of money in lost gross domestic products and government rescue plans. A new study published in the journal Science suggests we...
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Activists took the Irish govt to court over its national climate plan — and won
It was like nothing Clodagh Daly ever experienced, and certainly not how she expected the three-year court battle to end.Hunched over her laptop in her kitchen with two of her colleagues, she watched...
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Israel and UAE cut diplomatic deal; Despite flooding North Korea refuses aid;...
Top of The World — our morning news round up written by editors at The World. Subscribe here.For the first time in more than 25 years, Israel could seal a historic diplomatic deal with an Arab country....
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Chinese fishing fleet threatens Galápagos Islands
Ecuador is on alert after its navy discovered a fleet of more than 200 Chinese fishing vessels near the Galápagos Islands.The famous archipelago, located more than 600 miles off Ecuador's coast, helped...
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Elusive Somali sengi documented in Djibouti by scientists after 50 years
The Somali sengi is a tiny mammal that looks almost like a mouse, but with a long, trunk-like nose, sort of like an aardvark.But for 50 years, a sighting of this sengi had not been recorded by...
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