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Got space junk? Wooden satellites may be the solution.
If you’ve ever driven down a gravel road and a chunk of rock has ruined your windshield, you may be able to imagine just how dangerous it’s getting ... in outer space. Space junk — debris from defunct...
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The history of the world is written in tree rings
Shifts in the global climate happen naturally over millennia and they can leave a number of clues behind, including in tree rings. Trees store information about climatic conditions in the annual growth...
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Magnetic induction cooking can cut your kitchen's carbon footprint
To curb climate change, many experts have called for a massive shift from fossil fuels to electricity. The goal is to electrify processes like heating homes and powering cars, and then generate the...
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The behind-the-shelves story of American supermarkets
There was a moment in early 2020 when life narrowed, and the grocery store became a lifeline — in more ways than one. It was the source of breakfast, lunch and dinner, of course. But those lines...
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Green China: Where authoritarianism and environmentalism meet
China is the biggest greenhouse gas emitter in the world. But it's also at the forefront of renewable energy innovation and has some of the world's largest conservation projects.Beijing is trying to...
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Enormous wind turbines may be coming to a coast near you
The most powerful wind turbine in the world now spins over the Rotterdam harbor in the Netherlands. Nearly as tall as the Eiffel Tower, each blade is as long as a football field.“It’s a fantastic...
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Brazil struggles with new COVID-19 strain; Entire Dutch government resigns...
Top of The World — our morning news roundup written by editors at The World. Subscribe here.Brazil is the latest country to struggle with an outbreak of a new coronavirus variant, after South Africa...
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How the Trump Administration's climate denial left its mark on the Arctic...
This story was originally published by InsideClimate News.For decades, through political tumult and changing global allegiances, the Arctic Council went about its business, producing groundbreaking...
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Trump administration tries to sell off Arctic wildlife refuge in its final days
The fight to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) to drilling has raged for decades. In Trump's final days, despite opposition from conservationists and native peoples, a judge allowed the...
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Inauguration Day for Biden-Harris; Biden to sign 15 executive orders upending...
Top of The World — our morning news roundup written by editors at The World. Subscribe here.It’s Inauguration Day — Joe Biden and Kamala Harris will be sworn in at noon as the 46th president and vice...
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Georgia's green voters helped deliver the Senate to the Democrats
In Georgia, Democrats pulled off victories in runoff elections for both Senate seats and gained control of the chamber, thanks in part to Georgia's environmental voters, who are more likely to be...
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French Polynesia’s pearl farmers combat climate change with sustainable...
Pearls cultured in the lagoons of the many islands and atolls that make up French Polynesia are world-renowned for their unique and illustrious colors.Tahitian pearls, as they are commonly known, are...
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Bahamas Plastic Movement founder wins Goldman Environmental Prize
When environmental activist Kristal Ambrose saw firsthand the profound harm plastic waste can cause to wildlife, she started a nonprofit and successfully lobbied her government to ban all single-use...
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How Biden's Keystone XL Pipeline cancellation could test US-Canada relations
President Joe Biden began calling foreign leaders on Friday — his first as president. One of the first was expected to be Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. But this time, it's not just a...
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Deb Haaland, Biden's interior secretary nominee, says she'll be 'fierce for...
President Biden has chosen Democratic Rep. Deb Haaland to be the next secretary of the interior. Rep. Haaland represents New Mexico’s 1st Congressional district and, if confirmed, she will be the first...
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Merrick Garland — once blocked from high court — is set to become attorney...
Merrick Garland, the chief judge of what many call the nation’s second highest court, has been tapped by President Joe Biden to serve as attorney general.Garland has spent more than 20 years on the US...
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Global demand for carbon offsets to combat emissions is growing — but the...
It may seem like a huge feat to get large companies to reach the ambitious goal of net-zero carbon emissions. But it is possible — at least in theory — to make them carbon-neutral by banking on carbon...
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Under Biden, US Interior Department will undergo a major directional shift
If Rep. Deb Haaland is confirmed as President Joe Biden's nominee for secretary of the interior, she will be the first Native American in charge of the Interior Department, which, among many other...
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Climate and human security: Part I
This analysis was featured in Critical State, a weekly newsletter from The World and Inkstick Media. Subscribe here.When the Journal of Peace Research dedicates a whole special issue to the security...
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Wildfire in west Australia burns more homes in dry wind
More than 70 homes have been lost in a wildfire outside Australia's western city of Perth that is expected to continue burning for days.The fire had razed more than 9,000 hectares (22,200 acres) of...
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