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'Nature is always singing': Now you can make your own music from nature's sounds
From the chirp of a katydid to the screech of a parrot, the sounds of nature are all around us. Now, a website called Beast Box allows users to create their own unique songs using catchy beats and...
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The world rethought nuclear energy after Fukushima. Climate change...
Jeff Shimamoto, a lawyer and businessman, was living with his family in Tokyo when the reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan melted down 10 years ago this month. “In the few...
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AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine 79% effective, US trial shows
Top of The World — our morning news roundup written by editors at The World. Subscribe here.The COVID-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford is 79% effective in preventing...
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An unlikely eco-alliance in postwar El Salvador
A new book describes how environmental activists in El Salvador brought conservatives and progressives together to institute a nationwide ban on metal mining in 2017.The World’s Marco Werman spoke with...
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Will car-obsessed Madrid join Europe’s biking and walking trend?
Cities worldwide have transformed their streets into pedestrian-friendly spaces to encourage cycling and walking during the COVID-19 pandemic. The goal is to make public transport less crowded and...
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This start-up turns locust swarms in Kenya into animal feed
Most people associate a swarm of desert locusts with destruction. The Bug Picture, an insect-protein company, sees something else — an opportunity.The start-up has worked for the last six weeks in...
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Author Kim Nicholas on the five stages of 'radical climate acceptance'
“It's warming — it's us, we're sure — it's bad, but we can fix it,” is Kim Nicholas' mantra.Nicholas is a world leader in thinking and writing about climate change solutions.In her new book, "Under the...
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Can K-pop stars wield their celebrity to influence climate action?
Blackpink, one of the biggest pop bands in the world, has garnered billions of views of their music videos on YouTube. In December, they put out another kind of video: a climate change announcement...
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A climate reporter walks into an appliance store...
When Inside Climate News reporter Phil McKenna needed a new refrigerator, he knew to steer clear of any appliance that uses super-potent greenhouse gases to cool his groceries. As someone who often...
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Main opposition party against mining wins Greenland election
Greenland’s main opposition party, which is against an international mining project involving uranium and other metals on the Arctic island, has emerged as the biggest party after winning more than a...
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Brazil exceeds 4,000 daily COVID-19 deaths, India sees record infections
Top of The World — our morning news roundup written by editors at The World. Subscribe here.For the first time on Tuesday, Brazil became the third nation to report a daily COVID-19 death rate exceeding...
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Plan to divert water to Brazil's Belo Monte dam threatens Indigenous peoples...
Norte Energia, operator of the Belo Monte Dam on the Xingu River in the eastern Amazon rainforest, has begun diverting about 85% of the river's water to the dam's turbines in order to boost electricity...
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Backlash from bubble-tea fans after China bans plastic straws in restaurants
When the Chinese government banned the use of disposable plastic in restaurants this year as part of its newest five-year plan, it unwittingly attracted criticism from a very vocal group — bubble-tea...
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Building high-rises, hotels and stadiums out of wood — for climate's sake
It started as a dream that is slowly becoming a reality.“Maybe six or seven years ago, we set out to build the most sustainable football stadium that's ever been built in the world,” said Dale Vince,...
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Japan to start releasing Fukushima water into sea in 2 years
In a move that's fiercely opposed by fishermen, residents and neighboring countries, Japan's government announced Tuesday it would start releasing treated radioactive water from the wrecked Fukushima...
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CDC, FDA recommend pause of J&J coronavirus vaccine over blood clot concerns
Top of The World — our morning news roundup written by editors at The World. Subscribe here.The US Center for Disease Control (CDC) and the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are recommending a...
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US to coordinate with NATO on troop withdrawal from Afghanistan
Top of The World — our morning news roundup written by editors at The World. Subscribe here.US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin are meeting with NATO officials in...
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Istanbul’s mega-canal poses threats to surrounding villages, wildlife
A “crazy project.” Those are the words Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan used back in 2011, when he first unveiled Kanal Istanbul, a massive shipping canal project. Slated to begin construction in...
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Peru polarized by two social conservatives in presidential runoff
Peru is set for a divisive presidential runoff between a socialist elementary schoolteacher from the rural Andean mountains, and the conservative heir to the powerful and controversial Fujimori...
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Scientists link Earth's magnetic reversals to changes in planet's life and...
As odd as it may seem, Earth’s magnetic poles are not fixed. They wander around a bit and, throughout Earth’s history, they have even entirely reversed themselves. Now scientists have evidence for how...
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