2˚C Will Push Most Tropical Rainforests Above Their Safe 'Heat Threshold'
Climate change will mean death outweighs growth, and tropical forests will eventually switch to releasing more carbon into the atmosphere than they take out.
Environment
How Hot Will it Get This Century?
The latest climate models suggest it could be worse than we thought.
Coronavirus Closures Could Lead to a Radical Revolution in Conservation
With widespread closures of parks and conservation areas around the world, could this be an opportunity to transform the way we manage and use these protected environments?
BP Paid a Steep Price for the Gulf Oil Spill but for the US, a Decade Later, it's Business as Usual
The largest offshore oil spill in U.S. history began ten years ago, on April 20, 2010. Eventually, oil coated more than 1,000 miles of coastline in six states, and covered over 40,000 square miles.
Will Three Billion People Really Live in Temperatures as Hot as the Sahara by 2070?
A new study suggests humans, like any animal or plant, have a preferred climate or environmental niche in which they thrive – climate change will shift billions of people out of this comfort zone.
Finland’s Dirty Secret - Part 2: Political Controversy
Finland's political infighting eclipses this forward-thinking country's dirty secret - its continued reliance on peat, an outmoded fossil-fuel, as a source for energy.
This Hydroelectric Project in India will Involve the Destruction of 270,000 Trees
Over 270,000 old-growth trees in the biodiverse forests of Arunachal Pradesh’s Dibang Valley will be destroyed if the Etalin Hydroelectric Project gets forest clearance.