At the American Geophysical Union fall meeting in New Orleans last December, Sarah Myhre, PhD, joined with other scientists on a panel presenting and fielding questions on the science, economics, and politics of climate solutions. Myhre (pronounced my-ree) delivered a […]

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The market for legal marijuana is growing. So are efforts to reduce the industry’s carbon pollution. Cannabis is often grown indoors, where cultivators can control light, humidity, and temperature. Rivero: “To do that, we’re using technologies that consume sometimes quite […]

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Just as rising seas pose serious threats to coastal residents and human-built systems and structures, and cause human climate refugees to flee low-lying atolls, these seas are also threatening many diverse species of wildlife. Coastal species are particularly affected, and […]

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In 2012, as Superstorm Sandy battered her oceanfront condo in Rockaway, Queens, Daris Garnes waited out the storm inland. When she returned home the next day, she was astonished by what she saw. Garnes: “It kind of looked like a […]

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For instructor James Beall, teaching in the wind energy program at Texas State Technical College is more than a paycheck. Fourteen years ago, Beall stopped working as an industrial electrician to become a stay-at-home dad. He spent the next six […]

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One seldom hears the term “Maunder Minimum” even at the most wonkish cocktail parties in the upscale Georgetown or Capitol Hill neighborhoods of Washington, D.C. climate change activists or lobbyists. But random talk of our planet’s soon entering – or […]

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Sometimes we need to take a clear view, even knowing we aren’t going to like what we see. In his recent Rolling Stone article, “Welcome to the Age of Climate Migration,” Jeff Goodell helps the medicine go down with his […]

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Charney: “Libraries are trusted spaces. They’re generally open to everyone. Everybody’s welcome.” Madeleine Charney is a librarian at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She says libraries offer communities more than books, DVDs, and research help. They can also convene community […]

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The Florida Everglades are not just home to gators, snowy egrets, and panthers. The Everglades provide South Florida with clean drinking water. For centuries, fresh water moved slowly through the wetlands towards Florida Bay. But to make way for development, […]

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April 24, 2018 – When the improper disposal of wastewater from the construction site of a joint shopping center and apartment complex threatened to contaminate hundreds of residents’ water in Sonsonate, El Salvador, activists and community leaders filed a lawsuit […]

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