A team of researchers from National Geographic recently carried out an expedition into the ice caves inside one of Mount Rainier’s craters in Washington. The expedition served three purposes: collect data to protect climbers, learn about potential alien life on icy planets and study the cave’s climatology. These caves often end up becoming places of refuge […]
By Osprey Orielle Lake “The message our Living Forest proposal delivers is aimed at the entire world with the goal of reaching the hearts and minds of human beings everywhere, encouraging us all to reflect on the close relation between Human Rights and the Rights of Nature.” —From Kawsak Sacha, The Living Forest: An Indigenous […]
By Earth Guardians Xiuhtezcatl Martinez is not your average teenager. As youth director of the nonprofit Earth Guardians, Xiuhtezcatl (pronounced shoe-tez-cat) is leading an army of teens in more than 50 countries to demand sustainable policy from our world leaders. Through his work on the front lines of the climate change movement, he is assembling […]
By Brett Garling, Mission Blue If you’re planning on booking that next dive trip to the Maldives, you may want to think twice. Human rights abuses there are on the rise. “I think it’s important for tourists to know the facts of what’s happening in the Maldives,” Human Rights Lawyer Amal Cooney recently told NBC […]
Leonardo DiCaprio and his partner at Appian Way Productions, Jennifer Davisson, bought the movie rights for an eco-themed, post-apocalyptic young adult novel, The Sandcastle Empire. The book, written by Kayla Olson, has not yet been published, but attracted DiCaprio because of its environmental themes, The Hollywoood Reporter said. Leonardo DiCaprio to produce post-apocalyptic YA adaptation 'The Sandcastle Empire' […]
The World Health Organization declared the Zika virus an international public health emergency Monday as the disease continues “spreading explosively” and could infect as many as 4 million people in the Americas. WHO declares the Zika virus spread a public health emergency https://t.co/ra7QwudjWj pic.twitter.com/kZVzorGeoU — The Verge (@verge) February 1, 2016 The health organization has only declared […]
“I read the news today, oh boy.” —John Lennon Two overlapping news stories in the past few weeks must focus our attention on the need to move away from fossil fuels as quickly as possible and to transition our global economy to a more just and resilient system, especially for the world’s poor and vulnerable […]
The road to my caucus location in Iowa on Monday will wind along an Iowa River valley littered with the reminders of record flooding and drought since the last election—and a sea change on voters’ priorities on climate action since 2008. Climate change, like the candidates’ climate action plans, may have received scant attention in […]
In the wake of tumbling oil prices, an onslaught on coal and a year of geopolitical tumult, the World Bank has released its 2016 report on the outlook for the world’s commodity markets. Carbon Brief looks at the five key takeaways for climate change and energy. 1. There’s All-Round Bad News for Coal The report […]
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