Students at more than 50 high schools across the United States are launching a Green New Deal for Schools campaign, with the hope of getting climate policies enacted that will require school districts to add climate education to their curriculums and plan for climate disasters. The ultimate goal of the initiative, organized by the youth […]
Animal species that live in cities must be adaptable to survive, including not being too picky about what they eat. Now, a global consortium of scientists has conducted a study and termed the collection of characteristics that go along with learning to have this flexibility “urban trait syndrome.” The study used data from six continents […]
Zimbabwe’s largest national park is reporting its biggest migration of elephants and other wild animals to its neighbor Botswana since 2019, as a climate crisis-fueled drought in the region has caused water holes to run dry. Hwange National Park is home to around 50,000 elephants, according to Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (Zimparks), The […]
Quick Key Facts What Is ‘Extreme Heat’? Extreme heat is a type of extreme weather event during which temperatures rise far above the average for a particular area, especially during its seasonal summer. The U.S. government defines “extreme heat” as at least two to three days with high heat and humidity and temperatures higher than […]
Who is to blame for the climate crisis? For some, the answer to this question is a lament over the inherent greed of human nature. For award-winning investigative journalist and podcaster Amy Westervelt, the answer is perhaps the biggest true-crime story of all time. The creator of the podcasts Drilled and Damages has made a […]
In a new study, researchers have linked light pollution in urban areas to smaller eye sizes found in two common songbird species. Researchers studied the northern cardinal and Carolina wren that live year-round in San Antonio, Texas, a city with an estimated population of about 1,472,900 people, and compared these birds to the same two […]
The United Nations Climate Ambition Summit in New York today brings together what UN Secretary-General António Guterres called the “first movers and doers” of the climate crisis with the goal of speeding up action on climate change by governments, local authorities, business and finance leaders and civil society ahead of November’s COP28 Climate Change Conference. […]
About half of all packaged goods found in grocery stores contain palm oil, because this product is versatile, grows efficiently for better yields and has low production costs. However, palm oil comes at a high cost to the environment, and its production is a leading cause of deforestation around the world. As a potential alternative, […]
In a new study, an international group of scientists with the World Weather Attribution initiative has concluded that climate change made the heavy rainfall that led to this month’s deadly Libyan floods up to 50 times more likely. The first half of September brought extreme rainfall to several Mediterranean countries. On September 10, Libya was […]
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