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The greening of planes, trains and automobiles

Nicola Jones — Wed, 03 Jul 2024 00:00:03 GMT

We need new fuels to transport people and goods around the globe as society moves away from coal, natural gas and oil. Here’s how things are shaping up.

Cleaning up cow burps to combat global warming

Bob Holmes — Mon, 10 Jun 2024 00:00:10 GMT

New tools for lowering methane emissions from livestock are on their way

Geothermal power heats up

Katarina Zimmer — Thu, 11 Apr 2024 00:00:11 GMT

Long confined to regions with volcanic activity, geothermal promises to become a much more versatile energy source thanks to new technologies

Nuclear’s role in a net-zero world

Nicola Jones — Tue, 19 Mar 2024 00:00:19 GMT

Is nuclear power a necessary part of the energy transition away from fossil fuels? As the debate rages on, new technologies and smaller reactors may be shifting the balance.

Hunting sky islands for genetic clues to climate resilience

Sarah J. Love and Joe Bailey — Mon, 11 Mar 2024 00:00:11 GMT

OPINION: Isolated mountaintops are hotbeds of evolutionary adaptation and great places to study how climate change affects ecosystems

Moving trees north to save the forests

John H. Tibbetts — Wed, 06 Mar 2024 00:00:06 GMT

As the world warms, trees in forests such as those in Minnesota will no longer be adapted to their local climates. That’s where assisted migration comes in.

A big boost to Europe’s climate change goals

Elise Hansen — Wed, 28 Feb 2024 00:00:28 GMT

The bloc aims to become the first carbon-neutral continent. A new policy called CBAM will assist its ambitions — and may persuade other countries to follow in its footsteps.

Losing the connection between the Andes and the Amazon: A price of peace in Colombia

Pablo Correa — Thu, 22 Feb 2024 00:00:22 GMT

The South American country, where the biodiversity of the Andes meets that of the Amazon, is losing the great natural wealth of some 1,500 square kilometers of forest each year, mainly in areas formerly under guerrilla control

The hidden threat from rising coastal groundwater

Shellie Habel — Wed, 07 Feb 2024 00:00:07 GMT

OPINION: Sea level rise won’t hit just homes on shorefronts, but also the infrastructure beneath our feet

Indigenous languages are founts of environmental knowledge

Katarina Zimmer — Thu, 25 Jan 2024 00:00:25 GMT

Peoples who live close to nature have a rich lore of plants, animals and landscapes embedded in their mother tongues — which may hold vital clues to protecting biodiversity

Forests are under attack from invasive species

Geoff Williams — Wed, 24 Jan 2024 00:00:24 GMT

OPINION: International commerce and travel bring ecological destruction to the world’s most cherished natural places. We need to do more to stop the assault.

Green shipping picks up speed

Elise Hansen — Mon, 20 Nov 2023 00:00:20 GMT

An international treaty aims to bring the shipping industry to net-zero emissions by around 2050. Can novel fuels, wind power and coordination on a global scale get it there?

How wind turbines could coexist peacefully with bats and birds

Katarina Zimmer — Wed, 08 Nov 2023 00:00:08 GMT

As wind power grows around the world, so does the threat the turbines pose to wildlife. From simple fixes to high-tech solutions, new approaches can help.

As the climate changes, plants must shift their ranges. But can they?

Liam Drew — Thu, 26 Oct 2023 00:00:26 GMT

Lots of them depend on fruit-eating birds and mammals to spread their seeds. But it’s debatable whether the animals — many in trouble themselves — can disperse seeds far and fast enough to keep pace with a warming world.

Leaning into Indigenous knowledge on climate change

Chris Baraniuk — Wed, 11 Oct 2023 00:00:11 GMT

Native peoples attuned to the natural world have long collected detailed environmental information. Now scientists are cataloging these observations and learning how they’re affecting Indigenous communities globally.

Does it work to pay people not to cut the forest?

Tim Vernimmen — Tue, 10 Oct 2023 00:00:10 GMT

Evidence that the approach helps to save trees, preserve ecosystems and reduce carbon emissions is often hard to come by. But it can succeed if it’s done right, says an economist.

Abandon the idea of ‘great green walls’

Matthew Turner, Diana Davis, Emily Yeh and Pierre Hiernaux — Mon, 07 Aug 2023 00:00:07 GMT

OPINION: The notion of planting miles of trees to hold back encroaching deserts is misguided and damaging; we should promote programs that secure livelihoods and respect dryland ecologies instead

Conservation paleobiology: Eyeing the past to restore today’s ecosystems

Bob Holmes — Thu, 03 Aug 2023 00:00:03 GMT

Researchers use historic remnants like antlers, shells, teeth and pollen to learn how natural communities once worked. The clues serve as guides for restoration.

Why one deforestation solution has yet to stop massive tree loss

Eric Lambin and Paul Furumo — Tue, 11 Jul 2023 00:00:11 GMT

OPINION: Zero-deforestation supply-chain commitments aren’t protecting tropical forests as much as hoped. But they might, if the same standards were applied to domestic and export markets.

Is this ‘age of the delta’ coming to an end?

Boyce Upholt — Mon, 05 Jun 2023 00:00:05 GMT

The wet landmasses, though inherently impermanent, have been essential to both people and wildlife for thousands of years. But recent shifts have brought on some rapid losses that worry scientists.