How rising CO2 levels may contribute to die-off of bees
As they investigate the factors behind the decline of bee populations, scientists are now eyeing a new culprit ...
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How climate change will impact the global middle class
You don’t meet chief economists every day, which used to be a source of comfort to me.
Abrupt Sea Level Rise Looms As Increasingly Realistic Threat
Ninety-nine percent of the planet's freshwater ice is locked up in the Antarctic and Greenland ice caps.
50 shades of climate opposition
The signing of the Paris Agreement last month, and the subsequent announcement out of Beijing of a national moratorium on new coal plant permits, represent a triumph for the societal forces that have aligned and coalesced over the past decade to fight climate change.
How nations are chipping away at their protected lands
Winning protected status for key natural areas and habitat has long been seen as the gold standard of conservation.
The secrets to stress-free sustainability
In 1980, I was born in a small county hospital in Washington, Iowa.
Can Uber-style buses help relieve India’s air pollution?
India’s megacities have some the deadliest air and worst traffic congestion in the world.
Inside agriculture’s sustainability inflection point
Agriculture is at an inflection point, to borrow a phrase from the technology industry (and math) when it realized the world was changing direction.
The 5 toughest challenges tomorrow’s cities face
From New York to Shanghai, cities across the globe are swelling, compounding social and environmental sustainability challenges.
How a giant space umbrella could stop global warming
The race to find a solution to a rapidly warming world is one of the most pressing challenges facing our planet.
