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Continue ReadingCooking helps keep me sane, so the lockdowns and restaurant closures of early spring didn’t shake up my food routine that much. Like millions of others, my household stocked up…
Continue ReadingGABARONE, Botswana — An explorative study looking into the feasibility of drilling for oil and natural gas in the Okavango River Basin in Southern Africa’s Kalahari Desert is moving forward,…
Continue ReadingKeeping invasive species out of the Great Lakes, or at least in check, is key to maintaining their biodiversity and health. See source
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — A team of scientists will set off next month on a research mission to find out the impact of a giant floating iceberg on the wildlife and…
Continue ReadingThe Pacific Ocean is the deepest, largest ocean on Earth, covering about a third of the globe’s surface. An ocean that vast may seem invincible. Yet across its reach –…
Continue ReadingThis story was originally published by The Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. No one who was in the hall that winter evening in…
Continue ReadingClimate activists cut access to COP25 headquarters in Madrid on December 13, 2019. | NurPhoto via Getty Images “The only thing that is missing is the actual will to do…
Continue ReadingThe UN Secretary-General António Guterres shares his message of support for the Champions and Young Champions of the Earth 2020, the UN’s highest environmental honour. The Champions were chosen for…
Continue ReadingWhen the Ghanaian government agreed to coordinate with Shenzen Energy Group, a Chinese energy company, to build a 7,000-megawatt coal power plant in the country’s Ekumfi district, Chibeze Ezekiel was…
Continue ReadingThere’s no way around the fact that Christmas has a large carbon footprint, from the traveling we do to the presents we give and the large amounts of food we…
Continue ReadingThe afternoon sky glows red from bushfires exacerbated by climate change near Nowra in the Australian state of New South Wales on December 31, 2019. | Saeed Khan/AFP via Getty…
Continue ReadingIt takes thousands of years for soils to form, meaning protection is needed urgently, say scientists Global soils are the source of all life on land but their future looks…
Continue ReadingSAN RAFAEL (CBS SF) — Marin County officials want to reduce fuel for wildfires and hope crews can begin burning piles of vegetation around Marin County on Wednesday. Officials from…
Continue ReadingIn this Our Changing Climate environmental video essay, we look at how climate change is causing a decrease in biodiversity worldwide. Biodiversity is a measure of the variety and variability…
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