A new study has found that king penguins on a sub-Antarctic island are now giving birth 19 days earlier than they did in 2000, and more chicks are surviving the winter. That change has turned a warming ocean into a temporary boon for species that may still be losing it. King penguin on the island … Read more
This story was originally published by Caretaker and is reprinted here in collaboration with the Climate Desk. The extreme heat wave that has scorched the West this week would have been “impossible” if it weren’t for the climate crisis, a team of scientists has determined. Millions of Americans from the Pacific coast to the Rockies … Read more
As the US government continues to call climate change a lie and attack science, in courts from The Hague to Honolulu, fossil fuel companies are taking a different tack. Shell, Chevron, RWE and TotalEnergies all accept that climate change is real, human-caused and serious. The era of denying the business climate, at least in legal … Read more
In the past five years, indigenous agriculture has received academic attention as an alternative, albeit on a smaller scale, to modern agricultural systems. Research has shown that some traditional agricultural practices – such as growing corn, beans and squash together – protect soil health, reduce biodiversity loss, and support indigenous knowledge, known as traditional ecological … Read more
In recent years, citizens of Spain, France and the UK have looked up to see a strange sight: an orange sun and skies thick with yellow fog. These cloudy skies often produce “blood rain”, rust-laden rain that leaves a fine smear on cars and windows. These events are caused by dust from the Sahara desert … Read more