Where the wild things thrive: Finding and protecting nature’s climate change safe havens
Identifying these pockets of resilient habitat is helping land managers protect them from other threats.
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Who protects us when the EPA won’t?
With the EPA’s top research office dismantled, an independent environmental science institute could be an alternative.
Florida must strengthen its electrical grid before it’s too late
While the state has been a leader in hurricane preparedness, grid modernization must remain a top priority.
Climate change is fueling Trump’s desire to tap into Arctic resources
As global temperatures shatter new records and thresholds, an ice-free Arctic becomes a possibility.
Extreme wildfires have doubled in just 20 years — here’s the science
The evidence underscores the urgency of addressing the root causes of worsening wildfire activity, such as climate change.
Tropical forest loss puts target of zero deforestation by 2030 further out of reach
Forest loss, particularly in the tropics, releases huge volumes of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.
Why is the summer off to such an extreme start?
Blame climate change, El Niño and a dose of bad luck.
2020 showed Florida that sustainability and resilience are the only way forward
By Philip Stoddard, Florida International University This year made Floridians feel climate change in our daily lives as we slogged ...
During the presidential campaign, the media needs to be treating climate like the emergency it is
By Mark Hertsgaard, Covering Climate Now It’s rare to hear the term “climate emergency” in media and political discourse in ...
COVID-19 shows that we must trust in science to solve problems; science is telling us we need to address the climate crisis now
By Delaney Reynolds, The Sink or Swim Project Today, more than ever, science and scientists are the key to our ...