Solarpunk proposes a radical rethinking of how we interact with the natural world, challenging our conventional understanding of what civilization is, while also suggesting ways in which our current way of life can be overthrown and replaced by something better. ...
There’s a less than one percent chance that the changes in Earth’s energy absorption were caused naturally, according to researchers who studied the issue. A small change in the energy Earth receives from the sun or radiates back into space ...
How much can the past inform the future? Can we figure out climate change better by analyzing bits of history? An international team of anthropologists, earth scientists, and geographers discusses a new approach called the archaeology of climate change. They ...
Clouds will increase global warming, and we can’t do pretty much anything about it, researchers warn us. New satellite data of Earth’s cloud cover unveils how clouds are very likely to amplify global heating. A team of scientists at Imperial ...
Deforestation and climate change shaped the Amazon rainforest’s future, turning it into a massive CO2 sink. A large part of the forest is now emitting more CO2 than it absorbs, as per a new report. The worst thing is that ...
The whole plastics economy is now waiting for a systematic change that can influence the oceans’ future. The current situation Earth faces is already featuring the worst-case scenario: more and more plastics end up in the ocean. So, a new ...
Recent reports about two common sunscreen ingredients, octinoxate, and oxybenzone, have stirred quite the buzz. The ingredients are now banned because they threaten the oceans’ health. With climate change shaping Earth’s future and pollution triggering the worst-case scenario we could ...
The Third Pole is now experiencing the worst-case scenario after a new study found that glaciers and snow cover started to disappear. Researchers developed a way to model the region’s water cycling and examine it. The results are genuinely intriguing ...
Recent report announced a record-breaking heatwave in the western US and Canada at the end of June that triggered the worst-case scenario. Now, the scientists explain that climate change is the culprit. The heatwave would have been “virtually impossible,” without ...
Recent research shows High Mountain Asia’s current situation, and things don’t look that good. As per new findings, the glaciers in the area have been melting a lot quicker in recent years than previously believed. Also, the glacier melt occurred ...