With rising temperatures and seas, massive droughts, and changing landscapes, successfully adapting to climate change is increasingly important. For humans, this can mean using technology to find solutions. But for some plants and animals, adapting to these changes involves the most ancient solution of all: evolution. Erin Eastwood explains how animals are adapting to climate... Continue Reading →
Climate Change 101
Climate Change 101 With Bill Nye the Science Guy - if you don't see the video click the link to view instead. The famous scientist cuts through the global warming noise and lays out the facts (4:33) YouTube
Obama climate legacy
Our hope was that we could inspire him (Obama) to keep those promises. Even then, there were plenty of cynics who said Obama and his insiders were too closely tied to the fossil-fuel industry to take climate change seriously. But in the two years since, it's looked more and more like they were right –... Continue Reading →
the planet
Saving our planet, lifting people out of poverty, advancing economic growth... these are one and the same fight. We must connect the dots between climate change, water scarcity, energy shortages, global health, food security and women's empowerment. Solutions to one problem must be solutions for all. - Ban Ki-moon *** Ninety–eight percent of the population... Continue Reading →
lunatics or hypocrites
It is upsetting that many people don’t seem to observe what’s happening to the environment, what’s happening in terms of global warming, the loss of habitats and wild things. - Joanne Woodward *** “Who are the lunatics? The ones who see horror in the heart of their fellow humans and search for peace at any... Continue Reading →
Arctic permafrost is already thawing, creating lakes that emit methane. The heat-trapping gas could dramatically accelerate global warming. How big is the threat? What can be done? IN BRIEF Methane bubbling up into the atmosphere from thawing permafrost that underlies numerous Arctic lakes appears to be hastening global warming. New estimates indicate that by 2100... Continue Reading →
Arctic Climate Threat–Methane from Thawing Permafrost
Preamble We stand at a critical moment in Earth's history, a time when humanity must choose its future. As the world becomes increasingly interdependent and fragile, the future at once holds great peril and great promise. To move forward we must recognize that in the midst of a magnificent diversity of cultures and life forms... Continue Reading →
