Climate Change

The NIH has a budget of over $40 billion—but spends a measly $9 million on this looming public health emergencyFlooding in Gulf Shores, AL, in the aftermath of Hurricane Sally in September, 2020. Credit: Joe Raedle Getty Images If there was any lingering doubt that climate change threatens human health…

Home News Planting 1 trillion trees is one way to store unwanted carbon. (Image: © Shutterstock) Nature has equipped Earth with several giant "sponges," or carbon sinks, that can help humans battle climate change. These natural sponges, as well as human-made ones, can sop up carbon, effectively removing it from…

Photo was taken from the top of the K34 flux tower site located 60km north of Manaus, Brazil. Credit: Xi Yang/University of Virginia Forests can help mitigate climate change, by taking in carbon dioxide during photosynthesis and storing it in their biomass (tree trunks, roots, etc.). In fact, forests currently…

Miami is one of the cities most threatened by climate change in the US. Rising seas, which already bubble up through gutters during high tides, threaten to displace as many as 800,000 Miami-Dade county residents by the end of the century absent urgent action. Because of that, its voters generally reward progressive…

House Democrats' most liberal current and incoming members flexed their newfound power on Thursday, issuing a warning shot to President-elect Joe Biden: bring bold, progressive climate change to the White House or risk alienating much-needed congressional allies.Surrounded by liberal activist and climate advocate groups, members of 'The Squad'—including Reps. Alexandria…

Climate change and a "thirsty atmosphere" will bring more extreme wildfire danger and multi-year droughts to Nevada and California by the end of this century, according to new research from the Desert Research Institute (DRI), the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego, and the University…

As of late summer, governments around the world had pledged $12.2 trillion of relief in response to the coronavirus pandemic. That’s around 15% of global GDP, three times larger than government spending put forward during and after the 2008-2009 global financial crisis and enough for every adult in the world…

A new survey has revealed which country feels more concerned by climate change. Brazilians came at the helm of perceiving climate change as a “catastrophic risk”, when compared to people living in big economies, followed by India and South Africa. Fires have continues to wreak havoc in Brazil’s Amazon Rainforest…

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Even without a Green New Deal, the sweeping set of climate-related initiatives many Democrats are pushing for, President-elect Joe Biden will have plenty of opportunities to move ahead with much of the ambitious energy transformation plan as part of any infrastructure or stimulus package. Should Republicans manage to maintain control…