This Week on Earth features a world leaders’ conference in United Arab Emirates, the US and UK Military, and Brazil’s Amazonian drought.
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Senior Editor Jamie Dickman shares a weekly roundup of the top environmental stories this week.
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Senior Editor Anam Vaziri shares news from around the world this past week.
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In this piece, author Teagan LeVar explores the importance of emotional connections to nature through childhood memories of the Northwoods.
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This Week on Earth —earthquakes in Gaziantep, Turkey, wildfires in Chile and ivory trafficking in Vietnam covered by Anam Vaziri.
Read More"The more sediment that we recover, the further back in time we can go…”
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Virginia passes law similar to neighbors DC and Maryland hoping to decrease its impact on climate change. This legislature is the first of its kind in southeastern states, potentially paving the way for more states to be inspired to adopt similar change. Read more about the details in Hannah Dembosky’s piece.
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As Lake Michigan continues to rise, University officials work to mitigate the effects of erosion and construct a long-term solution for the campus lakefill.
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Katrina Holland attended BuildingResilience19, a sustainability conference in Cleveland, Ohio, in November of last year. She shares the initiatives the city is taking in order to prepare for a climate crisis.
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Our data usage isn’t something we usually think about, but its environmental impacts are astounding. How does ‘big data’ contribute to our carbon footprint? Bella Wilkes investigates.
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Air travel currently accounts for 2.5% of carbon emissions nationally, with that number rising. Do celebrities have more of a responsibility to diminish this percentage? Are there any ways they can? Read more to hear.
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How much waste is produced at the average college frat party? Why are red solo cups so bad for the environment and what needs to be done? Margo Milanowski has the answers.
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Since its Declaration of Rebellion against the UK Parliament last year, global climate-action movement Extinction Rebellion has engaged masses around the world. Two weeks of nonviolent civil disobedience organized by Extinction Rebellion ended October 18. In Chicago, protesters took to Daley Plaza in a demonstration.
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While climate change was previously regarded as of secondary importance next to economic development and pressing social issues, the Chinese government has placed environmental concerns at the top of its agenda in recent years, taking serious steps to promote clean renewable energy technology and enforce environmental laws.
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To combat climate change, some countries are undertaking large-scale tree-planting projects. To what extent are these successful? How can we combat climate change? Bella Wilkes looks for answers.
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With recent studies predicting significant changes to Chicago’s climate and consequently its urban environment, the city may be subject to extensive ecological degradation.
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According to data taken at the Mauna Loa Observatory, atmospheric CO2 concentrations have reached 415 ppm. Bella Wilkes outlines the effects we can expect to see from such high levels of greenhouse gases.
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What will the year 2100 look like if the Earth gets 2°C warmer, according to current predictions? In her debut piece, Madison Fielder paints a harrowing picture of an immediate future that will be our reality only if leaders take action now.
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This Week on Earth — sinking land in the Bay Area, the unequal impacts of climate change on different genders, and the threat of running out of drinking water in Bangalore, by Luodan Rojas.
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This Week on Earth: growing deforestation, a secret gene held by Mexican salamanders, and an Iranian oil tanker sinking. Check out what you missed! By Luodan Rojas.
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