Tag: Adaptation
Horses lived in the Americas for millions of years – new...
Stephanie Killingsworth, University of Florida and Bruce J. MacFadden, University of Florida
Many people assume that horses first came...
Why the COP28 climate summit mattered, and what to watch for...
Rachel Kyte, University of Oxford
Reading down the lengthy final agreement of the COP28 United Nations climate conference held...
A case for retreat in the age of fire
Emily E. Schlickman, University of California, Davis; Brett Milligan, University of California, Davis, and Stephen M. Wheeler, University of California, Davis
How did cockroaches survive the asteroid that led to the extinction...
Brian Lovett, West Virginia University
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages....
US Climate risks are rising – a scientist looks at the...
Erica A.H. Smithwick, Penn State
When I was a young researcher studying how forested ecosystems recover from wildfire, I...
Wealthy countries still haven’t met their $100 billion pledge to help...
Rishikesh Ram Bhandary, Boston University
After another year of record-breaking temperatures and extreme weather disasters, wealthy countries are under...
Disasters can wipe out affordable housing forever unless communities plan ahead...
Shannon Van Zandt, Texas A&M University
The tornadoes and wildfires that devastated communities from Kentucky to Colorado in the...
An environmental sociologist explains how permaculture offers a path to climate...
Christina Ergas, University of Tennessee
Big farming is both a victim of climate change and a contributor. Droughts, floods...
EXPLORING NATURE
Climate change is making plants less nutritious − that could already...
Ellen Welti, Smithsonian Institution
More than one-third of all animals on Earth, from beetles to cows to elephants, depend...
