Tag: climate change
Why we can’t reverse climate change with ‘negative emissions’ technologies
Howard J. Herzog, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
In a much-anticipated report, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) said the world will need to take...
Human-caused climate change severely exposes the US national parks
Patrick Gonzalez, University of California, Berkeley
Human-caused climate change is disrupting ecosystems and people’s lives around the world. It is melting glaciers, increasing wildfires, and...
Key internet connections and locations at risk from rising seas
Carol Barford, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Despite whimsical ads about computing “in the cloud,” the internet lives on the ground. Data centers are built on land,...
Designing greener streets starts with finding room for bicycles and trees
Anne Lusk, Harvard University
City streets and sidewalks in the United States have been engineered for decades to keep vehicle occupants and pedestrians safe. If...
Want to solve the world’s problems? Try working together across disciplines
Jonathan M Adler, Olin College of Engineering; Caitrin Lynch, Olin College of Engineering, and Robert Martello, Olin College of Engineering
Labor Day is our New...
Will John McCain be the last Republican leader in the Senate...
Tim Profeta, Duke University
“He was just doing his job.”
When I asked a longtime staffer to Sen. John McCain why the senator battled to address...
Far-sighted adaptation to rising seas is blocked by just fixing eroded...
Andrew G. Keeler, East Carolina University; Dylan McNamara, University of North Carolina Wilmington, and Jennifer Irish, Virginia Tech
Coastal communities around the world are struggling...
Coffee farmers struggle to adapt to Colombia’s changing climate
Jessica Eise, Purdue University and Natalie White, Purdue University
In Colombia’s coffee-producing region of Risaralda, small trees run along the sharp incline of the Andes...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
