Tag: climate change
The surprising connection between ‘take a knee’ protests and Citizens United
Elizabeth C. Tippett, University of Oregon
Citizens United, the Supreme Court ruling that some fear is destroying American democracy, may also be showing us how...
Chasing the flame: Does media coverage of wildfires probe deeply enough?
Adrianne Kroepsch, Colorado School of Mines
It is the dry season in western states, which means that large swaths of land are burning or smoldering...
Why Hurricanes Harvey and Irma won’t lead to action on climate...
Scott Gabriel Knowles, Drexel University
It’s not easy to hold the nation’s attention for long, but three solid weeks of record-smashing hurricanes directly affecting multiple...
Hurricanes drive immigration to the US
Dean Yang, University of Michigan and Parag Mahajan, University of Michigan
In the last few weeks, hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Katia have cut paths of...
How fashion adapted to climate change – in the Little Ice...
Lane Eagles, University of Washington
One could say the consequences of the planet’s warming climate can be seen on fashion week runways and the shelves...
Americans who live far from coasts should also be worried about...
Nina Lam, Louisiana State University
Catastrophic flooding in Houston from Hurricane Harvey is the latest reminder that floods kill more people in the United...
I was an Exxon-funded climate scientist
Katharine Hayhoe, Texas Tech University
ExxonMobil’s deliberate attempts to sow doubt on the reality and urgency of climate change and their donations to front groups...
Curbing climate change: Why it’s so hard to act in time
Timothy H. Dixon, University of South Florida
This summer I worked on the Greenland ice sheet, part of a scientific experiment to study surface melting...
EXPLORING NATURE
Geothermal energy has huge potential to generate clean power – including...
Moones Alamooti, University of North Dakota
As energy use rises and the planet warms, you might have dreamed of...
