Tag: environment
Canary in the Gold King Mine: legacy of abandoned mines means...
Ronald R H Cohen, Colorado School of Mines
You are gazing over the clear stream, thinking of fishing the crystal waters in the Rockies. The...
Rather than make energy more expensive, it’s time to invest in…
Robert Paarlberg, Harvard University
Democrats (myself included) enjoy ridiculing Republicans who deny the scientific consensus behind climate change. But we then deny the inconvenient truth...
Giraffes aren’t dangerous – but they will soon be endangered
Matt Hayward
, Bangor University
An American trophy hunter has kicked off another social media furore after defending a recent giraffe kill in South Africa by...
In a water-scarce West of the future, who will be hit...
Lauren Foster
, Colorado School of Mines
This article is part of The Conversation’s series on drought. You can read the rest of the series here.
Despite...
Four things that you should know about the EPA Clean Power...
Richard Woodward, Texas A&M University
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on August 3 released the final rule of the EPA Clean Power Plan, regulations...
Let’s face it: gender bias in academia is for real
Cynthia Leifer, Cornell University; Hadas Kress-Gazit, Cornell University; Kim Weeden, Cornell University; Marjolein C H van der Meulen, Cornell University; Paulette Clancy, Cornell University,...
The green and the gold: can we soften the environmental impact...
The green and the gold: can we soften the environmental impact of the Olympics?
John Rennie Short, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
The International Olympic Committee...
EXPLORING NATURE
Children can be systematic problem-solvers at younger ages than psychologists had...
Celeste Kidd, University of California, Berkeley
I’m in a coffee shop when a young child dumps out his mother’s...
