Tag: environment
2015, the year that was: environment and energy
Martin LaMonica, The Conversation
As we approach 2016, we look back at the big – even world-changing – stories of The Conversation’s environment and energy...
How much has global warming worsened California’s drought? Now…
How much has global warming worsened California's drought? Now we have a number
Park Williams, Columbia University
With each passing year, human-caused global warming bullies California...
A melting Arctic demands more – not less – research on...
Jennifer Francis, Rutgers University
The Arctic is melting rapidly. Who cares? Anyone who is concerned about the rising price of food, lives near the coast,...
Play linked to sluggish growth in infant monkeys – but should...
Phyllis Lee, University of Stirling
For more than a century, researchers have tried to pin down exactly why so many animal species play in their...
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...
EXPLORING NATURE
Trump’s EPA decides climate change doesn’t endanger public health – the...
Jonathan Levy, Boston University; Howard Frumkin, University of Washington; Jonathan Patz, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Vijay Limaye, University of Wisconsin-Madison
