Tag: Fossil fuels
Farmers face a soaring risk of flash droughts in every major...
Jeff Basara, University of Oklahoma and Jordan Christian, University of Oklahoma
Flash droughts develop fast, and when they hit...
Catch-22: Canada’s attempts to phase out fossil fuel might result in...
US$20 billion: That’s how much American investors think Canadian taxpayers should fork over to compensate them for their failed bid to develop...
3 reasons local climate activism is more powerful than people realize
Global warming has increased the number of extreme weather events around the world by 400% since the 1980s. Countries know how to...
After COP27, all signs point to world blowing past the 1.5...
Peter Schlosser, Arizona State University
The world could still, theoretically, meet its goal of keeping global warming under 1.5...
8 billion humans: How population growth and climate change are connected...
Manfred Laubichler, Arizona State University
At first glance, the connections between the world’s growing population and climate change seem...
Influential oil company scenarios for combating climate change don’t actually meet...
Robert Brecha, University of Dayton and Gaurav Ganti, Humboldt University of Berlin
Several major oil companies, including BP and...
Here’s how to meet Biden’s 2030 climate goals and dramatically cut...
John Reilly, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Unprecedented forest fires in the drought-stricken western United States. Tropical storms and...
Fertilizer prices are soaring – and that’s an opportunity to promote...
Kathleen Merrigan, Arizona State University
Farmers are coping with a fertilizer crisis brought on by soaring fossil fuel prices...