2022-08-20 How much meat can we eat — sustainably? Scientists find that a small amount of animal products could have a place in our diets without wreaking environmental havoc. But it’s far less than what we consume today, and only if farmed in just the right way. By Bob Holmes As governments drag their […]
Category: Environment
Too hot to handle: Climate considerations for youth sport during the hottest years on record
2022-07-20 Too hot to handle: Climate considerations for youth sport during the hottest years on record Many young athletes spend hours in the hot sun every day. Nancy Lane/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald via Getty Images Jessica R. Murfree, Texas A&M University and Natasha Brison, Texas A&M University At least 50 high school football players in the U.S. […]
On the Hudson River, a New Model of Environmental Stewardship
2022-07-15 On the Hudson River, a New Model of Environmental Stewardship by Jonathan Kramer Adjacent to the Hudson River, along the west side of Manhattan, are some of the world’s most valuable commercial and residential properties: townhouses and mixed-use developments like Hudson Yards and much-loved public spaces like Hudson River Park and the Hudson River […]
Six Earth-Friendly Tweaks You Can Make to Your Shopping Habits
Six Earth-Friendly Tweaks You Can Make to Your Shopping Habits (StatePoint) Did you know that there are many sustainable tweaks you can make to the way you shop? With major companies leading the charge, it’s easier than you might think. For example, Amazon co-founded and became the first signatory to The Climate […]
The Race Against Radon
2022-07-06 The race against radon Scientists are working to map out the risks of the permafrost thaw, which could expose millions of people to the invisible cancer-causing gas. By Chris Baraniuk Deep in the frozen ground of the north, a radioactive hazard has lain trapped for millennia. But UK scientist Paul Glover realized some […]
The Supreme Court has curtailed EPA’s power to regulate carbon pollution – and sent a warning to other regulators
2022-07-05 The Supreme Court has curtailed EPA’s power to regulate carbon pollution – and sent a warning to other regulators Smokestacks at the coal-fired Mountaineer power plant in New Haven, West Virginia. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images Patrick Parenteau, Vermont Law School In a highly anticipated but not unexpected 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court ruled on […]
Opinion: Davos Was a Case Study in How Not to Talk About Climate Change
2022-07-01 Davos Was a Case Study in How Not to Talk About Climate Change by Jag Bhalla Science has a resistance to ill-founded assertions embedded deep in its bones. Carl Sagan called this “baloney detection.” But in the face of climate change, arguably our largest science-related crisis, these baloney detection capabilities haven’t kept our leaders […]
Why the world has a lot to learn about conservation – and trust – from Indigenous societies
Why the world has a lot to learn about conservation – and trust – from Indigenous societies A family in northern Siberia watches – but decides not to hunt – a musk ox that wandered into the area where they live. John Ziker, Author provided John Ziker, Boise State University Twenty-five years ago, when I […]
Book Review: Anatomy of an Environmental Tragedy
2022-05-11 Book Review: Anatomy of an Environmental Tragedy by Peter Andrey Smith By the late 1970s, the odor seemed just about everywhere on the east side of Niagara Falls, New York, in a neighborhood with thousands of residents and two area public schools. Noxious fumes seeped into basements. The stench filled backyards. It clung to one […]
Is it possible to heal the damage we have already done to the Earth?
Is it possible to heal the damage we have already done to the Earth? The Earth viewed from the Apollo 8 lunar mission on Dec. 24, 1968. NASA Scott Denning, Colorado State University Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it […]