When Did the Anthropocene Actually Begin?
[ad_1] Invasive species introduced by humans to new regions can also be markers, the scientists said. The inadvertent import of alien species in the ballast water of ships arriving in…
US Cities Are Falling Out of Love With the Parking Lot
[ad_1] This story originally appeared in The Guardian and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. They are gray and rectangular, and if you laid all 2 billion of them…
Alaska’s Arctic Waterways Are Turning a Foreboding Orange
[ad_1] This story originally appeared on High Country News and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Dozens of once crystal-clear streams and rivers in Arctic Alaska are now running…
This Christmas, It’s ‘Firmageddon’ as Climate Change Hits Oregon
[ad_1] This story originally appeared in The Guardian and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Scientists have discovered a record number of dead fir trees in Oregon, a foreboding…
The Quest to Defuse Guyana’s Carbon Bomb
[ad_1] In March 2015, the Deepwater Champion rig was at work for Exxon Mobil, exploring for oil in the Atlantic Ocean 120 miles off the coast of Guyana, drilling below…
The ‘30×30’ Conservation Goal Divides and Inspires at COP15
[ad_1] But others question the mentality of those trying to enforce it—even if it looks good on paper. Lakpa Nuri Sherpa, who is from Nepal, and represents the Asia Indigenous…
Pink Snow Is Not a Cute Phenomenon—Here’s Why
[ad_1] The scientists used the device to record the snow’s albedo, a measure of what fraction of the sunlight beaming down is reflected back up. Red snow means lower albedo,…
The Mystery of Alaska’s Disappearing Whales
[ad_1] This story originally appeared in Undark and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. When Roswell Schaeffer Sr. was 8 years old, his father decided it was about time…
The Geological Fluke That’s Protecting Sea Life in the Galapagos
[ad_1] This story originally appeared in Hakai Magazine and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Pushed by climate change, almost every part of the ocean is heating up. But…
New York Voted to Protect the Planet. California Did Not
[ad_1] But in a move that puzzled many of the state’s progressives, Governor Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, joined the California Republican Party to oppose the measure because of Lyft’s involvement. He…
New Mexico’s Beloved Pinyon Jay Is Losing Its Pine Habitat
[ad_1] The petition contains the first estimate of total acreage of piñon-juniper habitat currently treated by the Bureau of Land Management and the US Forest Service in states with pinyon…
This Ancient Grain-Sowing Method Could Be Farming’s Future
[ad_1] Today, Ethiopian farmers are feeling the pressure to grow modern monoculture crops, thanks in part to a national push to become an agricultural powerhouse. “If you export grains, you…
Goats and Sheep Are Brawling in the Rockies. Blame Glacial Melt
[ad_1] This story originally appeared on The Guardian and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In one corner, there is the agile climber with steak-knife-like horns. In the other…
Why India’s Capital Is Teeming With Mosquitoes
[ad_1] Delhi’s surge of Culex mosquitoes comes at a time when public health officials are declaring notable victories against other kinds of mosquitoes, including the Anopheles genus that transmits malaria.…
The Drying Up of Europe’s Great Rivers Could Be the New Normal
[ad_1] Scientists say that the economic cost of the rivers’ decimation is only part of the problem. The less water in the water system as a whole, explains Gabriel Singer,…
Philadelphia’s Diatom Archive Is a Way, Way, Wayback Machine
[ad_1] However, in recent decades, the sea has dominated the once-dynamic coastal margin, propelling farther inland as sea levels rise. Over the last century, the sea level along New Jersey…
The Colorado River Is Dying. Can Its Aquatic Dinosaurs Be Saved?
[ad_1] To keep those Glen Canyon turbines spinning, Lake Powell needs more water. But without big cuts in consumption, the obvious solution for filling the reservoir is stealing the water…
As the Planet Warms, Canada Faces an Influx of Climate Refugees
[ad_1] This story originally appeared on Canada’s National Observer and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. As droughts, deteriorating farmland, and rising sea levels push people around the world…
Pakistan’s ‘Monster Monsoon’ Shows the Wrath of Climate Change
[ad_1] This story originally appeared in The Guardian and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The climate crisis is the prime suspect for the devastating scale of flooding in…
How Scientists Are Cleaning Up Rivers Using Grasses and Oysters
[ad_1] One hundred miles north of Philadelphia, the Billion Oyster Project has been restoring the bivalves in New York Harbor since 2010, engaging more than 10,000 volunteers and 6,000 students…
How the Inflation Reduction Act Affects Food and Agriculture
[ad_1] Black farmers are “going to have to do some paperwork to document the discrimination that occurred, but we can work through that,” Lloyd Wright, a retired farmer and former…
Is Coal Mining Increasing East Kentucky’s Flood Risk?
[ad_1] This story originally appeared on Grist and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Appalachian states like Kentucky have a long, turbulent history with coal and mountaintop removal—an extractive…
Extreme Heat Is Becoming More Dangerous for Farmworkers
[ad_1] And it’s only going to get worse. In a 2020 paper, University of Washington researchers calculated that the average number of “days spent working in unsafe conditions” due to…
The Controversial Plan to Unleash the Mississippi River
[ad_1] The LSU report, though, became best known for its proposed solution, which focused on counteracting levees. The authors suggested that some water and mud be diverted out of the…
The Dangerous Chemicals Lurking Inside Shipping Containers
[ad_1] For their study, Hinz and her colleagues enlisted the help of the New Zealand customs authority. Staff used probes, which they pushed through the rubber seals of the container…