Studies show that when people can ride in a car without having to operate it, they increase their car use. That could increase traffic and pollution, unless government puts a price on car travel.
As climate change worsens, their findings highlight the importance of conserving natural river flows to enable freshwater species to respond and adapt.
Sunrise over a bog in Eastern Europe.
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Ryan E. Tompkins, University of California, Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources e Susan Kocher, University of California, Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources
After another devastating wildfire year in the West, the Biden administration has a plan to ramp up forest thinning and prescribed burns. Two foresters explain why these projects are so important.
Climate marches, like this one in Glasgow during the COP26 climate conference in November 2021, can help people move from worry to action.
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Sub-Saharan Africa is one of the world’s most sunlit regions. A prototype generator uses that sunlight in place of diesel to support unreliable electricity grids.
The U.S. had seven operating offshore wind turbines with 42 megawatts of capacity in 2021. The Biden administration’s goal is 30,000 megawatts by 2030.
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Wind turbines often can produce more power than is needed for electricity onshore. That extra energy could be put to work capturing and storing carbon.
Despite the ongoing pandemic, the agenda for 2022 includes key developments to tackle the connected crises of climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution.
Food systems can disenfranchise marginalised and vulnerable communities worldwide.
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Climate change doesn’t just affect the atmosphere and the oceans, it affects the Earth’s crust as well.
Genetic material found in permafrost sediments from the Yukon contains rich information about ancient ecosystems.
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