- Peter Styring and Katy Armstrong
- Read Time: 5 mins
More people than ever are acutely aware that rising levels of carbon dioxide (CO₂) in the atmosphere are accelerating climate change and global warming.
More people than ever are acutely aware that rising levels of carbon dioxide (CO₂) in the atmosphere are accelerating climate change and global warming.
The human race has never had to grapple with a problem as large, complex or urgent as climate change.
It would be a monumental task to start rewilding the Arctic, but the climate payoff could be mammoth.
When we talk about innovations to deal with the climate crisis, we tend to think of new technologies developed by physical scientists.
The tide is turning against the fossil fuel industry as countries and companies recognise the green business boom of alternative energy.
The alarming headlines about Australia’s bush fires over the last couple weeks have heightened the global outcry over climate change, and companies, NGOs, and governments are taking action.
Experienced anglers recognize that for a trout, the ultimate “steak dinner” is a stonefly or mayfly.
This erasure of one government’s climate project by its successor was only the tip of the melting iceberg.
It’s far easier to avoid burning fossil fuels than it is to clean up CO₂ emissions once they’re in the Earth’s atmosphere.
Solar power is on the rise. You can see the evidence on rooftops and in the desert, where utility-scale solar plants are popping up.
The vast majority of our grid-scale storage of electricity uses this clever method.
While many climate solutions require leadership from governments, we also need changes within regular households, which are collectively responsible for 42 per cent of Canada’s greenhouse-gas emissions.
There is still no certainty that geo-engineering could save the world. But, paradoxically, if it did work it might repair climate injustice.
Far from tackling climate change, nuclear power is an expensive distraction whose safety is threatened by wildfires and floods, experts say.
When it comes to finding a sustainable diet, there are many contradictions. A concept such as food miles can be helpful for figuring out the carbon emissions involved in bringing particular food items to your plate.
City is latest in the country to offer publicly-funded transportation for residents and visitors.
How does your food shop affect the planet? Well, think of it like this
Mayors Bill de Blasio of New York and Sadiq Khan of London on Tuesday urged every major city in the world to divest from the fossil fuel industries that are wrecking the planet.
Geothermal means, literally, “earth heat”. The temperature of the earth increases as we drill deeper towards its core.
After two weeks of protracted talks meant to address the planetary warming emergency, world leaders spectacularly failed to reach any real outcomes.
Have you ever watched a space shuttle launch? The fuel used to thrust these enormous structures away from Earth’s gravitational pull is hydrogen.
Intensive agriculture may be nourishing most of the Earth’s inhabitants, but it’s doing the opposite to earth itself.
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