Beavers and the dams they build are not always embraced in the areas where they do their work. But there's a growing recognition that they also are building a kind of natural infrastructure that helps with water management and the...

A “tipping point” is when a system, with just a small amount of additional energy, is pushed from one stable state to another suddenly and dramatically. This can be a chair falling backwards. Or it can be a major earth system collapsing....

Climate scientists are clear that we need to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050. And in order to do this, we’re going to need to electrify everything and green the grid. But what will this clean, green future look like? Can we pull...

We’ve all heard that we should keep global climate change under 2 degrees of warming, but did you know that there are many places around the globe that have already surpassed that? Some places around the globe are experiencing extreme...

Arctic air is warming, causing scientists to worry that melting arctic ice and snow could also lead to a sudden permafrost thaw and release of carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4) that forms a climate tipping point or feedback loop....

Ottmar Edenhofer, Designated Director, Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC) at the panel entitled "Managing the Global Commons: Growth, Inequality, and New Thinking for Sustainable Economics" at the...

This is a thing that is happening right now, and (taking a page from the global warming playbook) a think I've been hearing from Bolsonaro's supporters is, "Who even knows how bad it is...deforestation is actually...

Former Justice Minister Irwin Cotler says Canada should engage in a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Olympic Games, as just one of the measures to hold China accountable for its human rights abuses. Cotler also speaks about his recent...

Climate activist says more needs to be done to keep fossil fuels in the ground.



Caoimhe de Barra, CEO of Trocaire and Oisin Coghlan, and friends of the earth Ireland, spoke at a protest held on Sandymount Strand

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The director of British Antarctic Survey warned that rising sea levels could hit capital cities around the world, as the RRS Sir David Attenborough prepares for its second voyage to Antarctica.



The £200m polar research ship,...

Sept. 29 -- General Electric Vice Chairman John Rice explains how GE keeps business flourishing despite macro-economic pressures in nearly every market. He speaks at the Bloomberg Markets Most Influential Summit.

With high-stakes biodiversity talks kicking off in Montreal this week, Elizabeth Mrema, the head of the UN's Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is urging bold action to avoid "irreversible" damage to the planet's precious...