Renewable Energy Is Charging Ahead
Renewable energy has seen considerable growth in recent years, but there is a long way to go to achieve a clean energy future that averts the worst effects of the climate crisis
Renewable energy has seen considerable growth in recent years, but there is a long way to go to achieve a clean energy future that averts the worst effects of the climate crisis
Greenland’s Steenstrup Glacier doubled its annual ice loss in just a few years, thanks to warm ocean water
Amid a warming world, these conservationists have brought back a very old and very low-tech drought-busting practice, and they are getting results.
Using “slow water” methods can make the Colorado River Basin and its people more resilient
To pull power from the waves, you need a high tidal range or strong currents. Sea-level rise threatens to mess with both
Iceberg B-22A, which first broke off from Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier in 2002, is finally moving away from the South Pole after being freed from its seafloor tether
To get people to shift to more climate-friendly behavior, what works best? Education? Payments? Peer pressure?
California state regulators are expected to approve regulations imposing stricter climate rules on trains and trucks, but the charging infrastructure to power them is lacking
Communities across the U.S. West are preparing for flooding and mudslide disasters as record snow begins to melt
In the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, plastic creates strange communities that bring coastal and open-ocean animals together
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