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Science meets shape-throwing in 'Dance your PhD' contest
Could you explain "insights into oral chemesthetic perception" using dance moves?
Published on: May 03, 2025 | Source:
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Trump Is Harming National Parks for Future Generations, Former NPS Director Warns
In 1976, Jonathan Jarvis began his career in the National Park Service beside a statue of Thomas Jefferson, working as a seasonal interpreter in Washington, D.C., to help visitors understand the historical and natural significance of parks in the nation’s capital. Over the next three decades, his roles within the NPS brought him across the […]
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:House Committee Offers Fossil Fuel Industry a ‘Once in a Generation’ Opportunity to Develop on Public Lands
Sacred Native American sites, public lands and undeveloped landscapes on and off shore are once again under threat from President Trump and congressional Republicans after the House Natural Resources Committee released draft legislation Friday that would make substantial changes to how fossil fuel companies doing, or hoping to do, business on public lands are regulated. […]
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:Hawaii Sues Big Oil for Alleged Climate Deception After Trump Administration Tried to Block the Litigation
The state of Hawaii has joined an intensifying legal battle by states and communities across the country to try to hold large fossil fuel firms accountable for the damaging climate impacts of their products. Hawaii is the 10th state so far to take the fossil fuel industry to court over alleged climate deception. The state’s […]
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:Sandeel fishing ban to remain in place
Sandeels are a vital source of food for seabirds that live along the UK coastline.
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:How the political consensus on climate change has shattered
In 2019, the UK committed in law to reducing its carbon emissions to net zero by 2050. Now the political climate has changed.
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:DeBriefed 2 May 2025: Iberian blackout; Tony Blair’s ‘clumsy’ comments; Trump’s ‘cascading’ impact on European climate science
Welcome to Carbon Brief’s DeBriefed.An essential guide to the week’s key developments relating to climate... The post DeBriefed 2 May 2025: Iberian blackout; Tony Blair’s ‘clumsy’ comments; Trump’s ‘cascading’ impact on European climate science appeared first on Carbon Brief.
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:Forests taking longer to recover from severe ‘megafires’ since 2010
Forests around the world are taking longer to recover from severe wildfires – potentially indicating... The post Forests taking longer to recover from severe ‘megafires’ since 2010 appeared first on Carbon Brief.
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:Vacancy: Three-week summer journalism internship at Carbon Brief
Carbon Brief is offering an exciting opportunity for students, or recent graduates, to work with... The post Vacancy: Three-week summer journalism internship at Carbon Brief appeared first on Carbon Brief.
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:Can this lynx born in a zoo learn to live in the wild?
It has been moved to Germany's Black Forest in preparation for its release
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:California Toxic Algal Bloom Blamed for Months-long Marine Life Poisoning
Inside the Marine Mammal Care Center in Los Angeles, more than 80 sea lions and seals lounge lethargically in outdoor fenced-in pens or paddle in small pools. Some bark and moan. Many of the sea lions noticeably stare into space or crane their necks so that their whiskers point to the sky. “Stargazing” is what […]
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:Inside Climate News Series Is a Scripps Howard Finalist
An Inside Climate News investigation into the wide-ranging environmental and human rights consequences of a little-known international arbitration system is a finalist in the Scripps Howard Journalism Awards. “Cashing Out,” reported by Katie Surma and Nicholas Kusnetz, showed how investor-state dispute settlement lets companies doing business outside their own country stymie efforts to regulate them—and […]
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:Lynx could be first UK zoo-born cat freed into the wild
It has been moved to Germany's Black Forest in preparation for its release
Published on: May 01, 2025 | Source:An Insurance Crisis Compounded by Climate Change Threatens the Broader U.S. Economy
A trifecta of crises—accelerating climate change, a scarcity of affordable housing and escalating insurance rates—are threatening the one place where people usually feel secure: their homes. “The cost of property insurance was a topic most people ignored, but it’s now a kitchen table economic issue for many families, and a risk factor for the housing […]
Published on: May 01, 2025 | Source:Ignoring Federal Law, House GOP Targets California’s Nation-Leading Vehicle Pollution Rules
On a warm July morning in 1943, in the middle of World War II, a thick cloud of acrid smoke blanketed downtown Los Angeles, turning its clear blue skies into an inscrutable brown haze that left Angelenos with burning eyes, noses and throats. The aerial assault was so intense it sparked rumors of chemical warfare […]
Published on: May 01, 2025 | Source:EPA Funding Cuts Target Disadvantaged Communities, Analysis Shows
As the nation marked the 55th anniversary of the environmental movement on Earth Day, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin declared a renewed commitment to “clean air, land and water for all Americans.” But as he spoke, the EPA was choking off the funds that had promised to bring clean drinking water to a rural […]
Published on: May 01, 2025 | Source:Guest post: How climate science is – and is not – shaping adaptation planning in southern Africa
Climate science is a key tool for governments tasked with preparing citizens and infrastructure for... The post Guest post: How climate science is – and is not – shaping adaptation planning in southern Africa appeared first on Carbon Brief.
Published on: May 01, 2025 | Source:Climate change-driven heatwaves hit Delhi’s Red Fort market traders
Free public toilets and tarpaulins would help vendors at the Lal Qila market in Delhi deal with rising temperatures that are hurting their health and incomes The post Climate change-driven heatwaves hit Delhi’s Red Fort market traders appeared first on Climate Home News.
Published on: May 01, 2025 | Source:China Briefing 1 May 2025: Xi steadfast on climate; Solar and wind surpassed thermal power; Controlling short-term GHGs
Welcome to Carbon Brief’s China Briefing. China Briefing handpicks and explains the most important climate... The post China Briefing 1 May 2025: Xi steadfast on climate; Solar and wind surpassed thermal power; Controlling short-term GHGs appeared first on Carbon Brief.
Published on: May 01, 2025 | Source:Will Tariffs on Solar Cell Imports Invigorate the U.S. Manufacturing Market?
The U.S. Department of Commerce determined last week solar cell imports from four Southeast Asian countries should see tariffs of up to 3,521 percent. It’s a move that broadens the trade dispute between the U.S. and China, as mainland manufacturers have set up factories in Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam and Malaysia in recent years. The rate […]
Published on: May 01, 2025 | Source:In the World’s Data Center Hotbed, How Close Is Too Close, and Who Should Pay?
ALEXANDRIA, Va.—Tyler Ray and his husband were drawn to their community, Bren Pointe, by the amenities that make Fairfax County such a desirable place to live in the Washington, D.C., suburbs of Northern Virginia. It’s close to shopping, dining and entertainment in Old Town and not far from Reagan National Airport. Soon, though, the neighborhood […]
Published on: May 01, 2025 | Source:Plans Advance for Huge New Exxon Plastics Plant in Texas
Plans for a large new plastics plant on the Gulf Coast of Texas crept forward on Tuesday evening when officials at a small, rural school district moved to enter into tax break negotiations with ExxonMobil, the project developer. The Calhoun County Independent School District board voted unanimously at a public hearing to begin developing the […]
Published on: May 01, 2025 | Source:Consumer Watchdog Accuses Regional Grid Operator of Overcharging Marylanders for Power
The Maryland Office of People’s Counsel, the state’s consumer watchdog, has filed two major complaints against the regional power grid operator, arguing that its market and infrastructure planning rules are systematically overcharging Maryland electricity customers to subsidize services and infrastructure benefiting other states—particularly Virginia. In one complaint to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC),...
Published on: May 01, 2025 | Source:On May Day, workers are calling – and climate activists must answer
For too long, workers' rights have been sidelined in the fight against climate change - without just transition policies, we can't build a livable future The post On May Day, workers are calling – and climate activists must answer appeared first on Climate Home News.
Published on: May 01, 2025 | Source:Mosquitoes in Scotland as far north as Shetland
The extent of Scotland's mosquito population is being understood thanks to a successful citizen science project.
Published on: May 01, 2025 | Source:Sen. Susan Collins Blasts Trump for Cuts to Scientific Research
Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) kicked off a Wednesday hearing criticizing the Trump administration for cutting science funding, firing federal scientists and triggering policy uncertainties that she said threaten to undermine the foundation for America’s global leadership. Collins, chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, said the administration’s abrupt cancellation of grants and laying off scientists have […]
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:N.C. Treasurer Names Conservative Climate Skeptic to State Utilities Commission
Donald van der Vaart—the state’s former environment secretary and a climate skeptic who was shortlisted for EPA administrator during the first Trump administration—has been appointed to the North Carolina Utilities Commission by Republican Treasurer Brad Briner. Van der Vaart started his career in state government as a 20-year employee in the Division of Air Quality […]
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Endangered axolotl release raises hopes for rare amphibian
Study provides hope for future of the axolotl amphibian, pushed to the brink of extinction in Mexico.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Q&A: What we do – and do not – know about the blackout in Spain and Portugal
At 12.33pm on Monday 28 April, most of Spain and Portugal were plunged into chaos... The post Q&A: What we do – and do not – know about the blackout in Spain and Portugal appeared first on Carbon Brief.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:For Alabama’s Spotted Salamanders, a Win and a Warning
HOMEWOOD, Ala.—Nine-year-old Ruby Banta thought it was a pretty simple choice, even for adults. “This was the salamander’s habitat first,” she said after an afternoon soccer game. “It’s not a college habitat.” Ruby was among the youngest of activists—sending a crayon-colored appeal to the City Council to save a sensitive salamander site—who had reason to […]
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:In His First 100 Days, Trump Launched an ‘All-Out Assault’ on the Environment
One hundred days into the second Trump administration, many environmentalists’ worst fears about the new presidency have been realized—and surpassed. Facing a spate of orders, pronouncements and actions that target America’s most cherished natural resources and most vulnerable communities, advocates fear the Trump agenda, unchecked, will set the country back decades. “It is not an […]
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Wyoming Has Been Slow to Transition From Fossil Fuels, but Is Moving Fast Toward New Nuclear Technologies
Wyoming has the largest uranium ore reserves in the U.S., and for decades, uranium mining was one of the key drivers of the state’s economy. In the late 1970s, the state’s mining industry produced 12 million pounds annually of the element needed to fuel nuclear power plants, and was a major source of employment. By […]
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Government not taking climate seriously - advisers
The government has made little progress in preparing the UK for rising temperatures, climate watchdog the CCC says.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:USGS Water Data Centers May Soon Close, Threatening States’ Water Management
Across the country, the data collected at stream gauges managed by the U.S. Geological Survey are used to implement drought measures when streamflows are low, alert local authorities of floods, help administer water to users on rivers and issue pollution discharge permits required by the Clean Water Act for communities across the country. But more […]
Published on: April 29, 2025 | Source:CCC: England’s approach to climate adaptation is ‘not working’
The “vast majority” of the UK government’s plans to prepare for climate hazards have made... The post CCC: England’s approach to climate adaptation is ‘not working’ appeared first on Carbon Brief.
Published on: April 29, 2025 | Source: