by Sarah DeWeerdt | Aug 14, 2018
Wildfires north of the Arctic Circle, a “fire tornado” in California, and heat records busted across wide swaths of the globe: the extremes of 2018 have given rise to headlines proclaiming that climate change has arrived. But for birds living in the Mojave Desert of... 
by Sarah DeWeerdt | Aug 7, 2018
Common plastics emit greenhouse gases such as methane and ethylene as they degrade in the environment, researchers from the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa reported last week in the journal PLoS ONE. The researchers sealed samples of various plastics –... 
by Sarah DeWeerdt | Jul 31, 2018
Turning derelict vacant lots into pocket parks is associated with reduced feelings of depression and worthlessness among people living nearby, according to a new study conducted in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The study is the latest entry in a growing body of research... 
by Sarah DeWeerdt | Jul 24, 2018
Putting a price on carbon could help low- and middle-income countries alleviate poverty and improve their citizens’ lives, a team of German researchers reported July 16 in Nature Sustainability. The researchers gathered data on how much it would cost to fully... 
by Sarah DeWeerdt | Jul 17, 2018
Keeping tropical forest intact is an increasingly popular tool for climate change mitigation. After all, tropical forests are among the most carbon-dense environments on Earth, storing about one-third of terrestrial carbon. These forests are also very biodiverse, home... 
