Land degradation is a better way of describing what is normally called desertification. Dealing with it now could pay enormous dividends.
Every month, climate scientists make new discoveries that advance our understanding of climate change’s causes and impacts. The research gives a clearer picture of the threats we already face and explores what’s to come if we don’t reduce emissions at a quicker pace.
Researchers have found a way to increase the efficiency of a solar water purifier using the 3D features found in origami art.
A Rain of Night Birds, by Deena Metzger, questions the privileging of western scientific knowledge over traditional indigenous understanding of the Earth in the face of climate change.
While the Christmas season is now over, an article published recently by CleanTechnica author Steve Hanley referencing the Charles Dickens’ novella “A Christmas Carol In Prose, Being A Ghost Story Of Christmas” got me thinking.
We need to step up and accept the most aggressive global average temperature goals if we are going to save entire areas of the planet from aridification — becoming deserts.
Anthropogenic climate change is set to make much of the currently inhabited world a much harsher, hotter, and water-scarce place — while at the same time turning other regions into swamps and flood-prone toxic waste dumps.
Humans may have played a very active role in the desertification of the Sahara, according to new research from Dr David Wright of Seoul National University.
2016 is very likely to be the hottest year on record when it’s over, according to a new assessment from the World Meteorological Organization. As it stands, preliminary data are showing that global temperatures in 2016 are roughly 1.2° Celsius above pre-industrial levels — not far below the supposed “safe” limit of 1.5° Celsius above pre-industrial levels.
Responding to a strong perceived demand from governments for current information about a green economy Africa, the United Nations Environment Program reported Thursday from Nairobi on the power of green investments in the nations of Africa. Says one international expert in green economics, “The list of successful examples of green investments … [continued]
