How many Amazon packages get delivered each year?

The rise of e-commerce means billions of packages are delivered in the US each year. That creates traffic and pollution, but urban freight researchers are finding better way to get goods to customers.

Rishi Verma, PhD Student in Industrial Engineering and Research Assistant, Urban Freight Lab, University of Washington • conversation
Oct. 17, 2022 • ~7 min

Defensores indígenas ficam entre estradas ilegais e sobrevivência da floresta amazônica – o segundo turno das eleições no Brasil pode ser um ponto de virada

Estradas ilegais trouxeram desmatamento, fogo e outros danos ambientais para a Amazônia. Os resultados do segundo turno presidencial de 2022 podem ter um grande impacto no futuro.

David S. Salisbury, Associate Professor of Geography, Environment, and Sustainability, University of Richmond • conversation
Oct. 11, 2022 • ~14 min

Climate tipping points could lock in unstoppable changes to the planet – how close are they?

A recent paper suggested damaging climate tipping points could be closer than first thought.

David Armstrong McKay, Researcher in Earth System Resilience, Stockholm University • conversation
Oct. 6, 2022 • ~8 min

Indigenous defenders stand between illegal roads and survival of the Amazon rainforest – Brazil's runoff election could be a turning point

Illegal roads have brought deforestation, fire and other environmental damage to the Amazon. The results of the 2022 presidential runoff could have a major impact for the future.

David S. Salisbury, Associate Professor of Geography, Environment, and Sustainability, University of Richmond • conversation
Sept. 29, 2022 • ~13 min

Indigenous defenders stand between illegal roads and survival of the Amazon rainforest – elections in Brazil and Peru could be a turning point

Illegal roads have brought deforestation, fire and other environmental damage to the Amazon. Indigenous territory in many areas has blocked them.

David S. Salisbury, Associate Professor of Geography, Environment, and Sustainability, University of Richmond • conversation
Sept. 29, 2022 • ~12 min

A dam built in the Amazon created thousands of 'forest islands' but they are too small to sustain most species

New research shows how hydropower is linked to extinctions.

Carlos Peres, Professor of Tropical Conservation Ecology, University of East Anglia • conversation
Sept. 13, 2022 • ~7 min

Why household robot servants are a lot harder to build than robotic vacuums and automated warehouse workers

Videos of humanoid robots dancing and performing backflips in the lab notwithstanding, robots that wash your dishes and fold your laundry are still years away. A roboticist explains why.

Ayonga Hereid, Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, The Ohio State University • conversation
Sept. 7, 2022 • ~8 min

Armed militias in Brazil hold enormous sway over fate of Amazon – and the global climate

Militias mete out violence far from the centres of power – but their dirty work is politically useful.

Nicholas Pope, Postdoctoral Fellow, Brazil Institute and Department of War Studies, King's College London • conversation
Aug. 1, 2022 • ~7 min

Report: Brazil Officials Ignore Deforestation
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July 23, 2022 • ~5 min

Landsat turns 50: How satellites revolutionized the way we see – and protect – the natural world

With decades of images and data from the same locations, these satellites can show changes over time, including deforestation, changes in waterways and how loss of trees corresponds to urban heat.

Stacy Morford, Environment + Climate Editor • conversation
July 21, 2022 • ~7 min

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