Can a superstar hippo help save Africa’s rainforests?

Moo Deng is a celebrity now. But 80% of her native forest has been lost.

Will de Freitas, Environment + Energy Editor, UK edition • conversation
Oct. 30, 2024 ~8 min

Time to freak out? How the existential terror of hurricanes can fuel climate change denial

Terror management theory explores the lengths our minds will go to to deny existential threats. Psychologists explain what that can mean for climate denial.

Joshua Hart, Professor of Psychology, Union College • conversation
Oct. 30, 2024 ~8 min


Grappling with how clearings may support rainforest animal life

New research offers detailed overview of layout, makeup of canopy gaps in Congo

Harvard Gazette • harvard
Oct. 29, 2024 ~6 min

Amid Hurricane Milton’s devastation, a sliver of good news

Cellphone data suggest evacuation mandates, warning systems worked

Harvard Gazette • harvard
Oct. 29, 2024 ~5 min

When are heat waves climate change’s fault?

When is a heat wave just a heat wave, and when is it climate change? New research digs into a 2023 heat wave as a test case.

Tracey Peake-NC State • futurity
Oct. 29, 2024 ~4 min

How language barriers influence global climate literacy

More than three quarters of the world’s population do not speak the language in which the science about climate change is disseminated globally.

Mario Saraceni, Associate Professor in English Language and Linguistics, University of Portsmouth • conversation
Oct. 29, 2024 ~6 min

Study: Fusion energy could play a major role in the global response to climate change

Experts in energy systems modeling and fusion technology explore the future role of fusion at various costs and carbon constraints.

Nancy W. Stauffer | MIT Energy Initiative • mit
Oct. 24, 2024 ~11 min

Study: Marshes provide cost-effective coastal protection

As climate change accelerates sea-level rise and intensifies storms, marsh-fronted seawalls can provide an economical coastal defense, MIT engineers report.

David Chandler | MIT News • mit
Oct. 23, 2024 ~7 min


The gas crisis is not over yet

A cold winter in Europe and war in the Persian Gulf could send prices soaring.

Louis Fletcher, Research Fellow in Energy and Climate Politics, University of Warwick • conversation
Oct. 22, 2024 ~8 min

People around the world are using courts to question whether climate policies are fair – new study

So-called ‘just transition litigation’ focuses on the social justice implications of climate policies.

Joana Setzer, Associate Professorial Research Fellow, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London School of Economics and Political Science • conversation
Oct. 22, 2024 ~6 min

/

365