SEC will consider climate disclosure rules for US companies on March 21 – it's already facing threats of lawsuits

Some investors want publicly traded companies to disclose their full climate impact, including emissions from their supply chains and product use.

William M. Manson, Law Student, Penn State • conversation
March 7, 2022 ~9 min

SEC is considering climate disclosure rules for US companies – and facing threats of lawsuits

Some investors want publicly traded companies to disclose their full climate impact, including emissions from their supply chains and product use.

William M. Manson, Law Student, Penn State • conversation
March 7, 2022 ~9 min


SEC is considering climate disclosure rules for U.S. companies – and facing threats of lawsuits

Some investors want publicly traded companies to disclose their full climate impact, including emissions from their supply chains and product use.

William M. Manson, Law Student, Penn State • conversation
March 7, 2022 ~9 min

New maps show airplane contrails over the U.S. dropped steeply in 2020

The computer-vision technique behind these maps could help avoid contrail production, reducing aviation’s climate impact.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
March 7, 2022 ~7 min

Study reveals chemical link between wildfire smoke and ozone depletion

If wildfires become larger and more frequent, they might stall ozone recovery for years.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
Feb. 28, 2022 ~8 min

Transformational change is coming to how people live on Earth, UN climate adaptation report warns: Which path will humanity choose?

An author of the report explains the damaging effects climate change is already having and why adaptation is essential.

Edward R. Carr, Professor and Director, International Development, Community, and Environment, Clark University • conversation
Feb. 28, 2022 ~9 min

A mild-mannered biker triggered a huge debate over humans' role in climate change – in the early 20th century

His theory, based on years of detailed climate and weather data, became known as the Callendar Effect. Today we call it global warming.

Sylvia G. Dee, Assistant Professor of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Rice University • conversation
Feb. 21, 2022 ~8 min

How climate change threatens the Winter Olympics' future – even snowmaking has limits for saving the Games

Innovation made the 2022 Winter Games possible in Beijing, but snowmaking has limits in a warming climate.

Sunshine Swetnam, Assistant Professor of Natural Resources, Colorado State University • conversation
Feb. 19, 2022 ~9 min


What will the Winter Olympics look like in a warming world? Snowmaking can defy climate change for only so long

Innovation made the 2022 Winter Games possible in Beijing, but snowmaking has limits in a warming climate.

Sunshine Swetnam, Assistant Professor of Natural Resources, Colorado State University • conversation
Feb. 19, 2022 ~9 min

How climate change threatens the Winter Olympics' future – even snowmaking has limits for saving it

Innovation made the 2022 Winter Games possible in Beijing, but snowmaking has limits in a warming climate.

Sunshine Swetnam, Assistant Professor of Natural Resources, Colorado State University • conversation
Feb. 19, 2022 ~9 min

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