How climate change threatens the Winter Olympics' future

Innovation made the 2022 Winter Games possible in Beijing, but snowmaking can go only so far in a warming climate.

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

Rising costs of climate change threaten to make skiing a less diverse, even more exclusive sport

As temperatures warm, ski and snowboard resorts are investing more in snowmaking and seeing their seasons shrink. Those costs roll down to customers in an already expensive sport.

Lance Warwick, Graduate student, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign • conversation
Feb. 17, 2022 ~8 min


What drives sea level rise? US report warns of 1-foot rise within three decades and more frequent flooding

A sea level scientist explains the two main ways climate change is threatening the coasts.

Jianjun Yin, Associate Professor of Geoscience, University of Arizona • conversation
Feb. 16, 2022 ~6 min

What drives sea level rise? US report warns of 10-12 inches more by midcentury with frequent coastal flooding

A sea level scientist explains the two main ways climate change is threatening the coasts.

Jianjun Yin, Associate Professor of Geoscience, University of Arizona • conversation
Feb. 16, 2022 ~6 min

What's causing sea level rise? It's now expected to add 10-12 inches by midcentury

A sea level scientist explains the two main ways climate change is threatening the coasts.

Jianjun Yin, Associate Professor of Geoscience, University of Arizona • conversation
Feb. 16, 2022 ~6 min

Our meat obsession is destroying the planet – the solution is to change how we see animals

Learning from Indigenous cultures to treat animals as more than just food sources could help us combat the climate crisis.

Colin Samson, Professor of Sociology and Indigenous Peoples, University of Essex • conversation
Feb. 9, 2022 ~6 min

Cryptocurrency, NFTs and the metaverse threaten an environmental nightmare – here’s how to avoid it

Blockchain technology can be made greener if we change the way transactions happen.

Iwa Salami, Reader (Associate Professor) in Law, University of East London • conversation
Feb. 8, 2022 ~7 min

Cleaning up the blockchain: the boom in cryptocurrencies and the metaverse raises the stakes on climate-friendly crypto

Blockchain technology can be made greener if we change the way transactions happen.

Iwa Salami, Reader (Associate Professor) in Law, University of East London • conversation
Feb. 8, 2022 ~7 min


The fastest population growth in the West's wildland-urban interface is in areas most vulnerable to wildfires

A new study maps vegetation’s fire risk across the West and shows where population in the highest-risk areas from California to Texas is booming.

Park Williams, Associate Professor of Hydroclimateology, University of California, Los Angeles • conversation
Feb. 7, 2022 ~8 min

The fastest population growth in the West's wildland fringes is in ecosystems most vulnerable to wildfires

A new study maps vegetation’s fire risk across the West and shows where population in the highest-risk areas from California to Texas is booming.

Park Williams, Associate Professor of Hydroclimateology, University of California, Los Angeles • conversation
Feb. 7, 2022 ~8 min

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