Flying robots could search buildings after disaster

"We designed this system so each robot explores different rooms, maximizing the rooms a set number of drones could explore."

Carnegie Mellon • futurity
Aug. 14, 2024 ~4 min

How back-to-back hurricanes set off a year of compounding disasters for one city − and alarm bells about risks in a warming world

A National Academies report finds crucial lessons for everyone’s disaster planning and recovery in a town hit hard by two hurricanes, downpours and deep freezes, all in the midst of a pandemic.

Tracy Kijewski-Correa, Professor of Engineering and Global Affairs, University of Notre Dame • conversation
Aug. 14, 2024 ~11 min


At its core, life is all about play − just look at the animal kingdom

Reduced to its essence, the process of natural selection would look a lot like play.

David Toomey, Professor of English, UMass Amherst • conversation
Aug. 12, 2024 ~8 min

Poems can inspire us to appreciate nature and spark positive action - Simon Armitage’s new anthology does both

Discovering beauty and urgency in nature: Simon Armitage’s Blossomise merges poetic grace with environmental activism.

Sam Illingworth, Associate Professor, Department of Learning and Teaching Enhancement, Edinburgh Napier University • conversation
Aug. 6, 2024 ~8 min

One garden, one year and one woman’s mission to make space for urban wildlife

One Garden Against the World is a call to action for anyone interested in gardening, conservation or climate change.

Elizabeth Nicholls, Research Fellow in Ecology, University of Sussex • conversation
July 29, 2024 ~6 min

We’ve discovered the world’s trees absorb methane – so forests are even more important in the climate fight than we thought

A large-scale study proves that trees absorb methane through their bark, with climate benefits at a global scale.

Vincent Gauci, Professorial Fellow, School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Science, University of Birmingham • conversation
July 24, 2024 ~7 min

New nature writing genre brings wild and tricky aspects of climate crisis to life

This collective of more than 30 new and established writers offer bright, fresh voices on our sense of place, our place in nature.

James Canton, Lecturer in Literature, University of Essex • conversation
July 22, 2024 ~5 min

How to protect your home from wildfires – here’s what fire prevention experts say is most important

Roofs, windows and siding all affect how vulnerable a home is and how likely it is to survive a wildfire. So does what’s around it in the ‘home ignition zone.’

Chris Moran, Post-doctoral Researcher, Fire Center, University of Montana • conversation
July 16, 2024 ~7 min


Maths makes finding bat roosts much easier, our research shows

A new algorithm could reduce the amount of time it takes for ecologists to find bat roosts.

Fiona Mathews, Professor of Environmental Biology, University of Sussex • conversation
June 25, 2024 ~5 min

Ferns and flowers bribe helpful ant defenders with nectar, but ferns developed this ability much later – our study shows why

Ferns have evolved a mutually beneficial relationship with ants, but this happened late in their evolution. A recent study shows that old dogs can learn new tricks.

Jacob S. Suissa, Assistant Professor of Plant Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee • conversation
June 20, 2024 ~6 min

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