Gas prices: how to ensure consumers don't pay for the next energy crisis

The government’s failure to insulate housing stock has meant that households aren’t insulated from record energy prices.

Jonathan Clarke, Senior Teaching Fellow in Global Sustainable Development, University of Warwick • conversation
Sept. 29, 2021 ~9 min

Can healthy people who eat right and exercise skip the COVID-19 vaccine? A research scientist and fitness enthusiast explains why the answer is no

A growing body of research shows that nutrition, sleep, exercise and a host of other lifestyle choices can help optimize the immune system. But they are no substitute for life-saving vaccines.

Richard Bloomer, Dean of the College of Health Sciences, University of Memphis • conversation
Sept. 28, 2021 ~8 min


How Sen. Joe Manchin's support for natural gas could derail Biden's US climate plan

Natural gas was once widely seen as a bridge fuel to renewable energy. But the industry’s methane leaks make it a larger global warming threat than people realized.

Michael Oppenheimer, Professor of Geosciences and International Affairs, Princeton University • conversation
Sept. 27, 2021 ~11 min

What goes into a disaster kit and go-bag? Here's a checklist for wildfires, hurricanes and other storms

When a disaster strikes, you may be stuck for days without power or safe running water. Or you might only have time to grab a bag and go.

Brett Robertson, Assistant Professor of Communication, University of South Carolina • conversation
Sept. 24, 2021 ~7 min

What goes into a disaster kit and go-bag? Here's a checklist for everything from hurricanes to wildfires and other storms

When a disaster strikes, you may be stuck for days without power or safe running water. Or you might only have time to grab a bag and go.

Brett Robertson, Assistant Professor of Communication, University of South Carolina • conversation
Sept. 24, 2021 ~7 min

What goes into a disaster kit and go-bag? Here's a checklist for hurricane, wildfire and storm seasons

When a disaster strikes, you may be stuck for days without power or safe running water. Or you might only have time to grab your a bag and go.

Brett Robertson, Assistant Professor of Communication, University of South Carolina • conversation
Sept. 24, 2021 ~7 min

Fall is prime hurricane and wildfire season: Are your disaster kit and go-bag ready?

Know your local disaster risks and how those risks are changing, and be prepared.

Brett Robertson, Assistant Professor of Communication, University of South Carolina • conversation
Sept. 24, 2021 ~7 min

Long power outages after disasters aren't inevitable – but to avoid them, utilities need to think differently

Building even more power poles and transmission lines won’t avert outages when major disasters strike.

Seth Blumsack, Professor of Energy and Environmental Economics and International Affairs, Penn State • conversation
Sept. 24, 2021 ~7 min


Melting of polar ice shifting Earth itself, not just sea levels

Research by new Harvard Ph.D. finds warping of planet’s crust, with far-reaching effects.

Clea Simon • harvard
Sept. 21, 2021 ~5 min

Louisiana's coastal cultures are threatened by the very plans meant to save their wetlands and barrier islands

As the state copes with hurricanes and climate disasters, it is figuring out how to manage the slow-motion loss of its coastal land. But its plans could endanger the cultures that define the region.

Craig E. Colten, Professor Emeritus of Geography, Louisiana State University • conversation
Sept. 20, 2021 ~10 min

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