Coastal wetlands can’t keep pace with sea-level rise, and infrastructure is leaving them nowhere to go

A coastal scientist explains why marshes, mangroves and other wetlands can’t keep up with the effects of climate change, and how human infrastructure is making it harder for them to survive.

Randall W. Parkinson, Research Associate Professor in Coastal Geology, Florida International University • conversation
April 8, 2024 ~8 min

New islands are being built at sea – but they won’t help millions made homeless by sea-level rise

A flurry of island-building during the last two decades has furnished the rich with new properties.

Alastair Bonnett, Professor of Geography, Newcastle University • conversation
March 20, 2024 ~7 min


Migrants can be a transformative force for sustainable development

Migration is considered an inevitable effect of climate change. It could also be part of the solution.

William C. Clark, Professor of International Science, Public Policy and Human Development, Harvard University • conversation
Jan. 18, 2024 ~8 min

Migration can be a good thing for the environment – here's how

Migration is considered an inevitable effect of climate change. It could also be part of the solution.

William C. Clark, Professor of International Science, Public Policy and Human Development, Harvard University • conversation
Jan. 18, 2024 ~8 min

Antarctic study proves glacier has undergone irreversible retreat – highlighting potential for widespread ice loss

Pine Island Glacier passed a tipping point decades ago, and it could do again in the future.

Mattias Green, Professor in Physical Oceanography, Bangor University • conversation
Dec. 13, 2023 ~6 min

River deltas are threatened by more than climate change – leaving hundreds of millions of people at risk

The world’s coastal deltas are home to hundreds of thousands of people – but they’re now under threat.

Frances Eleanor Dunn, Assistant professor, Utrecht University • conversation
Dec. 12, 2023 ~7 min

Most investors aren't paying attention to climate risks – the financial system needs to change

Investors seem not to care about climate risks, but they really should.

Matt Burke, WTW Research Fellow, University of Oxford • conversation
Dec. 11, 2023 ~7 min

How global warming shakes the Earth: Seismic data show ocean waves gaining strength as the planet warms

The same instruments used to measure earthquakes pick up vibrations as ocean waves put pressure on the sea floor. Four decades of data tell a story about ocean storms.

Richard Aster, Professor of Geophysics and Department Head, Colorado State University • conversation
Nov. 6, 2023 ~7 min


Increasing melting of West Antarctic ice shelves may be unavoidable – new research

Humanity has lost control of West Antarctic ice-sheet melting.

Paul Holland, Ocean and Ice Scientist, British Antarctic Survey • conversation
Oct. 23, 2023 ~7 min

Keeping your cool in a warming world: 8 steps to help manage eco-anxiety

A therapist shares advice for harnessing your stress over climate change and other environmental harms and putting it to work.

Karen Magruder, Assistant Professor of Practice in Social Work, University of Texas at Arlington • conversation
Sept. 18, 2023 ~8 min

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