How Wetlands Help Protect Louisiana from Powerful Ocean Storms

VOA Learning English • voa
Sept. 7, 2021 ~5 min

Reducing methane is crucial for protecting climate and health, and it can pay for itself – so why aren't more companies doing it?

The lead author of a new UN report on methane explains the findings and how oil and gas companies could be making money and saving the climate at the same time.

Drew Shindell, Professor of Climate Sciences, Duke University • conversation
May 6, 2021 ~9 min


Reducing methane is crucial for protecting climate and health, and it can pay for itself – yet emissions are still rising fast, a new UN report warns

The lead author of a new UN report on methane explains the findings and how oil and gas companies could be making money and saving the planet at the same time.

Drew Shindell, Professor of Climate Sciences, Duke University • conversation
May 6, 2021 ~9 min

Cutting methane emissions is crucial for protecting climate and health, and it pays for itself – so why aren't more companies doing it?

The lead author of a new UN report on methane explains the findings and how oil and gas companies could be making money and saving the planet at the same time.

Drew Shindell, Professor of Climate Sciences, Duke University • conversation
May 6, 2021 ~9 min

Reducing methane is good for climate, health and can pay for itself – yet emissions are still rising fast, a new UN report warns

The lead author of a new UN report on methane explains the findings and how oil and gas companies could be making money and saving the planet at the same time.

Drew Shindell, Professor of Climate Sciences, Duke University • conversation
May 6, 2021 ~9 min

Loss of wetlands threatens migratory waterbirds

New research indicates that climate change's impact on water cycles threatens migratory waterbirds in Africa and the High Arctic.

Katherine Gombay-McGill • futurity
May 4, 2021 ~6 min

Climate-friendly farming strategies can improve the land and generate income for farmers

Farmers can help slow climate change by mixing native grasses into croplands, restoring wetlands and raising perennial crops. These strategies also conserve soil and water and build new markets.

Lisa Schulte Moore, Professor of Natural Resource Ecology and Management, Iowa State University • conversation
April 28, 2021 ~10 min

Sea level rise is killing trees along the Atlantic coast, creating 'ghost forests' that are visible from space

As sea levels rise along the Atlantic coast, saltwater is intruding inland, killing trees and turning coastal forests into marshes. Should scientists try to slow the process, or work with it?

Emily Ury, Ph.D. Candidate, Duke University • conversation
April 6, 2021 ~9 min


How we turned a golf course into a haven for rare newts, frogs and toads

Britain's native amphibians are in steep decline thanks to wetlands disappearing and ponds drying up.

Robert Jehle, Reader in Population Biology, University of Salford • conversation
Feb. 24, 2021 ~7 min

Paradox lost: wetlands can form in deserts, but we need to find and protect them

Wetlands in drylands seem impossible, but their benefits to people and wildlife are very real.

Timothy J. Ralph, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Sciences, Macquarie University • conversation
Feb. 2, 2021 ~7 min

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