Drought can hit almost anywhere: How 5 cities that nearly ran dry got water use under control

Cities across the normally wet Northeast scrambled to reduce water use amid a 2024 drought. It was a reminder that drought isn’t a problem only in the West.

Michael Wilson, Professor of Policy Analysis, Pardee RAND Graduate School • conversation
Feb. 3, 2025 • ~8 min

How satellites have become Earth’s new health and nature watchdogs

Satellite-derived Earth observation data helps researchers unlock new insights into monitoring both environmental and human health.

Dhritiraj Sengupta, Earth Observation Scientist, Plymouth Marine Laboratory • conversation
Jan. 31, 2025 • ~8 min

‘Sustainable’ aviation fuel and other myths about green airport expansion debunked

A third runway for Heathrow airport is not compatible with the UK’s climate targets.

Jack Marley, Environment + Energy Editor, UK edition • conversation
Jan. 30, 2025 • ~8 min

Suffocating seas: low oxygen levels emerging as third major threat to tropical coral reefs

‘The kind of hypoxic stress response we saw in our experiment could go under the radar.’

Maggie D. Johnson, Assistant Professor of Marine Science, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology • conversation
Jan. 28, 2025 • ~8 min

Trump has rejected the Paris agreement again, but game theory shows how other countries can still lead by example

Game theory research suggests that environmental action is not all about summits.

Renaud Foucart, Senior Lecturer in Economics, Lancaster University Management School, Lancaster University • conversation
Jan. 27, 2025 • ~6 min

Think your efforts to help the climate don’t matter? African philosophers disagree

None of us act in isolation – and our choices have more influence than we think.

Patrick Effiong Ben, Doctoral Researcher in Applied Ethics and African Philosophy, University of Manchester • conversation
Jan. 27, 2025 • ~6 min

Why meteorologists are comparing Storm Éowyn to a bomb

Éowyn’s wind speeds are comparable with the most infamous storms of recent years and decades.

Ambrogio Volonté, Senior Research Fellow in Meteorology, University of Reading • conversation
Jan. 24, 2025 • ~9 min

Why peat is a key ingredient in whisky and the climate crisis

Whisky production involves the burning of peat, but damaging peatlands releases stored carbon back into the atmosphere where it adds to climate problems.

Mike Vreeken, PhD Candidate in Geochemistry, School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol • conversation
Jan. 24, 2025 • ~7 min

How global inequality hinders climate action

Climate breakdown and inequality are deeply interwoven, with each crisis exacerbating the other, according to a new report.

Susan Ann Samuel, PhD Candidate, School of Politics and International Studies, University of Leeds • conversation
Jan. 23, 2025 • ~6 min

Expanding Heathrow is incompatible with net zero – here’s the evidence

The UK’s environmental commitments leave no room for extra runways.

Richard Sulley, Senior Research Fellow, Sustainability Policy, University of Sheffield • conversation
Jan. 23, 2025 • ~7 min

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