Texas fires: With over 1 million acres of grassland burned, cattle ranchers face struggles ahead to find and feed their herds

The state’s largest wildfire on record tore across the heart of Texas cattle country, and more days of strong winds were forecast. A rangeland ecologist explains why the flames spread so fast.

Karen Hickman, Professor and Director of Environmental Science, Oklahoma State University • conversation
March 1, 2024 ~6 min

Texas fires: Cattle ranchers face struggles ahead to find and feed their herds while burned grasslands recover

Over 1 million acres have burned in Texas’ largest wildfire on record, and more days of strong winds are forecast across the Panhandle, the heart of Texas’ cattle country.

Karen Hickman, Professor and Director of Environmental Science, Oklahoma State University • conversation
March 1, 2024 ~6 min


Texas fires: Burned rangeland can recover quickly, but cattle ranchers face struggles ahead to find and feed their herds

Over 1 million acres have burned in Texas’ largest wildfire on record, and more days of strong winds are forecast across the Panhandle, the heart of Texas’ cattle country.

Karen Hickman, Professor and Director of Environmental Science, Oklahoma State University • conversation
March 1, 2024 ~6 min

Offshore wind farms: policymakers are more influenced by reports that accentuate negative impacts – new study

A new study highlights how different literature portrays the pros and cons of offshore wind. Comprehensive assessment frameworks could create more consistency in the future.

Claire Szostek, Marine Ecologist, Plymouth Marine Laboratory • conversation
Feb. 22, 2024 ~7 min

Why Storm Ciarán's winds were so strong

Storm Ciarán unleashed extremely strong and destructive winds in parts of the southern UK and northern France – here’s why.

Ambrogio Volonté, Senior Research Fellow, University of Reading • conversation
Nov. 3, 2023 ~6 min

Desert dust storms carry human-made toxic pollutants, and the health risk extends indoors

Desert dust storms are increasingly picking up materials like sewage, herbicides and other human-made waste and transporting them on tiny particles that are easy to inhale.

Fatin Samara, Professor of Environmental Science, American University of Sharjah • conversation
Sept. 18, 2023 ~9 min

How do floating wind turbines work? 5 companies just won the first US leases for building them off California's coast

Some of the most powerful offshore wind is over water too deep for a standard wind turbine. Engineers found a way around the problem.

Matthew Lackner, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, UMass Amherst • conversation
Dec. 8, 2022 ~7 min

How do floating wind turbines work? With 5 companies winning the first US leases to build wind farms off California's coast, let's take a look

Some of the most powerful offshore wind is over water too deep for a standard wind turbine. Engineers found a way around the problem.

Matthew Lackner, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, UMass Amherst • conversation
Dec. 8, 2022 ~7 min


Wildfires often lead to dust storms – and they’re getting bigger

Atmospheric dust storms often follow wildfires and have serious impacts on human health and ecology.

Matt Telfer, Associate Professor of Physical Geography, University of Plymouth • conversation
Nov. 18, 2022 ~7 min

A tale of two climate policies: India's UN commitments aim low, but its national policies are ambitious – here's why that matters

India’s international climate pledge could set the tone for other emerging economies for a decade.

Tarun Gopalakrishnan, Junior Fellow, Climate Lab, Tufts University • conversation
Aug. 23, 2022 ~10 min

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