Climate stress has millennials rethinking retirement

Facing climate stress, many millennials balance short-term priorities with long-term retirement goals, researchers report.

U. Arizona • futurity
Dec. 30, 2024 ~7 min

Wildfire smoke exposure boosts dementia risk

In a new study, higher long-term smoke exposure was associated with an increase in the odds that a person would be diagnosed with dementia.

U. Washington • futurity
Dec. 12, 2024 ~6 min


Small cuts in meat production may offer big climate benefits

Eliminating a fraction of current beef production could remove three years' worth of global fossil fuel emissions.

James Devitt-NYU • futurity
Nov. 7, 2024 ~8 min

When are heat waves climate change’s fault?

When is a heat wave just a heat wave, and when is it climate change? New research digs into a 2023 heat wave as a test case.

Tracey Peake-NC State • futurity
Oct. 29, 2024 ~4 min

How guilt and shame control environmental decisions

A new study contributes to a deeper understanding of how emotions of guilt and shame influence people's everyday environmental decisions.

U. Copenhagen • futurity
Oct. 21, 2024 ~6 min

Humans can’t adapt fast enough for climate change

Humans cannot adapt fast enough to keep up with climate change at the rate it's happening today and in the future, researchers say.

U. Arizona • futurity
Sept. 30, 2024 ~8 min

Patriotic messages can boost support for climate change action

Framing climate action as patriotic and status-quo friendly increases liberals' and conservatives' belief in climate change, research finds.

James Devitt-NYU • futurity
Sept. 16, 2024 ~6 min

Humans and animals will overlap on nearly 57% of Earth by 2070

The human-wildlife overlap is expected to increase across more than half of Earth’s land by 2070, researchers report.

U. Washington • futurity
Sept. 12, 2024 ~8 min


Expert: Rising global temps are the ‘new baseline’

Cities around the world are becoming unbearably hot, putting workers, the young, and older adults at risk. Experts say it's a "new normal."

Robert C. Jones Jr. - U. Miami • futurity
Sept. 10, 2024 ~8 min

Antarctic ‘weather whiplash’ may help predict climate change effects

A wild weather event could help predict reaction to climate change. "Our findings from this weather event should be eye-opening for us all."

Lon Wagner-Virginia Tech • futurity
Aug. 29, 2024 ~5 min

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