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Climate crisis
The climate crisis refers to global warming and other environmental changes caused by factors such as deforestation, fossil fuel consumption, and carbon dioxide emission. The term began being used widely in 2020 by environmental scientists in the context of the impacts of climate change, including extreme weather events, rising sea levels, and the global ice melt.
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NOV 21, 2019Earth & The Environment
How much energy will it actually take to power our growing population? If you’re like many, perhaps you feel that ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanNOV 20, 2019Health & Medicine
Many are already feeling the impacts of climate change around the world. Heat waves, severe storms, and flooding have af ...Written By: Tiffany DazetNOV 06, 2019Earth & The Environment
A worldwide coalition of more than 11,000 scientists from 153 countries warns "clearly and unequivocally that plane ...Written By: Tiffany DazetOCT 21, 2019Earth & The Environment
Although other crises may be dominating international news headlines, the Amazon rainforest is still burning. The Wall S ...Written By: Tiffany DazetOCT 08, 2019Earth & The Environment
New research from the University of Notre Dame takes a psychological look at how our beliefs don’t always line up ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 04, 2019Earth & The Environment
Research from the University of Arizona provides another call for alarm regarding the climate crisis: more rainfall, whi ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanSEP 25, 2019Earth & The Environment
In case you haven’t heard, we are facing the most pressing climate crisis of humankind – and we’re sti ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanSEP 18, 2019Earth & The Environment
In a study recently published in Nature, two researchers from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies at Jam ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanSEP 18, 2019Earth & The Environment
New research published in the journal Geology sheds light on the early history of the picturesque Navajo Sandstone. The ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanSEP 02, 2019Earth & The Environment
The climate summit is just around the corner and Greta Thunberg isn’t the only one gearing up for the event. Since ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 22, 2019Earth & The Environment
In case you haven’t already heard, the Amazon is on fire. In fact, according to satellite data from the National I ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 12, 2019Earth & The Environment
Seventeen countries, which are home to 25% of the world’s population, are at risk of extremely high water stress. ...Written By: Tiffany DazetJUL 25, 2019Earth & The Environment
Last year we thought we had twelve years to save the planet from a climate doomsday. Now it seems we may only have 18 mo ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 15, 2019Earth & The Environment
Male loggerhead turtle populations of Cape Verde are under particular threat of extinction due to the odd fact that the ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 15, 2019Earth & The Environment
Humans have set another historical record, but it’s not good news. Last Sunday, May 12, scientists from Scripps In ...Written By: Tiffany DazetMAR 20, 2019Earth & The Environment
The U.K. is facing a severe water crisis. At the Waterwise Conference in London this week, Sir James Bevan—the chi ...Written By: Tiffany DazetMAR 20, 2019Earth & The Environment
Devastation hit southern Africa from Cyclone Idai last week, which struck Mozambique, Malawi, and Zimbabwe and continues ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanFEB 16, 2019Microbiology
Some populations of frogs have been able to withstand a widespread epidemic of a deadly disease that is comparable to th ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 10, 2019Earth & The Environment
Great emphasis has been placed on the impact the climate change has on the oceans, the atmosphere, the poles – but ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJAN 24, 2019Microbiology
Unsurprisingly, microbial pathogens and related issues, like a growing hesitancy surrounding the use of vaccines, make u ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 09, 2018Earth & The Environment
Roughly one-quarter of the climate change crisis can be attributed to the choices we make about the food we eat. A new s ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 03, 2018Earth & The Environment
New research confirms what personal anecdotes have long told: it isn’t easy convincing climate change deniers of t ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanSEP 20, 2018Earth & The Environment
A new study published recently in Earth and Planetary Science Letters suggests that our ice caps around the globe may no ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 07, 2018Earth & The Environment
Have you seen the running toll of the heat crisis? Seventy deaths in Quebec from heat; 8 dead from CA wildfires; Pakista ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
NOV 21, 2019
Earth & The Environment
How much energy will it actually take to power our growing population? If you’re like many, perhaps you feel that
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
NOV 20, 2019
Health & Medicine
Many are already feeling the impacts of climate change around the world. Heat waves, severe storms, and flooding have af
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
NOV 06, 2019
Earth & The Environment
A worldwide coalition of more than 11,000 scientists from 153 countries warns "clearly and unequivocally that plane
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
OCT 21, 2019
Earth & The Environment
Although other crises may be dominating international news headlines, the Amazon rainforest is still burning. The Wall S
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
OCT 08, 2019
Earth & The Environment
New research from the University of Notre Dame takes a psychological look at how our beliefs don’t always line up
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 04, 2019
Earth & The Environment
Research from the University of Arizona provides another call for alarm regarding the climate crisis: more rainfall, whi
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 25, 2019
Earth & The Environment
In case you haven’t heard, we are facing the most pressing climate crisis of humankind – and we’re sti
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 18, 2019
Earth & The Environment
In a study recently published in Nature, two researchers from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies at Jam
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 18, 2019
Earth & The Environment
New research published in the journal Geology sheds light on the early history of the picturesque Navajo Sandstone. The
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 02, 2019
Earth & The Environment
The climate summit is just around the corner and Greta Thunberg isn’t the only one gearing up for the event. Since
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 22, 2019
Earth & The Environment
In case you haven’t already heard, the Amazon is on fire. In fact, according to satellite data from the National I
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 12, 2019
Earth & The Environment
Seventeen countries, which are home to 25% of the world’s population, are at risk of extremely high water stress.
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
JUL 25, 2019
Earth & The Environment
Last year we thought we had twelve years to save the planet from a climate doomsday. Now it seems we may only have 18 mo
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 15, 2019
Earth & The Environment
Male loggerhead turtle populations of Cape Verde are under particular threat of extinction due to the odd fact that the
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 15, 2019
Earth & The Environment
Humans have set another historical record, but it’s not good news. Last Sunday, May 12, scientists from Scripps In
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
MAR 20, 2019
Earth & The Environment
The U.K. is facing a severe water crisis. At the Waterwise Conference in London this week, Sir James Bevan—the chi
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
MAR 20, 2019
Earth & The Environment
Devastation hit southern Africa from Cyclone Idai last week, which struck Mozambique, Malawi, and Zimbabwe and continues
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
FEB 16, 2019
Microbiology
Some populations of frogs have been able to withstand a widespread epidemic of a deadly disease that is comparable to th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 10, 2019
Earth & The Environment
Great emphasis has been placed on the impact the climate change has on the oceans, the atmosphere, the poles – but
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JAN 24, 2019
Microbiology
Unsurprisingly, microbial pathogens and related issues, like a growing hesitancy surrounding the use of vaccines, make u
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 09, 2018
Earth & The Environment
Roughly one-quarter of the climate change crisis can be attributed to the choices we make about the food we eat. A new s
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 03, 2018
Earth & The Environment
New research confirms what personal anecdotes have long told: it isn’t easy convincing climate change deniers of t
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 20, 2018
Earth & The Environment
A new study published recently in Earth and Planetary Science Letters suggests that our ice caps around the globe may no
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 07, 2018
Earth & The Environment
Have you seen the running toll of the heat crisis? Seventy deaths in Quebec from heat; 8 dead from CA wildfires; Pakista
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan