As did the Dodo, so shall we go-go
In 1978, the United States finally banned the dangerous pesticide DDT. Other nations soon followed, but after three decades of use, the damage had been done. The molecules didn’t just vanish into the air: Many traveled and were trapped in glaciers,
MIT scientist Daniel Rothman explains that the Earth’s oceans may be at the ‘precipice of excitation’ due to carbon in the oceans, which would unleash a mass extinction of life.
Acidification is proceeding extremely fast today, in what is a human-caused sixth mass extinction. Some of the rapidly rising carbon dioxide in our atmosphere reacts with water forming carbonic acid, dissociating to bicarbonate ions, then carbonate ions, making the oceans much more acidic.
Climate change is scary because it will negatively impact just about every part of our lives. But the conventional wisdom on how to talk about climate change and inspire people to do something about it has always been “don’t
James Hansen answers questions about climate change, imminent threats of sea level rise, and policies that could slow human emissions. Hansen seems to minimize the magnitude of the problem but he does confirm that 30 more years of business
From Space-X to Blue Origin, rocket launches have increased tremendously over the past year. How do these numerous launches affect the environment?
I’m assaulted by the smell of lawn chemicals as soon as I go in the door of Lowe’s or Home Depot. At Costco, I found myself in line at the checkout counter behind a man who had a huge bag of grass seed that was already treated with fertilizer and Roundup.
Nicholas Kristof traveled to Guatemala to find out why so many are risking their lives to migrate north. He tells Lawrence O’Donnell that drought is leaving many with little choice but to migrate or starve.
Sparking a torrent of backlash from Democratic White House contenders, environmental organizations, and youth climate leaders, the Democratic National Committee announced Wednesday that it will not host a climate-specific presidential primary debate and will punish candidates who attend a
For many years, scientists have tried to account for the amount of plastic waste that should be in the world’s oceans, given how much is estimated to leak into the seas every year. So far, the tally points to the
The tiny pieces of plastic scientists call microplastics are everywhere. They sit at the bottom of the sea, mix into beach sand, and blow in the wind. They’re also inside us. Last October, microplastics were found in fecal samples
On our current trajectory, the report warns, “planetary and human systems reaching a ‘point of no return’ by mid-century, in which the prospect of a largely uninhabitable Earth leads to the breakdown of nations and the international order.”