Scientists Find Plastic Hotspots in the Deep Ocean
May 5, 2020, 5:22 pm By Yale e360Scientists have discovered microplastic hotspots on the ocean floor, formed by deep-sea currents…Fortress Charleston: Will Walling Off the City Hold Back the Waters?
May 5, 2020, 5:00 am By Yale e360
Officials in Charleston, South Carolina have endorsed a $2 billion plan to wall off the historic…Nearly 15,000 Miles of New Roads Will Be Built in Tiger Habitat by 2050, Study Finds
Apr 30, 2020, 5:02 pm By Yale e360Nations are expected to build nearly 15,000 miles of new roads through tiger habitat by mid-century,…As Oil Industry Swoons, Tar Sands Workers Look to Renewables for Jobs
Apr 30, 2020, 5:00 am By Yale e360
Long reliant on the vast oil reserves of its tar sands, Alberta is now facing a reckoning as its oil…Indigenous Group in Brazil Wins Decades-Long Battle Over Illegal Logging
Apr 28, 2020, 5:51 pm By Yale e360The Ashaninka indigenous community in Brazil has won a two-decade federal court dispute against…Why 'Carbon-Cycle Feedbacks' Could Drive Temperatures Even Higher
Apr 28, 2020, 5:00 am By Yale e360
New research indicates that parts of the Amazon and other tropical forests are now emitting more CO2…As Coronavirus Shutdowns Reduce Air Pollution, European Solar Generation Breaks Records
Apr 23, 2020, 5:30 pm By Yale e360Three of Europe’s biggest economies — Germany, Spain, and the United Kingdom — have recently…As Sea Levels Rise, Will Drinking Water Supplies Be at Risk?
Apr 23, 2020, 5:00 am By Yale e360
The Delaware River, a major source of drinking water for Philadelphia, is facing an emerging threat…Before the Next Pandemic, an Ambitious Push to Catalog Viruses in Wildlife
Apr 22, 2020, 5:00 am By Yale e360
To avert future pandemics, the Global Virome Project aims to track down and identify hundreds of…As Snowmelt Declines, Farmers in Western U.S. Could Be Among the Hardest Hit
Apr 21, 2020, 6:18 pm By Yale e360As global temperatures continue to rise, farmers in the western United States who rely on snowmelt…Trump Administration to Weaken Limits on Mercury and Other Toxic Pollutants
Apr 16, 2020, 5:06 pm By Yale e360The Trump administration is expected to weaken regulations on mercury pollution from oil- and…How the Laws That Earth Day Inspired Have Benefited Us All
Apr 16, 2020, 5:00 am By Yale e360
Fifty years after the first Earth Day helped create the nation’s most important environmental…Countries Must Act on Climate or Risk Up to $792 Trillion in Economic Damage
Apr 14, 2020, 3:35 pm By Yale e360The global economy could lose between $150 trillion to $792 trillion by 2100 if nations fail to meet…To Cut Carbon Emissions, a Movement Grows to ‘Electrify Everything’
Apr 14, 2020, 5:00 am By Yale e360
In an effort to move away from fossil fuels, U.S. communities from California to Massachusetts are…New Jersey Confers Strict Water Protections on 600 Miles of Waterways
Apr 9, 2020, 1:44 pm By Yale e360At a time when the Trump administration is rolling back U.S. clean water regulations, New Jersey has…Spillover Warning: How We Can Prevent the Next Pandemic
Apr 9, 2020, 5:00 am By Yale e360
David Quammen has tracked the spillover of viruses from animals to humans for more than a decade. To…UN Biodiversity Chief Argues for a Permanent Ban on Wildlife Markets
Apr 7, 2020, 2:38 pm By Yale e360The United Nations’ biodiversity chief has called for a global ban on wildlife markets — such as…After the Coronavirus, Two Sharply Divergent Paths on Climate
Apr 7, 2020, 5:00 am By Yale e360
Some policy experts are optimistic that victory over the coronavirus will instill greater…Entries Invited for the Seventh Annual Yale Environment 360 Video Contest
Apr 6, 2020, 1:12 pm By Yale e360The seventh annual Yale Environment 360 Video Contest is now accepting entries. The contest honors…Marine Life Could Recover By 2050 With the Right Policies, Study Finds
4:45pm By Yale e360Despite centuries of rampant overfishing and pollution, marine life in the world’s oceans could be…
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