A Quarter of West Antarctica’s Ice Now Considered Unstable, Scientists Find
May 17, 2019, 1:22 pm By Yale e360Rising temperatures have sped up the melting of West Antarctica’s ice fivefold in the past 25…Scientists Find 238 Tons of Plastic Waste on Remote Indian Ocean Islands
May 16, 2019, 12:58 pm By Yale e360The Cocos Keeling Islands, a remote archipelago in the Indian Ocean, are covered with an estimated…Why Low-Income Households Need to Be Part of the Clean Energy Revolution
May 16, 2019, 5:00 am By Yale e360
In an interview with Yale Environment 360, energy researcher Tony Reames discusses the growing…CO2 Concentrations Hit Highest Levels in 3 Million Years
May 14, 2019, 1:18 pm By Yale e360The concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere hit 415.39 parts per million (ppm) over the…Global Warming Is Fueling Growth Spurts in Some of China’s Oldest Trees
May 13, 2019, 2:54 pm By Yale e360Climate change is causing old trees in northern China’s permafrost forests to grow faster, likely…Fifty Years After, A Daunting Cleanup of Vietnam’s Toxic Legacy
May 13, 2019, 5:00 am By Yale e360
From 1962 to 1971, the American military sprayed vast areas of Vietnam with Agent Orange, leaving…Britain Went One Week Without Burning Coal, the First Time Since 1882
May 9, 2019, 2:25 pm By Yale e360Britain has gone a week without using coal to generate electricity for the first time since Queen…Coastal Recovery: Bringing a Damaged Wetland Back to Life
May 9, 2019, 9:09 am By Yale e360An ambitious wetlands restoration project is underway on Delaware Bay, where scientists are using…Dangerously High Air Pollution Levels Found in Most U.S. National Parks
May 8, 2019, 4:05 pm By Yale e360Some 85 percent of U.S. national parks have levels of air pollution that are hazardous to human…Bee Alert: Is a Controversial Herbicide Harming Honeybees?
May 7, 2019, 5:00 am By Yale e360
Recent court cases have focused on the possible effects of glyphosate, found in Monsanto’s…1 Million Species at Risk of Extinction, Intergovernmental Report Finds
May 6, 2019, 2:07 pm By Yale e360Nature is declining at an “unprecedented” rate due to human activity, with 1 million plant and…Volunteers Remove 3 Tons of Trash From Mount Everest in Two Weeks
May 3, 2019, 1:14 pm By Yale e360Volunteers have removed more than 3 tons of trash from Mount Everest in just two weeks, part of an…Intense Rainfall Is As Damaging to Crops As Heatwaves and Drought, and Climate Change Is Making It Worse
May 2, 2019, 1:36 pm By Yale e360Intense rainfall is as damaging to the U.S. agricultural sector as heatwaves and excessive droughts,…On Java’s Coast, A Natural Approach to Holding Back the Waters
May 2, 2019, 6:08 am By Yale e360
The island of Java has lost 70 percent of the mangroves that once protected its coast from erosion…Neonicotinoids Significantly Limit How Far Bees Can Fly, Study Finds
May 1, 2019, 1:35 pm By Yale e360Bees exposed to a neonicotinoid pesticide are able to fly just a third of the distance that…Warm Surface Water Temperatures Are Driving Melting on the World’s Largest Ice Shelf
Apr 30, 2019, 9:01 pm By Yale e360Scientists have found that a portion of the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica, the world’s largest ice…Why Bill McKibben Sees Rays of Hope in a Grim Climate Picture
Apr 30, 2019, 5:00 am By Yale e360
The world has done little to tackle global warming since Bill McKibben’s landmark book on the…Solar Energy Capacity in U.S. Cities Has Doubled in the Last 6 Years
Apr 26, 2019, 11:51 am By Yale e360Solar power capacity has more than doubled in 45 of America’s 57 largest cities over the past six…Emperor Penguin Colony Experiences “Catastrophic Breeding Failure”
Apr 25, 2019, 3:25 pm By Yale e360Antarctica’s second-largest breeding colony of emperor penguins, located in the Weddell Sea, has…In Conservative Bavaria, Citizens Force Bold Action on Protecting Nature
Apr 25, 2019, 5:00 am By Yale e360Alarmed at steep declines in insects and wildlife, Bavarian voters backed a referendum aimed at…
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