‘No Planet B’: Hundreds of thousands join global climate strike – Al Jazeera English
School students in Sydney join the Global Strike 4 Climate rally; a global day of protest to demand governments take urgent steps to prevent environmental disaster [Steven Saphore/AAP Images via AP Photo] Hundreds of thousands of protesters, many of them…
The human imperative of stabilizing global climate change at 1.5°C – Science Magazine
The need to stabilize global climate Climate change will be the greatest threat to humanity and global ecosystems in the coming years, and there is a pressing need to understand and communicate the impacts of warming, across the perspectives of…
Dolphins Play Catch with a Pufferfish! | Spy In The Wild | BBC Earth
Who needs a volleyball when a pufferfish will do just fine?Subscribe: http://bit.ly/BBCEarthSub Watch more:Planet Earth http://bit.ly/PlanetEarthPlaylistBlue Planet http://bit.ly/BluePlanetPlaylistPlanet Earth II http://bit.ly/PlanetEarthIIPlaylistPlanet Dinosaur http://bit.ly/PlanetDinoPlaylist Spy In The WildThe Spy Creatures discover that mischief is rife in nature, but perhaps there are…
Volcanic eruption creates moveable islands of pumice
Last month, rafts of pumice, spewed from an undersea volcano and spanning an area about the size of Washington, D.C., appeared in the South Pacific.
Greta Thunberg to US politicians: ‘Sorry, you’re not trying hard enough’ – BBC News
Image copyright Getty Images Greta Thunberg has told US politicians that they’re not doing enough to combat climate change. “I know you are trying, but just not hard enough. Sorry,” said the climate activist, who’s inspired young people across the…
Carbon Emitters Face Higher Legal Risks
Climate change risk for big companies − and their investors − is often seen in terms of physical risk: sea level rise, temperature increases, or extreme weather events. But a spate of court cases around the world has highlighted a…
Extinct human species gave modern humans an immunity boost
(Garvan Institute of Medical Research) Garvan researchers have discovered a gene variant that sheds new light on how human immunity was fine-tuned through history.
Actions to save coral reefs could benefit all ecosystems
(ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies) Scientists say bolder actions to protect the world’s coral reefs will benefit all ecosystems, human livelihoods and improve food security.
6 weird things that happen after you die
Nature isn’t kind to the human body after death. Thankfully, the days of natural decomposition have been replaced by decidedly modern rituals of death. We can choose to delay the decomposition process by being embalmed, where our bodily fluids are…
Money Is the Oxygen on Which the Fire of Global Warming Burns – The New Yorker
I’m skilled at eluding the fetal crouch of despair—because I’ve been working on climate change for thirty years, I’ve learned to parcel out my angst, to keep my distress under control. But, in the past few months, I’ve more often…
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