UK butterflies vanish from nearly half of the places they once flew – study
Butterfly species have vanished from nearly half of the places where they once flew in the UK since 1976, according to a study. The distribution of 58 native species has fallen by 42% as butterflies disappear from cities, fields and…
Angolaâs peatlands trap carbon and clean the regionâs water â how we mapped this newly found landscape
High quality peatland extent data are only available for a small selection of countries and regions
Make Sunsets says it scored a geoengineering milestone. Was it real? – The Washington Post
Comment on this story Comment Gift Article In April 2022, in the Baja California region of Mexico near the Sea of Cortez, a man named Luke Iseman took a few grams of sulfur, lit it on fire and pumped the…
Who is Santa Claus? Can he endure in a warming world?
A cover story published by Down To Earth’s sister publication in December last year delves into the man and the myth
Why does an evergreen tree have a pyramid shape?
Those who admire the pyramid shape of an evergreen tree might enjoy knowing that its shape has evolved in response to wind, snow, and light.
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Climate change has many Americans reconsidering having children: POLL – ABC News
At a time when the present-day impacts of climate change are unavoidable, millions of Americans are reevaluating whether they want to have children, according to a new ABC News/Ipsos poll. According to the new poll conducted using Ipsos’ KnowledgePanel, nearly…
Face of climate change Greta Thunberg tweaks approach, joins suit against Sweden – MarketWatch
Sweden’s Greta Thunberg, arguably the most famous of climate activists the world over, is part of a lawsuit filed against her government that says officials fall far short in slowing dangerous global warming. The suit, filed in Stockholm on Friday,…
The Darkness Manifesto review: Why we need to turn out the lights
Light pollution disrupts animals and has also been linked to human ailments. Bat scientist Johan Eklöf has some useful fixes in his new book
COP27: 18 countries join group on cryosphere loss, see it as major contributor to sea-level rise
Melting glaciers, ice sheets, permafrost will impact polar, mountain countries & low-lying countries alike, delcaration says
Climate Change from A to Z – The New Yorker
Svante Arrhenius was, by nature, an optimist. He believed that science should—and could—be accessible to all. In 1891, he got his first teaching job, at an experimental university in Stockholm called the Högskola. That same year, he founded the Stockholm…
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