By Laura Parker PUBLISHED July 14, 2016 Underground water is being pumped so aggressively around the globe that land is sinking, civil wars are being waged, and agriculture is being transformed. Cover Photograph by Manish Swarup, AP--A shepherd drinks water on the dry bed of Manjara Dam, which supplies water to Latur and nearby villages in the Indian state of Maharashtra. India…
By Brian Clark Howard PUBLISHED July 18, 2016 More than 800,000 volunteers pitched in to help the country fight climate change. Volunteers plant trees in Allahabad, India, on July 11, as part of an effort to restore 50 million trees in a day. Cover Photograph by Rajesh Kumar Singh, Associated Press Although the feat has yet to be certified by Guinness World…
By WILLIAM J. BROADJUNE 20, 2016 SCIENCE By NATALIA V. OSIPOVA 1:00Mysterious Rite of Reproduction Mysterious Rite of Reproduction Watch corals in their procreative dance, a spectacular event that happens once a year after a full moon. By NATALIA V. OSIPOVA on Publish Date June 20, 2016. Cover Photo by Courtesy of Emma L. Hickerson/NOAA. At night, just after the full moon, teams of scientists dive beneath…
By Dr. Mercola The Chinese Loess Plateau regeneration project proves that in a mere decade, a community can transform a desert landscape into a lush, thriving landscape capable of producing abundant amounts of food Floods, mudslides, droughts and famines are not inevitable. They’re the result of improper land management. Poverty is also closely connected to land degradation, and is therefore not an…
By William Sosinsky June 20th 2016 Steven Lee is on a mission. Unlike other 23 year olds who spend their time going out with friends or starting a new job, Steven is setting out to change the minds and attitudes of his countrymen about climate change. Starting in the summer of 2016 he will embark on a two year journey to convince…
By Graham Readfearn Wednesday 8 June 2016 Cover Photograph: Essential Media Policies and rhetoric around the Great Barrier Reef have rarely matched reality as the natural wonder suffers under the stress of pollution Coral bleaching at Loomis Reef, off Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. In late November 2015, as corals across the northern section of the Great Barrier Reef started to bleach…
By John Hood June 20, 2016 In Paris this past year, 190 met and discussed Climate Change and what their countries were prepared to do to combat it. How does this meeting affect you, the average citizen or me? So there is more CO2 in the air, what effect does it have on me and my family? What's the bottom line here?…
Earth Jun 15, 2016 04:38 PM ET Cover Photo-Denis Burdin/Shutterstock The last bastion of a sub-400 ppm world has officially fallen as carbon dioxide reached new heights in Antarctica. We're officially living in a new world. Carbon dioxide has been steadily rising since the start of the Industrial Revolution, setting a new high year after year. There's a notable new entry to…
By Andrew Freedman Published: May 3rd, 2013 , Last Updated: May 2nd, 2013 The last time there was this much carbon dioxide (CO2) in the Earth's atmosphere, modern humans didn't exist. Megatoothed sharks prowled the oceans, the world's seas were up to 100 feet higher than they are today, and the global average surface temperature was up to 11°F warmer than it…
By RACHEL NUWERJUNE 20, 2016 A picture of Berta Cáceres placed at an altar during a demonstration outside Honduras’ embassy in Mexico City on June 15. CreditEduardo Verdugo/Associated Press On March 3, two armed men entered the home of Berta Cáceres, an environmental activist in Honduras, and shot her dead. For years, Ms. Cáceres had vigorously opposed the proposed Agua Zarca Dam, to be built on…