Remembering Steve Schneider, Climate Warrior

Today, it’s been five years since our planet lost its most intrepid climate warrior. Steve Schneider was a brilliant climatologist, a kind human being, and […]

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Biomimicry Applications

This inspiring list of stellar applications of biomimicry to medicine, transportation and exploration, pollution control, and energy, is good to keep in your back pocket when […]

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Trees Improve our Health and Much More

Research shows that trees can prevent over 800 U.S. deaths and 670,000 cases of acute respiratory symptoms (these numbers are for 2010), and remove pollution from […]

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Dutch Court Orders Faster Climate Action

In an unprecedented move, a Dutch court has ordered its government to more steeply cut greenhouse gas emissions by 2020. This is the result of […]

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Real Cause of Climate Change

In a simple interactive graph based on research from NASA‘s Goddard Institute for Space Studies, we can clearly see what is really warming our planet. Here’s a hint, […]

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ECOCAPSULE: Take Home Anywhere

Ecocapsule is a revolution in living. Essentially, it is a wind and solar-powered micro home that you can cart around. Gizmodo provides an in-depth look […]

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Emotions Linked to Environmental Behavior

My colleague and former classmate Nik Sawe recently gave an excellent TEDx talk on his pioneering neuroeconomics research. Using fMRIs or brain imaging, Nik studies the […]

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Business as Usual = Catastrophic Food Shortages

A scientific model developed by the Anglia Ruskin University indicates that without substantial change in behavior and (climate) policy, the world will suffer drastic food shortages […]

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Google Trends: Climate Awareness

Google Trends has produced this nifty tool which tells you how much interest the public is showing in climate change (and other issues, including health, […]

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NASA: The World in 2100

A new image from NASA, based on the best available data, shows that Africa is going to be cooking, and, interestingly, the Pacific Northwest will […]

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