Can We Survive Extreme Heat?
By Jeff Goodell Rolling Stone On a scorching day in downtown Phoenix, when the temperature soars to 115°F or higher, heat becomes a lethal force. Sunshine assaults you, forcing you to […]
Tag Archives: Global Warming
The Time May Finally be Ripe for a National Climate Service
By Chelsea Harvey Scientific American As the George W. Bush administration was drawing to a close, Scott Rayder faced a tough choice. Should he push to fund a new national […]
Ground Zero for a Billion-Dollar Surge of Zombie Oil Wells
By Clayton Aldern, Christopher Collins & Naveena Sadasivam Grist When Laura Briggs and her husband finally found their dream home in West Texas, they knew they’d be sharing space with […]
How Big Oil Misled the Public Into Believing Plastic Would Be Recycled
By Laura Sullivan NPR Laura Leebrick, a manager at Rogue Disposal & Recycling in southern Oregon, is standing on the end of its landfill watching an avalanche of plastic trash […]
There’s No Containment Strategy for Climate Change
By Sharon E. Burke War on the Rocks The earliest humans had it rough. They survived a brutal ice age, dwindling to a population estimated at just 10,000, only to […]
America is Preparing for the Wrong Arctic Crisis
By Victoria Herrmann Scientific American In late July, the Trump Administration appointed James DeHart as the first U.S. Coordinator for the Arctic. A career member of the Senior Foreign Service, Mr. […]
China and Its Arctic Trajectories
By Sanna Kopra The Arctic Institute China’s Arctic engagement has increased considerably during the past decade, which has not only offered plentiful economic opportunities but also created new risks and […]
The Different Levels of Geopolitics of the Arctic
By Andreas Østhagen Georgetown Journal of International Affairs Few areas have been the source of as much speculation, hype, and overgeneralization as the Arctic region at the start of the […]
How Federal Disaster Money Favors The Rich
By Rebecca Hersher & Robert Benincasa NPR If they had known, they never would have bought the house on Bayou Glen Road. Sure, it was a beautiful lot, tucked in […]
Mining Asteroids for a Better Earth
By Philip Metzger Aeon Mining asteroids might seem like the stuff of science fiction, but there are companies and a few governments already working hard to make it real. This should not […]
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