Environment
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Do we need robot lawn mowers? | DW | 29.07.2021
On a recent visit to the German town of Rheinsberg, my husband and I stayed in a charming bungalow with…
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What Animals See in the Stars, and What They Stand to Lose
Nick, a harbor seal, entered the annals of astronomical history when Guido Dehnhardt, a marine biologist now at the University…
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Looking at Chicago’s Climate Problem, From Above and Below
Times Insider explains who we are and what we do, and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism comes together.…
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Earth Overshoot Day moves forward by nearly a month | DW | 29.07.2021
After a temporary reprieve due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Earth Overshoot Day — the day humanity is projected to have used…
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Rising river temperatures are stressing out salmon in the Pacific Northwest.
Sockeye salmon in the Pacific Northwest have developed lesions and fungus because of abnormally high water temperatures in the Columbia…
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An Early Leader on Clean Cars Now Works to Delay Them
When Toyota paid almost $1 billion to become an official sponsor of the Tokyo Olympics, the company hoped the event…
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Is This the End of Summer as We’ve Known It?
LOS ANGELES — In the state that perfected if not invented the American summer, the smell of 17 million gallons…
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He Wrote a Gardening Column. He Ended Up Documenting Climate Change.
April 1, 1978: “It seems that all anyone wants to know these days is when to plant the tomatoes. Well,…
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Finding the ‘Believers’ Who Will Remake a Damaged Earth
BELIEVERSMaking a Life at the End of the WorldBy Lisa Wells “Believers” is a young woman’s book of wandering at…
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How to Plant a Street Tree
“You can’t just go and cut concrete and put a tree in the ground,” says Rose Tileston, who is 32…
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Locals fight to recover Italy’s lost farming terraces | DW | 27.07.2021
“There are terraces there, and even up there,” says Cinzia Zonta, pointing to the hillside above the Brenta river, in northeastern Italy. Dating…
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Why was Pacific Northwest heat off the charts? Recent research offers clues.
The ferocious heat wave that hit the Pacific Northwest in late June stunned some climate scientists because it was so…
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Iran: Drought, water shortages spark protests | DW | 26.07.2021
People in Iran’s southwestern Khuzestan province are desperate. Suffering from drought and water shortages since March, they’ve taken to the…
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What is the IPCC and what does it do? | DW | 26.07.2021
Its findings influence governments, business leaders and even young protesters on arguably the biggest issue facing the planet: the climate crisis. But…
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Big Solar: Where do large solar power plants pay off? | DW | 26.07.2021
Solar energy has become extremely cheap. In the desert of Saudi Arabia electricity from solar modules is now generated for just $0.01 (€0.009)…
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In Charleston, S.C., Saving Historic Homes Means Hoisting Them in the Air
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Over the course of 150 years, the generations who lived in the handsome house at 17 Logan…
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When Euphemisms (but Never Sharks) Attack
Shark scientists have been exhorting the public to call human-shark interactions something other than shark attacks, preferring less pejorative terms…
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Russia Signs Deal With Dubai Logistics Company to Navigate Thawing Arctic
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — A Russian venture that seeks to take advantage of climate change in the Far North won…
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How to Calm Your Climate Anxiety
Three years ago, after the Woolsey Fire, 53-year-old Greg Kochanowski returned to the Santa Monica Mountains and drove past his…
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Putting a Price on Pollution
The European Union has an ambitious plan to phase out the bloc’s reliance on fossil fuels. Will it work? Source
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