Tag: environment
Why Natural Gas Tankers Are Lining Up Off Europe's Coast | WSJ
Tankers carrying liquefied natural gas are floating off Europe's coast, waiting for the price of the fuel to rise. WSJ’s Joe Wallace explains how the tankers...
Can positivity help tackle the global climate emergency? | The Stream
Growing numbers of people are experiencing climate anxiety as scientists, campaigners, and diplomats speak with increasing alarm about the unparalleled scale of the global climate breakdown and news reports cover the impact of extreme weather and the loss...
Why Ghana's shores are littered with textile waste | DW News
Textile waste is having a devastating impact on Ghana's beaches. The country's coast is littered with the rotting fabric of old clothes from the global north. Every day, 160 tons of clothes arrive in Ghana - and a whole economy has developed around second...
Trump: Sea-level Rise Just Means 'A Little More Beachfront Property'
At a campaign rally in Anchorage, AK, on July 9, former President Donald Trump told the audience that the U.S. has ‘bigger problems’ than rising sea levels.»...
Why Big Tech Is Pouring Money Into Carbon Removal
The market for removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere is expanding rapidly, as major tech companies are funneling nearly a billion dollars to early-stage startups that are experimenting with various methods of carbon capture and sequestration to figh...
How Sand Made From Crushed Glass Rebuilds Louisiana’s Shrinking Coast | World Wide Waste
Two college students founded one of Louisiana's only glass recycling companies. They're turning glass into sand and using it for coastal restoration.
Lion Cubs Are Introduced To Their Father | Predator Perspective
A couple of cute lion cubs are introduced to their dad for the first time. These cubs left their den six months after they were born in South Africa’s Kruger National Park. Before the return of the cubs' father, this lioness had to protect her newborn cub...
The Underground Forests In Mystery Holes Of Guangxi | Our World
Why is a small region of China home to an extraordinary number of giant holes containing vast, little explored subterranean forests? One professor is on a dangerous mission to find out.