Green Energy Can Transform the Middle East
Oil may facilitate conflict in the Middle East, but it clearly isn’t the only cause of it, and it may not be the most important.
Environment
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An Optimist’s Guide to Climate Action
Now is not the time to stop saying the words “climate change.” Instead, double down on science and communicate the benefits of climate solutions.
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Investing in Gold Is Causing Irreparable Harm to Earth’s Wild Places
As miners seek to profit on the high price of gold by dredging remote tributaries, rural communities struggle to preserve their forests and rivers.
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It’s Time to FLIP the Script on Climate Action
Addressing climate change has been framed as an expensive obligation with delayed benefits. But what if it saved us money and made us healthier right now?
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An Open Letter from Authors of the Fourth Edition of the Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence
Twenty-eight scientists say political pressure to remove a chapter on climate science in a manual for judges is a troubling turn for other disciplines, too.
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How Addressing Water Challenges Could Reshape Immigration
As climate change accelerates, water scarcity fuels unrest, reshapes rural economies, and pushes people to migrate.
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Our Ancestors Coped with the Collapse of Ocean Currents. Can We?
Climate history points to past disasters, but it also suggests strategies for survival.
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Ocean Empire
Introducing a new column breaking down seismic shifts in ocean policy and explaining why they matter.
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When USAID Stopped Helping Other Countries, Americans Lost Out, Too
Trust is far easier to break than it is to rebuild.
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India’s Biodiversity Paradox
Ironically, India’s commitment to protecting its farmers is compromising the country’s crop biodiversity.