Category: Climate Action & Science

664, 000 tons of fishing nets are lost or discarded into the world’s oceans every single year, so we were excited when Hyundai invited us out on an expedition to reclaim two of what…

An enormous shed sits on a ridge northeast of Calumet, Minnesota, along the state’s Iron Range , visible for miles to drivers rushing by on Highway 169. To reach it by car, I exited…

When the largest solar farm in Indiana came online in early 2025, nearby residents in rural Jasper County were not exactly excited. “It will mess up their fields,” said long-time resident Gena Carlson, referring…

A clogged downspout turned into an unexpected fountain, offering a reminder that managing rainwater is one of the most important parts of protecting a home from moisture damage. Source: Green Building Advisor.

I need advice on radon mitigation. My home was built in the 1940s in the Appalachians of Virginia. Source: Green Building Advisor.

The concept for the Natural History Museum Abu Dhabi is rooted in the meeting of water and earth, recognizing this ever-changing boundary as a place of origin, movement and transformation. Rather than designing a…

In many homes, the entry is treated as leftover space or a narrow strip transition before the living room begins. Yet in dense Asia-Pacific interiors, sometimes despite the small sizes, the entrance often performs…

After more than a decade of nurturing, it had come time to infect this 28-acre grove of American elms with a disease that would almost certainly kill them. Dressed in hunter-green muck boots, grey…

When Min left the hot, dusty plains of central Myanmar for its mountainous eastern border with China earlier this year, he had few options. A 2021 military coup had devastated the formal economy of…

When mixed with oxygen, nitrogen in wastewater creates nitrous oxide, a powerful global warming gas. But there are ways to reduce the harm. Source: Yale Climate Connections.

Brussels — Europe could add 25 GW of wind and solar to existing hydropower sites across seven EU countries without needing extra grid capacity, according to a new Ember new report. “Political ambitions mean nothing…

Distributed renewables offer far greater resilience to the power system during extreme climate events than fossil fuel systems. Jakarta — Distributed renewable energy networks are far more resilient to climate shocks and natural disasters…