Environment

The Dangers of ‘Carbon Tunnel Vision’

Richard Heinberg / Resilience Jul 5, 2024 Grasping ecological complexity leads to new ways of thinking about climate change and viable responses to it. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

Health & Wellness

How Forests Heal Us

H. Patricia Hynes / Informed Comment Feb 1, 2024 Trees are cooling, purifying, and connected by fungal networks that carry the same chemicals as the neurotransmitters in our brain. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Arts & Culture

A Righteous Farewell from Tibet’s Maestro

Siddhant Adlakha / Truthdig Oct 11, 2023 It’s a striking final vision with which Tseden leaves us: a place that embodies an understanding, or perhaps even a latent human desire, to live in harmony with nature. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Dig Scape

Pollution: Our Criminal Folly

bart plantenga / Truthdig Dec 21, 2022 Every breath we take could be killing us. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Tropical Forest Shift Raises the Alarm of Climate Scientists

Andrea Germanos / Common Dreams Mar 5, 2020 Both the Amazon and the Congo have helped mitigate the effects of global warming. That may no longer be the case, a new study reveals. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Solution to Sweltering City Summers

Tim Radford / Climate News Network Apr 17, 2019 Urban planners need to add more green space and tree-lined avenues to the mix to combat global warming in our concrete jungles. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Learning How to Say Goodbye to Our Broken Planet

Dahr Jamail / TomDispatch Jan 16, 2019 We have a finite amount of time left to coexist with large parts of the biosphere, including thousands of species of plants and animals. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

The Deadly Risk From Landslides Is Rising

Tim Radford / Climate News Network Sep 3, 2018 Waterlogged hillsides are dangerous. For those who live on them, or further downhill, they can be life-threatening. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Humans Weigh Heavily on the Earth, and Here Are the Numbers

Tim Radford / Climate News Network May 31, 2018 The mass of all the people on the planet is more or less 10 times the mass of all living wild mammals. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Our Greatest Threat Is the Hardest to Act Upon

Meara Sharma Apr 20, 2018 The new book "No Immediate Danger" tussles with the comprehension-defying nature of climate change. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

How Ordinary People Can Help Ailing Oceans

By John Hawthorne / MoBox Marine Dec 20, 2017 The more acidic our oceans become, the harder it is for sea life to survive. As sea life dies off, entire ecosystems will begin to collapse, resulting in other ecosystems collapsing. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Is Revolution Brewing in the U.S.?

Eric Ortiz / Truthdig Dec 14, 2017 According to a new study on inequality and revolutions throughout history, America soon may experience a profound paradigm shift. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )