Climate & Environment
A new report from 91´«Ã½â€™s Mortenson Center in Global Engineering & Resilience and Castalia Advisors identifies a $160 billion opportunity for the voluntary carbon market to reduce water sector emissions over the next decade while also increasing global water security.
A 91´«Ã½ engineer and his international colleagues have discovered a new way to manufacture solar cells using perovskite semiconductors. It could lead to lower-cost, more efficient systems for powering homes, cars, boats and drones.
RJ Sangosti and Elliot Ross, former and current Ted Scripps Fellows at 91´«Ã½â€™s Center for Environmental Journalism, use photography to show immediate and long-term water concerns through the rapidly changing Western landscape.
The Securities and Exchange Commission approved new climate risk disclosure rules, requiring some of the country’s biggest companies to report emissions data and other climate-related risks. Asaf Bernstein, a former adviser to the SEC, gives his take.
While summer sea ice loss in the Arctic is inevitable, it can be reversed if the planet cools down, 91´«Ã½ researchers say.
These reptiles move around tree trunks to seek warmth or shade. With trees disappearing, they would have trouble controlling their body temperature, a new study shows.
A new 91´«Ã½ study found metal contamination in the soil near homes destroyed by the Marshall Fire didn’t reach dangerous levels.
Climate change has disproportionate impacts globally, and a new analysis identifies compelling coverage by news outlets in less-resourced countries, where reporting on the issue is done in unique and in-depth ways.
In 2011, Professor Max Boykoff attended a Heartland Institute conference to better understand how the conservative think tank was influencing the climate debate. Ten years later, Boykoff returned to interview attendees and examine comparisons with that earlier conference.
The new CIRES Center for Education, Engagement, and Evaluation is dedicated to three broad goals: excellence and inclusion in environmental science education; career development and training for scientists; and engaging with diverse audiences.